NDTC Monthly Meeting

SAVE THE DATES!!

August 20th at 10 AM
Bow Tie Cinema, Westport Avenue, Norwalk

Join with other environmentalists and people who care about the well-being of planet earth to watch Al Gore’s new movie

“AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER”

A decade after An Inconvenient Truth (2006) brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution or — a total climate disaster.

Movie will be followed by Brunch at the home of
Barbara Meyer-Mitchel, 10 Allen Road, Norwalk

Donation $30.00
Watch out for our flyer!
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September 13th at PM (time to be announced)
DTC Fundraiser
Norwalk Inn, 99 East Avenue, Norwalk
Speaker to be announced
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DTC Annual Brunch
November 5th at the Norwalk Inn
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Next DTC meeting is August 21st
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MINUTES
Norwalk Democratic Town Committee
Wednesday, July 20, 2017, 7:30 PM
Norwalk City Hall, 125 East Ave., Community Room, Norwalk, CT 06851

Chairman Ed Camacho called the meeting to order at 7:45 PM.

Roll Call
Recording Secretary Elsa Peterson Obuchowski called the roll.

District A: Nicol Ayers, Julie Corbett (proxy Daniel V. Obuchowski), Andy Garfunkel, Laoise King, Eloisa Melendez, Elsa Peterson Obuchowski, Joseph Perella, Broderick Sawyer , Jalin Sead, Steve Serasis, Chris Yerinides.
NOTE: Andy Garfunkel appointed Tod Bryant to be his proxy, but Andy was able to attend after all so no proxy was needed.

District B: Ronald Banks, Raymond Dunlap, Daisy Franklin, Manny Langella, Mike Mushak, Sonja Oliver, Migdalia Rivas, Travis Simms, Sharon Stewart, Michael Witherspoon (proxy William Roberts), Martha Wooten-Dumas.
NOTE: District B members Olivia Dardy and Howard White resigned and Michael Geake moved out of the state of CT.

District C: David Brown, John Hauter, John Kydes, Linda Langston, Lisa Nuzzo (proxy Charles LeSchack), Pamela Parkington, Brenda Penn-Williams, Kevin Poruban (proxy Susan Lane), Johnnie Weldon (proxy Alex Knopp), Beth Siegelbaum, Samuel Pride.

District D: Kay Anderson, Robert Hard, Robert Keyes, Bruce Kimmel, Diane Lauricella, Patricia Marshock, Warren Peña, Marilyn Robinson, Nicholas Sacchinelli, Crystal Santiago (proxy Donna King), Joseph Tamburri.

District E: Michael Barbis, John Igneri, Nora King, Ronald Kowalski, Thomas Livingston, Francis Nash (proxy Stuart Wells), Naomi Oppmann, Lucia Rilling, Kathleen Tepper, Patricia Tinto, Galen Wells.

*Boldface strikeout = absent

Chairman Ed Camacho delivered regrets from State Senator Bob Duff, who could not attend because he is in Hartford working on the state budget. He thanked the DTC members for being present. He appointed former Mayor Alex Knopp as Parliamentarian for the meeting. He acknowledge the three new members who are in District B: Ronald Banks, Daisy Franklin, and Travis Simms. He outlined the procedure for voting, as stated in the Agenda.

1. The sole purpose of the meeting is to endorse candidates for Municipal Office.

2. Nominations will be held in the following order:
Council Members – in-district (10)
Taxing District Commissioners (TBA)
Taxing District Treasurers (TBA)
Council Members – at-large (5)
Board Of Education (4)
Constable (4) (7 of 8)
Selectmen (2) (3 of 4)
Town Clerk (1)
City Sheriff (1)
City Treasurer (1)
Mayor (1)

3. Rules governing nominations and seconds:

a. Nominations:

District: The Chairs of each district will be recognized to report their district’s recommendation to the membership, and there will be inquiries for any additional nominations. Only members of DTC of that district are eligible to nominate.

There may be an up to 1 min nominating speech, no seconds are required, and no seconding or acceptance speeches. A candidate may simply accept or decline the nomination. Hearing no further nominations, we will proceed to a vote of eligible members.

Taxing districts: Eligible DTC members from each given taxing district will be asked to nominate eligible candidates for Taxing Commissioners and Treasurers.

There may be an up to 1 min nominating speech, no are seconds required, and no seconding or acceptance speeches. A candidate may simply accept or decline the nomination. Hearing no further nominations, we will proceed to a vote of eligible members.

At-large nominations: Any DTC member may nominate candidates for any at-large office.

There may be an up to 1 min nominating speech, no are seconds required, and no
seconding or acceptance speeches. A candidate may simply accept or decline the nomination. Hearing no further nominations, we will proceed to a vote of eligible members, and we will proceed to a roll call vote.

Mayor: A speaker will be recognized to nominate a candidate for mayor. The Candidate for Mayor may make a nomination acceptance speech. Hearing no other nominations, we will proceed to a vote of eligible members.

b) Voting:
We will conduct a roll call vote of all 11 DTC voting members from each district. Asterisk indicates candidates who prevailed with the most votes.
Common Council in-district: District A (2 seats)
Eloisa Melendez*
Steve Serasis
Christopher Yerinides*

Common Council in-district: District B (2 seats)
Faye Bowman*
Manny Langella
Travis Simms*

Common Council in-district: District C (2 seats)
John Kydes*
Beth Siegelbaum*

Common Council in-district: District D (2 seats)
Bill Pappa*
George Tsiranides*

Common Council in-district: District E (2 seats)
John Igneri*
Tom Livingston*

Elsa Peterson Obuchowski*

Mary Geake*
David Westmoreland*

Darlene Young*

Pamela Parkington*

Johnnie Mae Weldon*

Michael Barbis*

[none]

Before the voting continued, Democratic Registrar of Voters Stuart Wells explained that all endorsed candidates must sign a form accepting the endorsement which must be submitted to the State of CT by Tuesday 7/25. He also explained how to get petitions, for those candidates who didn’t prevail tonight and wish to force a primary.

Common Council at-large (5 seats)
Greg Burnett*
Michael Corsello*
Diane Lauricella
Nick Sacchinelli*
Barbara Smyth*
Doug Stern*
Sharon Stewart

Board of Education (4 seats)
Heidi Keyes*
Bruce Kimmel*
Sarah LeMieux*
Barbara Meyer Mitchell*
Shirley Mosby

Constable (4)
Ari Disraeli*
Ernie Dumas*
Jalen Sead*
Johnnie Mae Weldon*

Selectmen (2)
Andy Garfunkel*
Samuel Pride*

Town Clerk
Rick McQuaid*

City Sheriff
Bobby Burgess*

City Treasurer
Joe Tamburri*

Mayor
Nominating speech and seconding speech allowed. Second required.
Bruce Morris
Harry Rilling*

Mayor Rilling gave a brief nomination acceptance speech, thanking all Democrats for working together as a team. He described achievements and upcoming events in Norwalk.