Meetings & Governance
Board of Directors Meeting
Highlights:
The Executive Director explained that the Authority’s outside counsel, Pullman Comley, has been working to create the master form contract that will govern all consultant relationships, and that all contractors would be formally under contract soon.
The Executive Director provided an update on municipal engagement and proudly announced that nine municipalities had opted in as of March 20th.
The Board engaged in a conversation about the way in which the Authority will interact with member municipalities on zoning.
The Executive Director updated the Board on ongoing branding efforts and invited a subset of the Board to participate in a conversation with the communications team to review some visual ideas. He indicated that the intent is to launch the website and a robust social media strategy this spring.
The Executive Director walked through the end-of-February budget report.
The Board approved a modification of the Authority’s name to the Connecticut Municipal Development Authority (CMDA).
Board of Directors Meeting
Highlight:
The Executive Director provided an operational update, indicating that he had sent to the Board an operational milestone checklist so that folks can get a sense of the broad actions that have been accomplished, are underway, and are pending.
The Executive Director described the upcoming process to engage firms off the on-call lists for various task orders.
The Executive Director explained that the first round of public-facing documents and the preliminary website are being created.
Board of Directors Meeting
Highlights:
The Executive Director noted that all meeting agendas and minutes are posted to the Connecticut State Agency Public Meeting Calendar, and videos of most meetings are available on the CT-N website.
The Board adopted an operating budget for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2025. The Executive Director described the format that the Board would see on a monthly basis going forward, including the adopted budget, a year-to-date (YTD) projected/accrual amount for each line item through the end of the prior month, and a YTD cash expenditure for each line item.
The Board approved a consultant on-call list that the Authority will draw from for statewide work on Connecticut’s transit-oriented and downtown housing potential and for work in member municipalities’ development districts.
Board of Directors Meeting
Highlights:
The Executive Director updated the Board that the process to establish the Authority in the state’s financial and HR system was underway.
The Executive Director updated the Board on the outreach that he had been conducting and the informal conversations to gauge cities and towns interest to become Members of the Authority.
The Board selected Berlin Rosen as the Authority’s communications and marketing firm.
The Board approved the 2025 meeting calendar.