City Council

HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, NOVEMBER 28, 2005 Hearing opened at 7:30 P.M. with Councillor Nickel, Chair of the Public Service Committee, presiding. All members present except Councillor Dombrowski; Councillor Marchand arrived late. The following PETITION was the subject of the hearing. 28-06 Massachusetts Electric Company and Verizon New England, Inc.: Mary Avenue: Install two jointly owned poles on Mary Avenue beginning at a point approximately 128 feet north of the centerline of the intersection of Bella Villa Avenue and continuing approximately 140 feet in a northerly direction. Ken Dobie from National Grid was present. Mr. Dobie said that when they originally submitted this petition, they thought that Mary Avenue was an accepted street. Mr. Dobie said that since then, it has come to his attention that the location is private property and that they got an easement from the property owners. No one spoke in favor or opposition. HEARING ADJOURNED: 7:32 P.M. Lynn A. Bouchard, City Clerk and Clerk of the City Council HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, NOVEMBER 28, 2005 Hearing opened at 7:35 P.M. with Councillor Marchand, Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee, presiding. All members present except Councillor Dombrowski. The following ORDINANCE was the subject of the hearing. Relative to amending Chapter 13, Section 13-77 of the Revised Ordinances entitled “Stop Signs” by inserting “Flaggler Road, against eastbound drivers at Day Street.” HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, NOVEMBER 28, 2005, continued. No one in the audience spoke in favor or opposition. Councillor Rowlands said that he submitted the petition. He said he has been told of potential accidents in that area when pulling onto Day Street. He said he would appreciate the support. HEARING ADJOURNED: 7:37 P.M. Lynn A. Bouchard, City Clerk and Clerk of the City Council REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, NOVEMBER 28, 2005 Meeting called to order at 8:00 P.M. Attendance was taken by a roll call vote; all members present. The Committee on Records reported that the records were examined through November 14, 2005 and found to be in order. The records were accepted. The following COMMUNICATION was received, referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE and given REGULAR COURSE. C-58 Relative to the appropriation of $10,000.00 to the Wire Department Public Safety Overtime Account; same to be transferred from the Emergency Reserve Account. The following PETITION was received, referred to the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE, and given REGULAR COURSE. A hearing was scheduled for December 12, 2005 at 7:30 P.M. Vt. 9/0 29-06 Massachusetts Electric Company and Verizon New England, Inc.: Willard Street: Install two jointly owned poles on Willard Street beginning at a point approximately 266 feet north of the centerline of the intersection of Larson Avenue and continuing approximately 229 feet in a northerly direction. The following PETITION was received, referred to the LEGAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, given REGULAR COURSE and referred to the License Commission. 30-06 Paul LeBlanc and Henry Lanza, on behalf of the License Commission: Accept MGL Chapter 138, Section 12, which allows cities and towns to permit common victualers (food) who sell wine & malt beverages under MGL Chapter 138, Section 12 to also sell Liqueurs and Cordials. The following PETITION was received, referred to the LEGAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE given REGULAR COURSE and referred to the Police Department. 31-06 David Rowlands: Designate Harvard Street as a 25 MPH speed zone and post speed limit signs indicating such designation. Upon recommendation of the FINANCE COMMITTEE, the following COMMUNICATIONS were GRANTED and ORDERED. Vt. 9/0. C-52 Relative to the appropriation of $5,000.00 to the Sidewalk and Curbing Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. ORDERED: that the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) be appropriated to the Sidewalk and Curbing Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. C-53 Relative to the appropriation of $12,000.00 to the Sanitation and Drainage Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Emergency Reserve Account. ORDERED: that the sum of Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) be appropriated to the Sanitation and Drainage Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Emergency Reserve Account. Upon request of the FINANCE COMMITTEE, the following COMMUNICATION was given FURTHER TIME. Vt. 9 “yeas”. A motion to change the hearing date from December 12, 2005 at 7:00 P.M. to January 9, 2006 at 6:30 P.M. was GRANTED. Vt. 9/0. C-54 Relative to determine the factor to be used in setting the Fiscal Year 2006 tax rate. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, NOVEMBER 28, 2005, continued. Upon recommendation of the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE, the following PETITION was given LEAVE TO WITHDRAW without prejudice. Vt. 9/0. 28-06 Massachusetts Electric Company and Verizon New England, Inc.: Mary Avenue: Install two jointly owned poles on Mary Avenue beginning at a point approximately 128 feet north of the centerline of the intersection of Bella Villa Avenue and continuing approximately 140 feet in a northerly direction. Upon recommendation of the LEGAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, the following COMMUNICATION was GRANTED. Vt. 9/0. C-55 Dean J. Mazzarella, Mayor; on behalf of the Leominster Public Library: Request the establishment of the Constance Mark Trust Fund. Upon request of the SMALL BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, the following COMMUNICATIONS were TABLED. Vt. 9/0. C-56 Dean J. Mazzarella, Mayor and Christopher J. Paquette, Economic Development Coordinator: Approve the Certified Project Application and authorize a Tax Increment Financing Agreement with Heat Trace Products, LLC and Key Plastics. C-57 Dean J. Mazzarella, Mayor, and Christopher J. Paquette, Economic Development Coordinator: Approve the Certified Project Application and authorize a Tax Increment Financing Agreement with Fosta-Tek Optics Inc. and North Leominster Realty, LLC. The following ORDINANCE was read a second time, adopted as presented and passed to be ordained.. Vt. 9 “yeas”. THE CITY OF LEOMINSTER In the year two thousand five  AN ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 13 of the Revised Ordinances entitled “Motor Vehicles and Traffic.” Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Leominster, as follows: Chapter 13-77 of the Revised Ordinances entitled “Stop Signs” is hereby amended by inserting “Flaggler Road, against eastbound drivers at Day Street.” ______________________________________________________________ Under New Business, Councillor Rowlands said he would like to find out the status of where the city stands in regards to the Pellecchia property. Councillor Salvatelli said he would follow up with the Mayor on that. Councillor Freda said that there is a bona fide purchase and sales agreement and that there is a time frame in which the city needs to act on it. Under Old Business, Council President, Robert Salvatelli said that the Fiore report came from the engineers and that things are progressing well on that property. Councillor Lanciani asked if the City Council got enough signatures to submit the new petition that the City Solicitor wrote up regarding the use of vacant lots. Councillor Marchand said that we did. Councillor Freda wanted to let everyone know that the Breakfast for the Bands was phenomenal this year. She said they served over 1200 people and sold over $1,800.00 in tickets. Councillor Freda said she wanted to thank everybody who came. She said also, the Rotary Club Calendars are available. MEETING ADJOURNED: 8:26 P.M. ___________________________________________________ Lynn A. Bouchard, City Clerk and Clerk of the City Council