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June 26, 2007 |
Here is the agenda to the June 26, 2007 City Council Meeting
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REGULAR
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
JUNE
26, 2007 – 7:30 P.M.
AGENDA
1.
Open microphone
COMMUNICATIONS
FROM HIS HONOR, THE MAYOR
2.
A communication submitting an Resolution providing for an amendment to
the Albany Road Economic Opportunity Area
3.
A communication submitting an Order transferring $15,400 between the
accounts of the Department of Public Works
4.
A communication submitting an Order transferring $324,271 between various
city departments
5.
A communication submitting an Order authorizing the City to accept a gift
of funds in the amount of $1,000 from Greylock Credit Union to the Pittsfield
Auxiliary Police Unit
6.
A communication submitting an Order accepting a Youth Summer Program
Grant in the amount of $25,000 from the Executive Office of Public Safety to the
Pittsfield Police Department
PUBLIC
HEARINGS
7.
A public hearing on a petition to amend the City Code Chapter 23, Zoning,
to reclassify land at 55 Spring Street from RM to BG
8.
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
9.
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
10.
A public hearing on the citizens petition requesting amendments to the
City Code, Chapter 23, Zoning, Sections 2.2, 4.202 and 7.8 to allow Hospice
House Use in the R-43 District
REPORTS
OF COMMITTEES
Reports of the Committee of
the Whole
11.
A report of the Committee of the Whole on an Order appropriating
$123,146,693 for the Fiscal Year 2008 Municipal Budget, recommending approval
12.
A report of the Committee of the Whole on an Order appropriating
$2,500,000 from Certified Free Cash to reduce the Fiscal Year 2008 tax rate,
recommending approval
13.
A report of the Committee of the Whole on an Order authorizing the City
of Pittsfield to borrow $5,719,500 for capital expenditures, recommending
approval
14.
A report of the Committee of the Whole on an Order authorizing the use
and expenditure of the City’s current revolving account for Fiscal Year 2008,
recommending approval
Report
of the Committee on Finance
15.
A report of the Committee on Finance on an Order an Order appropriating
$780,000 to an account of the Dept. of Public Utilities/Sewer Division from the
Sewer enterprise fund finance, recommending approval
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
16.
An Ordinance amending 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
NEW
BUSINESS
17.
A petition from Peter Arlos asking the City to hire a consultant to study
and recommend a method of civilian oversight of the police department
18.
A petition from Peter Arlos that the Commissioner of Cultural Development
return the plaque and fresco painting to their place above the gallery fireplace
a the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts
19.
A petition from Rinaldo DelGallo III asking the Council to thank the
Berkshire Relay for Life
20.
A petition from Rinaldo DelGallo III asking the Council to send a letter
thanking the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation for creation of a memorial
and also asking the Council to designate a day of remembrance for all victims of
communism
21.
A petition from Gaetano R. Noto asking for an explanation why the public
was not permitted to participate in the budget hearings
ORDINANCE
(final reading)
22.
An Ordinance amending the City Code, Chapter 2, Commission on
Disabilities
