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   "date": "2026-07-02",
   "body": "REGULAR COMMON COUNCIL",
   "headline": "Council to vote on union contracts and public safety center naming",
   "summary": "The Common Council will consider a tentative agreement with UPSEU Local 6457 and Local 6458 and the appointment of a Deputy Director of Central Communications. The body will also hold a public hearing regarding the naming of the new Public Safety 911 Center.",
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   "date": "2026-07-01",
   "body": "INLAND WETLAND AND WATERCOURSES AGENCY",
   "headline": "Public hearing for drive-through business at 797 Washington Street",
   "summary": "The Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency will hold a public hearing regarding site grading and development for a drive-through business. The agency will also address a notice of violation concerning the filling of a pond.",
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   "date": "2026-06-29",
   "body": "Public Safety 911 Center Building Committee- June 2026 Special Meeting",
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   "summary": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-25",
   "body": "26 JUN-Human Relations Commission Regularly Meeting- 6-17-26",
   "headline": null,
   "summary": null,
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   "date": "2026-06-25",
   "body": "COMMON COUNCIL - SPECIAL MEETING --  WORKSHOP - UPSEU TA - LOCAL 6457 AND 6458",
   "headline": "Middletown council to discuss tentative union agreements for city and BOE employees",
   "summary": "The Common Council will hold a workshop to review tentative agreements with two UPSEU locals representing City Hall and Board of Education employees. The agreements cover terms for insurance, pension, and life insurance for the period starting July 1, 2026.",
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   "date": "2026-06-24",
   "body": "Russell Library/City Hall Feasibility Study Committee",
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   "summary": null,
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   "date": "2026-06-24",
   "body": "PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION",
   "headline": "Public hearing on zoning changes to comply with housing mandate",
   "summary": "The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a continued public hearing on amendments to the zoning code and map to comply with Public Act 25-1 concerning housing growth. They will also consider a site plan approval for a 40,447 SF industrial/commercial building at 1985 South Main Street and two similar buildings totaling 59,350 SF at 2015 South Main Street, plus a report on the sale of surplus city property on Brown Street.",
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   "date": "2026-06-24",
   "body": "COMMON COUNCIL - SPECIAL MEETING -- QUESTIONS TO DIRECTORS",
   "headline": "Council holds workshop to ask questions to directors",
   "summary": "This is a special meeting of the Middletown Common Council dedicated solely to a Questions to Directors workshop. The agenda contains only procedural items: call to order, pledge, reading of the call, opening and closing of the workshop, and adjournment. No substantive decisions, ordinances, contracts, or public hearings are listed.",
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-24",
   "body": "COMMON COUNCIL - COMMUNITY MEETING",
   "headline": "Community meeting with public comment only, no decisions",
   "summary": "This is a procedural community meeting of the Middletown Common Council. The agenda consists only of call to order, pledge, public comment period, and adjournment. No substantive business items, ordinances, resolutions, or contracts are scheduled for discussion or decision.",
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-23",
   "body": "Monthly Hybrid Webex Special Meeting",
   "headline": null,
   "summary": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-11",
   "body": "Monthly Hybrid Webex Special Meeting",
   "headline": null,
   "summary": null,
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   "date": "2026-06-11",
   "body": "Monthly Hybrid Webex Regular Meeting",
   "headline": null,
   "summary": null,
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   "date": "2026-06-11",
   "body": "PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION",
   "headline": "Public hearing on zoning changes to comply with state housing growth mandate",
   "summary": "The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to the Middletown Zoning Code and Zoning Map to comply with Public Act 25-1, a state housing growth law. The commission will also consider two subdivision requests: one at 109 Old Road Drive (7.11 acres) and another at 159 Boston Road (19 acres). Additionally, they will review an affirmative GS 8-24 report for the acquisition of the 19-acre parcel at 159 Boston Road.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-10",
   "body": "Macdonough School Building Committee Special Meeting 6-9-2026",
   "headline": null,
   "summary": null,
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-10",
   "body": "DESIGN REVIEW AND PRESERVATION BOARD",
   "headline": null,
   "summary": null,
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-09",
   "body": "Public Safety Commission Fire May 2026",
   "headline": null,
   "summary": null,
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-09",
   "body": "Public Safety Commission Police May 2026",
   "headline": null,
   "summary": null,
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-04",
   "body": "ARPA Task Force May 13, 2026 Regular Meeting",
   "headline": null,
   "summary": null,
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-03",
   "body": "INLAND WETLAND AND WATERCOURSES AGENCY",
   "headline": "Agency to vote on revised wetlands regulations and map",
   "summary": "The Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency will vote on adopting revised regulations and an official map. The meeting also includes a public hearing on the same items and a proposed development at 797 Washington Street.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-01",
   "body": "COMMON COUNCIL - SPECIAL MEETING -- CARDINAL ENGINEERING/ SAYBROOK ROAD",
   "headline": "Council to discuss Saybrook Road reconstruction and Cardinal Engineering contract amendment",
   "summary": "The Common Council will hold a special meeting to review the Saybrook Road Reconstruction and Pedestrian Access Project and consider an amendment to the city's contract with Cardinal Engineering.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-01",
   "body": "COMMON COUNCIL - SPECIAL MEETING -- QUESTIONS TO DIRECTORS",
   "headline": "Special meeting for questions to directors, no action items",
   "summary": "This is a special meeting of the Middletown Common Council labeled 'Questions to Directors,' but the agenda contains only procedural items: call to order, pledge, reading of the call, and opening/closing of the workshop. No specific questions, resolutions, or substantive business are listed. The meeting is entirely procedural.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-01",
   "body": "REGULAR COMMON COUNCIL",
   "headline": "Council to vote on $17.33M employee insurance contract and $750K fire station bond",
   "summary": "The Common Council will hold public hearings on a bond ordinance and a proposed naming of the 911 center, then vote on multiple ordinances and resolutions. Key decisions include a $750,000 bond for Fire Station No. 2 renovations, a $17.33 million employee medical/dental insurance contract with Cigna, tax abatements for St. Vincent's Commons and the Aaron Pease House, and acceptance of over $3.5 million in grants for parks, docks, and other projects.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-05-29",
   "body": "Insurance & Claims-Regular Meeting",
   "headline": null,
   "summary": null,
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   "minutes_url": null,
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   "date": "2026-05-29",
   "body": "Insurance & Claims-Regular Meeting",
   "headline": null,
   "summary": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-05-29",
   "body": "MFRC May 27, 2026 Special Meeting",
   "headline": null,
   "summary": null,
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   "minutes_url": null,
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