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June 12, 2007 |
Here is the agenda to the June 12, 2007 City Council Meeting
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REGULAR MEETING OF
THE CITY COUNCIL
JUNE 12, 2007 –
7:30 P.M.
AGENDA
1.
Open microphone
COMMUNICATIONS
FROM HIS HONOR, THE MAYOR
2.
A communication submitting an Ordinance amending the City Code, Chapter
11 – Licenses, Registrations and Permits, Article IV, Alarm Permits
3.
A communication submitting an Order authorizing the borrowing of
$5,719,500 for capital expenditures
4.
A communication submitting an Order authorizing the City to accept a
grant of funds in the amount of $9,000 from the Massachusetts Historical
Commission
5.
A communication submitting an Order authorizing the City to accept a
grant of funds in the amount of $5,560.57 from the Massachusetts Executive
Office of Public Safety
APPOINTMENTS
6.
Appointment of Christopher Pedersen as a member of the Airport Commission
7.
Appointment of Stuart Chase, Ronald Latham, Lorraine Moresi, Yvonne
Pearson, Normalyn Powers and Ellen Spears as members of the Commission on
Tourism
8.
Appointment of Dr. Mary K. Grant as a member of the Pittsfield Economic
Development Authority Board
PUBLIC
HEARINGS
9.
A public hearing on a petition from Western Massachusetts Electric
Company for permission to locate three (3) poles on Merrill Road
10.
A public hearing on the petition from Hospice House Berkshire, LLC
to amend the City Code, Chapter 23, Zoning, to reclassify land located
southeasterly behind 877 South Street from an LDI to R-43
11.
A public hearing on the petition from Hospice House Berkshire, LLC
to amend the City Code, Chapter 23, Section 4.3 by the addition of a section to
allow access through an LDI district to an R-43 District
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Reports of the Committee on
Ordinances and Rules
12.
A report of the Committee on
Ordinances and Rules on an Ordinance amending the City Code, Chapter 2,
Commission on Disabilities, recommending approval
13.
A report of the Committee on Ordinances and Rules on an Order
authorizing the City of Pittsfield to submit a Special Act to the Massachusetts
State legislature with regard to City retirees’ contribution to the City’s
Health Plan, recommending approval
14.
A report of the Committee on Ordinances and Rules on an the City Code,
Chapter 9 - Hawkers, Peddlers and Transient Vendors, by adding a new section to
prohibit food vendors within 30 feet of a licensed food establishment,
recommending it be amended and approved
15.
A report of the Committee on Ordinances and Rules on a petition from
Peter Arlos asking the City Council to vote against any effort to
prohibit food vendors within thirty feet of a licensed restaurant, recommending
it be filed
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
16.
A communication submitting Orders to authorize and take by eminent domain
land owned by Leo E. Laviolette on Tamarack Road
NEW
BUSINESS
17.
A petition from Rinaldo DelGallo III asking the Council to support
legislation relative to bullying
18.
A petition from Rinaldo DelGallo III asking the Council to support
legislation relative to parental leave
19.
A petition from Rinaldo DelGallo III asking the Council to seek support
of the Municipal Partnership Act
20.
A petition from Peter Arlos that the Council request a presentation by
the State Treasurer regarding the proposal to auction rights to build casinos in
Massachusetts
21.
A petition from Peter Arlos that the City Council ask the Governor to
increase the state budget for fuel assistance
ORDINANCES (final reading)
22.
An Ordinance amending the City Code, Chapter 16 – Personnel, to
eliminate the residency requirement for Building Commissioner
23.
An Ordinance amending the City Code, Chapter 2 – Administration and
Chapter 16 – Personnel, to reorganize the maintenance and administration of
parks
24.
An Ordinance amending the City Code, Chapter 23, Zoning, reclassifying
land on Gamwell Avenue (Parcel H6-5-110 and H6-5-210 from RM and Il to RM and
Parcel G6-2-35 from R12 and IL to R12)
