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Beverly Meeting Minutes
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CRsouCar :M.eetino of (f3everCy City Counci{ 7:00 C?M. (j)ec. 18, 2006
Roll Call: Councilors Present: William Coughlin, Timothy Flaherty, Miranda Gooding, Patricia Grimes, Kevin Hobin, Donald
Martin, Maureen Troubetaris, Paul Guanci Councilor Burke was absent
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: Led by Councilor Martin
Appointments:
Public Hearings and Presentations:
7:05 - 7:30 PM
National Grid Presentation
Acceptance of Minutes:
Meeting of December 4,2006
Communications from His Honor the Mayor:
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December 18, 2006
Honorable City Council
City Hall
Beverly, MA 01915
Dear Honorable Council
I hereby reappoint, subject to your review and recommendation, the following members of the Beverly Commission on Disabilities:
Ms. Candace Pike
291 Essex Street
Mr. Kevin Gallant
17 Scenna Road
Their terms to be effective until November 1, 2009.
Very truly yours,
William F. Scanlon, Jr., Mayor
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Refer to Legal Affairs
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December 18, 2006
Honorable City Council
City Hall
Beverly, MA 01915
Dear Honorable Council
I hereby appoint, subject to your review and recommendation, Ms. Kate Pinkham, 37 Thorndike Street, Beverly, MA 01915, to serve as a
member of the Solid Waste Management Committee.
Her term is to be effective until March 31, 2009.
Very truly yours,
William F. Scanlon, Jr., Mayor
Refer to Public Services
Communications from other City Officers and Boards
Communications, Applications and Petitions:
#271
Application for Sale of Christmas Trees, St. Mary's Parish, 253 Cabot Street
Refer to Legal Affairs
#272
Comm. from PERAC relative to required FY 08 Appropriation
Refer to Finance and Property
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Communication from National Grid relative to attached plan for tree trimming and removal
Refer to Committee of the Whole
#274
Application - Livery License, NDARYD Transportation-Cummings Center
Refer to Legal Affairs
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#275
Application-Second Hand Junk Dealers License-Help for Abused Women and their Children 330 Rantoul St.
Refer to Legal Affairs
#276
Claim-John Abate
Receive and Place on File
Refer to City Solicitor
#277
Restrictive Covenant and Escrow Agreement relative to 10-12 Congress Street
Refer to Legal Affairs
Reports from Committees:
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The Committee on Finance and Property to whom was referred the matter of request to declare property abutting 865 Hale Street as
surplus have considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Receive and Place on File
Order read Once and adopted 8-0 Vote
#246
The Committee on Legal Affairs to whom was referred the matter of Ordinance MV & T Stop Sign Porter At Webber have considered said
matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Submit the accompanying ordinance and recommend its adoption
In the year two thousand and six
An Ordinance Amending an ordinance entitled Motor Vehicles and Traffic re Stop Sign
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Beverly as follows, to wit:
That Chapter 14, Section 86 (b), of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Beverly, 1989, be and the same is hereby amended by adding the
following:
ADD: 1.
Obedience to isolated stop signs
Porter Street, North Bound Drivers on Porter Street at Webber Ave.
This ordinance to take effect upon passage according to City Charter
First Passage:
Final Passage:
Nov.8, 2006
Jan. 2, 2007
Ordinance read Once and held for final passages 8-0 Vote
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The Committee on Legal Affairs to whom was referred the matter of Petition re Proposed residential Waterfront District have considered
said matter and beg leave to report as follows:
Receive and Place on File
Order read once and adopted 8-0 Vote
#255
The Committee on Legal Affairs to whom was referred the matter of Petition relative to Ventron Property Rezoning have considered said
matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Receive and Place on File
Order read once and adopted 8-0 Vote
#257
The Committee on Legal Affairs to whom was referred the matter of Appointment Constable-Arthur Vanetzian have considered said matter
and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Recommend the Council approve the Appointment
Order read once and adopted 8-0 Vote
#261
The Committee on Legal Affairs to whom was referred the matter of 2007 Lodging House License Applications have considered said
matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Recommend the Licenses be Granted
Order read once and adopted 8-0 Vote
#262
The Committee on Legal Affairs to whom was referred the matter of 2007 Amusement Device License Applications have considered said
matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Recommend the Licenses be Granted
Order read once and adopted 8-0 Vote
#263
The Committee on Legal Affairs to whom was referred the matter of 2007 First, Second and Third Class Motor Vehicle License
Applications have considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
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Recommend the Licenses be Granted
Order read once and adopted 8-0 Vote
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The Committee on Legal Affairs to whom was referred the matter of Application for Sale of Christmas Trees-St. Mary's Parish have
considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit;:
Recommend the License be Granted
Order read once and adopted 8-0 Vote
#277
The Committee on Legal Affairs to whom was referred the matter of restrictive covenant and Escrow Agreement have considered said
matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Submit the accompanying order and recommend its adoption
Ordered: That the City Council approve the enclosed Restrictive Covenant and Escrow Agreement relative to the property at 10-12
Congress Street.
Order read Once and adopted 8-0 Vote
#233
The Committee on Public Services to whom was referred the matter of Communication re naming of Former Vitale Site have considered
said matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Receive and Place on File
Order read once and adopted 8-0 Vote
#144
The Committee on the Whole to whom was referred the matter of Communication relative to Flooding issues have considered said matter
and beg lave to report as follows, to wit:
Refer to Public Services
Order read once and adopted 8-0 Vote
#198
The Committee on the Whole to whom was referred the matter of Communication relative to the selling of the GAR Hall have considered
said matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Refer to Finance and Property
Order read once and adopted 8-0 Vote
Unfinished Business:
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#109 Ordinance Zoning Waterfront District
8-0 Vote
Resolutions:
#278
Linda Caravaggio-Beverly Public Library
Motions and Orders:
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By Councilor
Ordered: That all Orders in the Standing Committees be referred to FY 2007 City Government
Order read once and adopted 8-0 Vote
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By Councilors Gooding and Flaherty & Coughlin
Ordered: The Joint Consolidation Committee convened in April of this year and has since met seven times. Its members are Councilors
Flaherty, Coughlin and Gooding, and School Committee Members Manzo and Decker. The Committee's objective is to review and
recommend the potential for consolidation of certain school and city departments, including Technology, Buildings and Grounds, and
Finance. Kathy Griffin, the Budget Analyst for the City Council, has been assisting the Committee and has provided comparative
information from other communities with consolidated departments, including Barnstable, Harvard, Reading, Framingham and
Southbridge.
To date, the Committee has met with representatives from the Town of Danvers and Town of Lynnfield to discuss how
consolidation works in those communities. Within the city of Beverly, the Committee has met with department heads from the Technology
and Public Services departments on the city side, and from Finance and Buildings and Grounds on the school side.
The Committee expects that deliberations will continue through early 2007 and that a final report and recommendation as to
potential consolidation will then be issued. In the meantime, the following interim steps are recommended for immediate action:
1. That the City Finance and School Business departments adopt the operating procedures recommended in the Memorandum
prepared by Kathy Griffin entitled "Observations/Comments: Potential Consolidation of City/School Business and Finance
Functions," a copy of which is attached.
2. That the City Council and the School Committee agree to resume the organizational review of the City Finance and School
Business departments by an independent consultant, which review was authorized and begun earlier this year. Such review shall
include the finance, business, human resource and benefits functions of both departments. Further, the purpose of the
organizational review should be to analyze whether consolidation of the departments would achieve any of the following
objectives:
· cost savings;
· elimination of redundancy;
· more efficient delivery of services; and
· improved operating procedures.
Finally, the Committee recommends that the independent consultant should report to the Joint Consolidation Committee on the
foregoing matters and make a recommendation as to whether consolidation of the departments should be pursued and, if so, how the
department(s) should be organized.
Refer to Finance and Property and the Committee of the Whole
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Meeting adjourned: 8: 10 PM
Frances A. Macdonald, CMC
City Clerk
8/24/2009