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HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, JUNE 9, 2014 Hearing opened at 7:01 P.M. with Councillor Dombrowski , Chair of the LEGAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, presiding. All members were present. This hearing is continued from May 27, 2014. The following PETITION was the subject of the hearing: 50-14 James Whitney and Ten Registered Voters: Amend the Leominster Zoning Ordinance Article I, Section 22-4 entitled Definitions by eliminating the sentence “Facilities that utilize animal testing of products are not included in this definition” from the Life sciences definition. No one in the audience spoke in favor of the petition. David DiGiovanni of 37 Revolution Drive spoke against the petition regarding the abuse and torture of the animals. He said he has lived in Leominster almost his entire life and cares very deeply about this City and its reputation. He also has served on the Leominster Planning Board for almost 11 years. He said a recommendation was endorsed by the Planning Board by a 1 vote margin with 1 member absent. He said one of the things that people don’t realize is the magnitude of this and what kind of Pandora’s box this is going to open up. Currently there are 1,300 biotechnology firms in the United States. The majority of these firms on a daily basis use animals including guinea pigs, rabbits, mice, rats, monkeys, cats and dogs for the purpose of testing drugs and cosmetic formulations. Today, animal testing is on the rise in the U.S. because pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies along with domestic product manufacturers are spending billions of dollars on making their products safe for humans. In the U.S. alone the approximate number of animals used in research each year is between 17 and 22 million, with rodents constituting approximately 85% of the total. Statistics reveal that out of that total only .5% of research animals are non- human primates. Proponents claim that 61% of these innocent creatures suffer no pain (he said he doesn’t know how they know that), but the fact is that 31% are allieved of their pain through euthanasia. The statistic show that 50% of animals used in cosmetic testing die within 2-3 weeks after their experiments are over. He said he doesn’t find that very comforting, but finds it appalling. The fact is the so called laboratories maim, alter, torture and dispose of millions of innocent pets that have been given up to shelters. Some of these animals have been bred and earmarked to be sold to labs and often times they live their entire lives in cages with just enough food or depending upon the experiment, no food or no human interaction until the experiment is done. Then they are simply killed and disposed of as if they were an inanimate object. The proponents proclaim that the main reason for testing is to earn a profit at the expense of animals and avoid lawsuits from unsatisfied consumers. Most of the time these animals are used in the research of diseases that are not even found in them naturally such as different types of cancers that humans fall prey to. He said it doesn’t make sense to him. You are testing something or testing a disease by injecting a disease into an animal that doesn’t normally have it and then you are testing to see how the outcome of certain drugs are on them when in most cases it has no relevance to a human body. He said there is a strong belief that is growing around the globe that using human tissue cell and organ culture systems cloned to human skin cells and patches as well as the use of computer and mathematical models can achieve the same results or more accurate results without use of torture. He urged the Council to turn down this request and asked the Council to do their own research before they take a vote. Ask yourself, if you can with a clear conscience, look at your children and your grandchildren in the eye and explain to them that you approve this request knowing what will be happening on a daily basis right down the street where you live. Look deep into your humanity and deny this request. I believe my City is better than to allow this. Councillor Dombrowski read the recommendation from the Planning Board which is on file in the City Clerk’s office. Councillor Freda said she went to the Planning Board meeting and Mr. DiGiovanni spoke so passionate and concerned regarding this petition and it made her pay attention. Councillor Freda said she has some concerns. She said when she got home she spoke with her daughter who works in a related field and she brought up that there are other areas that are impacted even financially. She said when her daughter was a Ranger for DCR they were all called to the Harvard Primate Center to guard against the DCR property that surrounds the Harvard Primate Center against a protest. The protest was so incredible they are closing the Center next year. Councillor Freda said we are not just talking about cruelty to animals, it’s bigger than that. She has some real concerns how she is going to vote on this. She feels strongly in Mr. DiGiovanni’s direction. Councillor Feckley said she will also think carefully about this vote. Living down the street from one when she was young was a very eerie feeling. Councillor Dombrowski said when we had the first public hearing this was treated as more of an administrative snafu because the last sentence was added to the definition by VHB when they did their first review of zoning and nobody really pick it up after that. He said the last sentence is inconsistent if you read the entire definition. There was not much opposition so the Council, at that point, treated it as a perfunctory approval. He said we are at the second public hearing stage and asked if there was an appetite to continue the hearing to gather more information or to close the hearing if everyone feels they have enough information. Councillor Freda said she would like to see further time but would rather see it denied. Councillor Lanciani said further time. Councillor Nickel said he would prefer further time to get more information. Councillor Bodanza said he has a contrary view. He said he doesn’t think this sentence is going to impact animal testing with respect to those type of businesses very much one way or the other. As the Chairman pointed out the sentence is inconsistent at least to some degree. It is not a direct inconsistency but there is some inconsistency between the last sentence and all those other businesses that are permitted in that particular zone. So what we are going to do is take a technical correction and turn it into a policy debate. He doesn’t believe the sentence belongs there and the petition shouldn’t be held up. He said if you don’t want  2 HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, JUNE 9, 2014, continued animal testing there should be a zoning change addressing that particular policy. This petition is not the place to do it. He said he would like to see it go forward. Councillor Freda said if she recalls when the petitioner presented this one of his comments was that a company was looking to come to his site but walked away because of this sentence, so there is a mixed message about whether this would interfere with animal testing or not. If that was his presentation and the reason he put it in was so that a company would come here there is some confusion. Councillor Bodanza said that was the statement made but the sentence was never intended to be there. That got carried through for some reason or other. Ultimately we are going to create a bigger issue. He would like to see the technical problem corrected and then if someone wants to file a petition or take issue with what our position is on animal testing, it could be done in a more concerted fashion than a technical correction to a sentence that doesn’t belong in an ordinance that was placed there blindly. It has no relationship to the language before it. HEARING ADJOURNED AT 7:20 P.M. AND CONTINUED TO JULY 14, 2014 AT 7:00 P.M. __________________________________ Lynn A. Bouchard, City Clerk and Clerk of the City Council HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, JUNE 9, 2014 Hearing opened at 7:22 P.M. with Councillor Nickel, Chair of the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE, presiding. All members were present. The following PETITION was the subject of the hearing: 86-14 National Grid: Central Street-Install 1 singly owned pole beginning at a point approximately 2,000 feet east of the centerline of the intersection of Willard Street. Ken Dobie of National Grid said they are requesting to install a new service pole for the new church that is under construction. No one spoke in favor or in opposition of the petition. HEARING ADJOURNED AT 7:23 P.M. __________________________________ Lynn A. Bouchard, City Clerk and Clerk of the City Council HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, JUNE 9, 2014 Hearing opened at 7:24 P.M. with Councillor Dombrowski, Chair of the LEGAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, presiding. All members were present. This hearing is continued from May 12, 2014. Present at the hearing was John Souza, Chair of the Planning Board and Carol Vittorioso, Vice Chair. The following PETITION was the subject of the hearing: 40-14 Leominster Planning Board: Amend the Leominster Zoning Ordinances by adding Article XVIII, Section 22-105 entitled “Medical Marijuana Facilities” to allow and regulate medical marijuana facilities in the city. Mr. Souza said there was quite a bit of discussion on medical marijuana back some time ago and there was a petition that was before the City Council and with that petition there was a recommendation that it be at the hospital. He said he talked to the administrators at the hospital and they said they had no interest, didn’t want it and it shouldn’t be there. He said the State passed legislature to allow medical marijuana and that the City has to come up with an ordinance to control it. He went through the current State statute and wrote up an ordinance that he thought would meet the requirements and protect the people  3 HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, JUNE 9, 2014, continued in the City. They looked at the ordinances for Dennis, Waltham, Framingham and Westfield and took parts out of those ordinances with the majority of it actually come from Dennis. We could not supersede anything that was in the State Charter. It states regulations where you can have the facilities, cultivation and the proper cultivation and the security part of the facilities. These are all things that have to be addressed. There are also other things that need to be taken into account like it has to be close proximity or plans have to be made for public transportation. They have to have a method to get there. Looking at the uses we felt that an industrial use area would be the proper place. We added items on how to control it, then how do we do it by area. We don’t want it near schools, hospitals or child care center so we put a periphery around the industrial areas of 500 feet. You could be in the middle of Jungle Road and you would be a 1,000 feet from anything. You could be in the middle of Nashua Street and not be close to anything. Mr. Souza said we are trying to have the criteria that met the requirement of the State but also provides levels of protection. He said they added not just the 500 feet, but added a 1,000 feet in radius of a church, school or City facility. Councillor Dombrowski said I think we have all read the proposal that was crafted from similar legislation. Mr. Souza said it has been crafted and accepted by the State. Councillor Dombrowski said one of the things that we will be required to do in addition to deciding on this legislation is to amend the Table of Uses. We had a similar petition submitted by a private citizen and he had indicated amending the Table of Uses to be a Special Permit by the City Council in the Commercial District, Industrial District and Mixed Use 1 District. He said he didn’t know what input the Planning Board had on that recommendation. Mr. Souza said we only have industrial and not by a matter of right but by a Special Permit by the City Council. Councillor Dombrowski asked if they can amend the petition to include changing the Table of Uses or that should be an entirely separate petition. Mr. Souza said yes you can amend it. That is just an adjunct to this because it is directive. This is the petition and the Table of Uses just tells you where to go. He said this would trigger a correction to the Table of Uses. Councillor Bodanza said the idea of the Industrial zone is a good one and endorses the Special Permit by the City Council. He said Councillor Freda, who is a member of the MMCA was good enough to make some resources available to us. The marijuana law is going to be a thing unto itself. Through those resources from MMCA they were benefited by a seminar and Councillor Freda obtained an ordinance that was created for the City of Amesbury. It is about twice the length of what you are proposing, which doesn’t mean it’s better, but it is thorough. One of the principle things I like about it that is different than what you have on the table currently is that it creates an impact fee for the city’s benefit under the appropriate circumstances that are allowed by the regulations which he thinks is important. Councillor Bodanza asked Mr. Souza to look at the Amesbury ordinance. The Amesbury ordinance talks about an overlay district, which he doesn’t want to go there. If we took the Amesbury ordinance and used it with a Special Permit in Industrial zone we might be better off. Mr. Souza said he has not looked at Amesbury so he can’t comment. He said over the years they have had discussions regarding impact fees with the Planning Board and City Council and have been nixed every time they have come up in Leominster. He said there are pros and cons on impact fees. He said he could have written the petition with five more pages and if he wrote the five more pages he would be copying the State law which goes into detail. He said he doesn’t have a problem going back and look at the Amesbury ordinance. Councillor Bodanza said under the regulations its not law its regulations that you can’t collect the impact fee if it’s not provided for in your ordinance and this is not an impact fee for some business that we want. We are not encouraging the marijuana business in the City of Leominster. So collecting an impact fee does nothing, in his view, to make us less marijuana friendly. If we want to be less marijuana friendly we have to do these things. If we don’t have a regulation in place we are wide open. He would like to see that we get every potential advantage due us under the regulation. Councillor Dombrowski said the impact fee probably would go to things like education in the classroom, education about the dangers of abuse, so a necessary legal correlation can be made. HEARING ADJOURNED AT 8:07 P.M. AND CONTINUED TO JULY 28, 2014 AT 6:45 P.M. __________________________________ Lynn A. Bouchard, City Clerk and Clerk of the City Council REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, JUNE 9, 2014 Meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. Attendance was taken by a roll call vote; all members were present. The Committee on Records reported that the records through May 27, 2014 were examined and found to be in order. The records were accepted.  4 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, JUNE 9, 2014, continued A recess was called at 7:34 P.M. to continue a public hearing. Meeting reconvened at 8:07 P.M. The following COMMUNICATIONS were s received, referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE and given REGULAR COURSE. C-88 Relative to the appropriation of $40,000.00 to the Assessor’s Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. C-89 Relative to the appropriations of $50,067.00 to the Cemetery Salary and Wages Account; same to be transferred from the Cemetery and Perpetual Care Income Account. C-90 Relative to the appropriation of $2,500.00 to the Conservation Commission Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Wetland’s Fee’s Reserved for Appropriation Account. C-91 Relative to the appropriation of $40,000.00 to the Fire Department Overtime Account; same to be transferred from the Fire Department Salary and Wages Account. C-92 Relative to the appropriation of $8,500.00 to the Highway Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Snow & Ice Salary and Wages Account. C-93 Relative to the appropriation of $10,000.00 to the Wire Department Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Snow & Ice Salary and Wages Account. C-94 Relative to the appropriation of $25,000.00 to the I.T.T.F. Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. C-95 Relative to the appropriation of $327,000.00 to the Police Department Capital Outlay Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. C-96 Relative to the appropriation of $200,000.00 to the Sidewalk Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. C-97 Relative to the appropriation of $375,000.00 to the Stabilization Fund; same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. C-98 Relative to the appropriation of $6,000.00 to the Treasurer’s Salary and Wages Account; same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. C-99 Relative to the appropriation of $229,931.00 to the Worker’s Compensation Expense Account – FY 2015; same to be transferred from the following accounts: FY2012 Worker’s Compensation Loss Fund $112,443.00 FY2011 Worker’s Compensation Loss Fund $100,000.00 FY2010 Worker’s Compensation Loss Fund $ 10,000.00 FY2009 Worker’s Compensation Loss Fund $ 4,168.55 FY2008 Worker’s Compensation Loss Fund $ 3,319.45 The following COMMUNICATION was received, referred to the PRESIDENT’S COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT and given REGULAR COURSE. It was requested that the Assessor, Joanne DiNardo, Lisa Marrone and a member of Syncarpha Massachusetts LLC come down to the next meeting. C-100 Dean J. Mazzarella, Mayor: Approve a tax agreement between the City of Leominster and Syncarpha Massachusetts LLC for the location of a solar project at 350 Industrial Road in Leominster. The following COMMUNICATIONS were received under SUSPENSION OF THE RULES, referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE and given REGULAR COURSE. A hearing was set for June 23, 2014 at 7:00 P.M. Vt. 9/0 C-101 Relative to the appropriation of $110,350,000.00 to the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget; same to be raised by Fiscal Year 2015 Revenue. C-102 Relative to the appropriation of $5,675,000.00 to the Fiscal Year 2015 Water Department accounts as listed: same to be raised/offset by Fiscal Year 2015 Water Department Estimated Receipts as authorized by Chapter 44, Section 53E of the Massachusetts General Laws. C-103 Relative to the appropriation of $5,214,000.00 to the Fiscal Year 2015 Sewer Department accounts as listed: same to be raised/offset by Fiscal Year 2015 Sewer Department Estimated Receipts as authorized by Chapter 44 Section 53E of the Massachusetts General Laws.  5 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, JUNE 9, 2014, continued The following PETITION was received, referred to the LEGAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE and given REGULAR COURSE. 88-14 John Fraher, Leominster Police Department: Amend Chapter 18, Section 18-5 of the Revised Ordinances entitled “Police - Equipment” by deleting Section 5 in its entirety and replacing with a new Section 5. The following APPOINTMENTS were received, referred to the WAYS & MEANS/VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE and given REGULAR COURSE. Assessor – Mary E. Carey – term to expire 4/15/2015 Leominster Fire Department - Reserve Firefighters Michael P. Crowley, Dustin C. Randall, Eric L. Arsenault, Timothy R. Comeau Upon request of the WAYS & MEANS/VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, the following PETITION was given FURTHER TIME. Vt. 9/0 69-14 Matt Zvacek: Renew the Second Hand Dealers License for Gold Buyers of America located at 100 Commercial Road, Unit 89. Upon request of the WAYS & MEANS/VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, the following PETITION was given FURTHER TIME. Vt. 7/1, Councillor Freda opposed. Councillor Bodanza abstained due to a possible conflict of interest. 84-14 Stephen J. Mullaney: Request the City Council ask the Mayor to submit an appropriation to pay certain unpaid bills due to S. J. Mullaney Engineering, Inc., as requested by the Mayor and the City Council in a Home Rule Petition to the General Court (Communication C-109, 2013), and as authorized by the General Court and the Governor in Chapter 192 of the Acts of 2013. Upon request of the LEGAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE the following PETITIONS were given FURTHER TIME. Vt. 9/0. 40-14 Leominster Planning Board: Amend the Leominster Zoning Ordinances by adding Article XVIII, Section 22-105 entitled “Medical Marijuana Facilities” to allow and regulate medical marijuana facilities in the city. (Hearing continued to July 28, 2014 at 6:45 P.M.) 50-14 James Whitney and Ten Registered Voters: Amend the Leominster Zoning Ordinance Article I, Section 22-4 entitled Definitions by eliminating the sentence “Facilities that utilize animal testing of products are not included in this definition” from the Life sciences definition. (Hearing continued to July 14, 2014 at 7:00 P.M.) Upon recommendation of the LEGAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, the following PETITION was GRANTED. Vt. 9/0 85-14 Mark C. Bodanza and Claire M. Freda: Adopt an ordinance regarding the use of medical marijuana on public property. Upon recommendation of the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE, the following PETITION was GRANTED. Vt. 9/0 86-14 National Grid: Central Street-Install 1 singly owned pole beginning at a point approximately 2,000 feet east of the centerline of the intersection of Willard Street. Upon request of the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE, the following PETITION was given FUTHER TIME. Vt. 9/0 87-14 James E. Rheault: Rename the most westerly portion of Nancy Court, a private way, to Connors Way, a private way with the result that the premises at #18 Nancy Court (Assessors’ Map 359 Parcel 2) would henceforth be known as #18 Connors Way, and that the premises at #24 Nancy Court (Assessors’ Map 359 Parcel 9) would henceforth be known as #24 Connors Way. Councillor Salvatelli, Chairman of the Finance Committee, read the Financial Report for the City onto the record. Account balances are as follows: Excess and Deficiency Account (Free Cash) $ 996,828.00 Stabilization Account $12,170,407.93 Upon recommendation of the FINANCE COMMITTEE, the following COMMUNICATIONS were GRANTED and ORDERED. Vt. 9 “yeas” C-82 Relative to the appropriation of $25,000.00 to the Fire Department Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. ORDERED: - that the sum of Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) be appropriated to the Fire Department Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account.  6 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, JUNE 9, 2014, continued RE: A/C wall units for fire station C-83 Relative to the appropriation of $162,265.00 to the Street Resurfacing Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Highway State Aid Reserved for Appropriation Account. ORDERED: - that the sum of One Hundred Sixty Two Thousand Two Hundred Sixty Five Dollars be appropriated to the Street Resurfacing Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Highway State Air Reserved for Appropriation Account. RE: FY 2014 State Pothole Funds C-84 Relative to the appropriation of $40,000.00 to the Veteran Services Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. ORDERED: - that the sum of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) be appropriated to the Veterans Services Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. RE: Veteran Benefits C-85 Relative to the appropriation of $10,000.00 to the Water Department Overtime Account; same to be transferred from the Water Salaries and Wages Account. ORDERED: - that the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) be appropriated to the Water Department Overtime Account; same to be transferred from the Water Salaries and Wages Account. C-86 Relative to the appropriation of $97,300.00 to the Police Salary & Wages Account; same to be transferred from the Police Salary & Wages Account. ORDERED: - that the sum of Ninety Seven Thousand Three Hundred Dollars be appropriated to the Police Salary & Wages Account; same to be transferred from the Police Salary & Wages Account. RE: 4th Quarter Quinn Bill Payment C-87 Relative to the appropriation of $12,000.00 to the Police Station Court House Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. ORDERED: that the sum of Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) be appropriated to the Police Station Court House Expense Account; same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. Upon recommendation of the WAYS & MEANS/VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, the following APPOINTMENT was CONFIRMED. Vt. 9 “yeas” Police Department – Patrolman – Corey Donnelly Upon request of the WAYS & MEAN/VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, the following RESOLUTION was given FURTHER TIME. Vt. 9/0 RESOLUTION – City owned parcels adjacent to the American Little League Field on American Way (Ways & Means/Veterans Affairs) Upon recommendation of the WAYS & MEANS/VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, the following RESOLUTION was GRANTED. Vt. 9/0 RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH TRAFFIC FUND Whereas, the City of Leominster has a great need to increase traffic enforcement throughout the City: and Whereas, the City of Leominster receives funds from the Commonwealth which represents a share of the fines collected for motor vehicles offenses, which funds are currently received into the General Fund: and Whereas, Massachusetts General Law Chapter 44 Section 53E 1/2, authorizes the establishment of a revolving fund in a specified department for the receipt and expenditure of funds for a specified program, and 1.) The City Council of the City of Leominster, in accordance with the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44, Section 53E 1/2 as amended, having received the prior recommendation of the Mayor, hereby authorizes, effective 2/24/14 the establishment and use of a revolving fund in the Police Department of the City of Leominster for the purposes of a program devoted to increased traffic enforcement regarding motor vehicle violations in the City of Leominster: and  7 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, JUNE 9, 2014, continued 2.) That said revolving fund be limited to the receipt of twenty-five percent (25%) of the funds received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts relating to fines for motor vehicle offenses involving violations of various statutes, ordinances, regulations and commonly called "Chapter 90 Fines" ; and 3.) That said revolving fund be expended, without further appropriation, subject to the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 44 Section 53E 1/2 ,for the purpose set forth in this vote; and 4.) That expenditure shall not be made or liabilities incurred from such revolving fund in excess of the balance of the fund nor in excess of the total authorized expenditures from such fund, nor shall any expenditures be made unless approved in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 41, Sections 41, 42, 52, and 56; and 5.) That said revolving fund shall be set up in the City Comptroller’s office and aministered under the direction and control o f the Chief of Police, who shall be the person a uthorized to approve, in writing, expenditures from this fund: and 6.) That said fund shall be subject to an annual vote of the City Council prior to the commencement of each fiscal year; and 7.) That said fund shall, for fiscal year 2015, and any expenditures there from, be limited to not more than fifty percent (50%) of the "Chapter 90 Fines" received by the City for the fiscal year 2015; and 8.) That said fund, and any expenditures therefrom, shall be subject to the limitations and the provisions of Massachusetts General Law Chapter 44 Section 53E 1/2, and to say regulations and guidelines issued by the Director of Accounts of the Department of Revenue pertaining to revolving funds; and 9.) That said revolving fund: a.) Shall not be used for the payment of wages or salary of any full time employee of the City of Leominster, except sworn full time police officers; and b.) Shall be subject to the annual reporting requirements set forth in Chapter 44, Section 53E 1/2; and 10.) That said revolving fund shall be created as of 7/1/14 and shall terminate as of 6/30/15, unless re-authorized for each for each additional fiscal year, prior to the commencement thereof, by a vote of the City Council; and 11.) That the expenditures from said revolving fund shall be used for: a.) Costs and wages related exclusively traffic department; and or b.) Purchase and maintenance of equipment, including vehicles, relating to traffic enforcement; and 12.) That the Chief of Police or his designee shall provide a written report twice yearly to the City Council detailing the expenses of the fund. /s/ Lynn A. Bouchard, City Clerk and Clerk of the City Council __________________________ Councillor Salvatelli asked that a letter be sent to City Comptroller John Richard asking that he provide the City Council a Year to Date Budget Report on a monthly basis. Committee meetings were established for the City Property Committee on June 17, 2014 at 8:00 P.M. and the Finance Committee on June 18, 2014 at 5:15 P.M. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:31 P.M. __________________________________ Lynn A. Bouchard, City Clerk and Clerk of the City Council