FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

In the Matter of a Complaint by FINAL DECISION
Bruce Moore, Frederick Jortner, Ida
Ragazzi and Thomas Veronesi,
Complainants
against Docket #FIC 1998-063
Linda Olson, Mayor, Town of Berlin;
Joseph Bajorski, Frank Dobek, Jr., Audrey
Bertagna, Paul Argazzi, and John McIntosh, as
members of the Berlin Town Council, Town
of Berlin; and Berlin Town Council, Town
of Berlin
Respondents June 10, 1998
	The above-captioned matter was scheduled to be heard as a contested case on 
April 15, 1998 at which time the complainants and the respondents appeared and entered 
into the following agreement in settlement of the complaint:
i)  the respondents acknowledge that on January 18, 1998 
the Freedom of Information (“FOI”) Act was 
unintentionally violated when they met and conducted 
interviews on that date;
ii)  the respondents agree to prepare minutes of the January 
18, 1998 meeting;
iii)  the respondents agree that they will make every effort 
to not violate the FOI Act in the future.
	In light of the above, the following order by the Commission is hereby 
recommended on the basis of the record concerning the above-captioned complaint:
	1.  The complaint is dismissed.
	2.  The Commission heartily commends the complainants, respondents and 
counsel in this matter on having used their best efforts to resolve their previous dispute.
	Approved by Order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular 
meeting of June 10, 1998.


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Doris V. Luetjen
Acting Clerk of the Commission
PURSUANT TO SECTION 4-180(c), G.S., THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES OF 
EACH PARTY AND THE MOST RECENT MAILING ADDRESS, PROVIDED TO 
THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION, OF THE PARTIES OR THEIR 
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE.
THE PARTIES TO THIS CONTESTED CASE ARE:
Bruce Moore, Frederick Jortner, Ida Ragazzi and Thomas Veronesi
c/o Bruce Morre
1554 Kensington Road
Kensington, CT 06037
Linda Olson, Mayor, Town of Berlin; Joseph Bajorski, Frank Dobek, Jr., Audrey 
Bertagna, Paul Argazzi, and John McIntosh, as members of the Berlin Town Council, 
Town of Berlin; and Berlin Town Council, Town of Berlin
c/o Atty. E. Timothy Sullivan, Jr.
Gaffrey, Kane, Reynolds, Sullivan, & Vollmer
1 Liberty Square
New Britain, CT 06051

__________________________
Doris V. Luetjen
Acting Clerk of the Commission




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