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#435 A Public Hearing relative to the removal of a live tree at McKay & Sturtevant Streets.
Referred to the Committee on Public Service and Aid
#473 A Public Hearing relative to the removal of a live tree at 161 Dodge Street.
Referred to the Committee on Public Service and Aid
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEVERLY CITY COUNCIL - TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1994 at 8:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL: Present: Councilors Coughlin, Gilmore, Golin, McGlynn, Murray, Rollins, Troubetaris
and Nardella.
Absent: None
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG: Led by Councilor Rollins
COMMUNICATIONS FROM HIS HONOR THE MAYOR:
January 18, 1994
Honorable City Council
City Hall
Dear Honorable Council:
I hereby reappoint, subject to your confirmation, the following City of Beverly Health Department
employees to serve as Constables to serve Civil Process within the City of Beverly for the year
1994:
Joseph W. Walsh
Leo L. Panunzio
Joseph A. Reale
Attached is a communication from Joseph Walsh, Director of Public Health and Environmental Affairs.
Very truly yours,
William F. Scanlon, Jr., Mayor
Laid over for confirmation.
January 18, 1994
Honorable City Council
City Hall
Dear Honorable Council:
--I hereby submit for your informatin the attached Annual Beano Reports for the year 1993 from
the following organizations:
St. John the Evangelist
Friends of Beverly Council on Aging
St. John the Evangelist School
Very truly yours,
William F. Scanion, Jr., Mayor
Received and Placed on File
January 18, 1994
Honorable City Council
City Hall
Dear Honorable Council:
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I hereby request that your Honorable Council authorize the Mayor to sign the attached subordination
agreement for property owned by Paul G. Fitch, at 12 Pleasant Street, Beverly, MA 01915.
Attached is a communication from Planning Director Tins Cassidy concerning this request.
Very truly yours,
William F. Scanion, Jr., Mayor
Referred to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Accounts.
January 18, 1994
HOnorable City Council '
City Hall
Dear Honorable Council:
I hereby submit for your information the reappointment of Mr. Paul F. McDonald, 7 Western Avenue,
Beverly, MAO1915, to serve as Beverly's representative to the North Shore Regional School
District.
His term will be for tbre years effective January 14, 1994.
Very truly yours,
William F. Scanlon, Jr., Mayor
Received and Placed on File.
January 18, 1994
Honorable City Council
City Hall
Dear Honorable Council,
Through November 30, 1993, the City has spent with the outside auditors, Melanson & Greenwood,
approximately $20,000 for part-time work associated with maintaining the general ledger.
We desire to hire on a full-time basis an assistant auditor with the annual salary of $27,694.
this person will not only maintain the general ledger for less total cost than presently but will
also handle the types of functions as illustrated in the accompanying position description.
I believe that filling this position will be helpful in our getting a better handle on our financia
position and I would appreciate your support and approval. The funds for this position are
included in the existing 1993-94 budget.
Very truly yours,
William F. Scanlon, Jr., Mayor
Referred to the Committee on Finance and Property.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM OTHER CITY OFFICERS AND BOARDS:
January 14, 1994
The Honorable William F. Scanlon, Jr.
Mayor, City of Beverly
Dear Mayor Scanlon,
The Board of Registrars has met and discussed the special election and the desire of the City
Council and Mayor to donduct it in as cost-efficient a manner as possible. Several options
were discussed trying to take into consideration numbers, parking, weather, convenience, etc.
We have concluded that there are only two options available.
The first is to hold the election at one location; namely, the YMCA Teen and Community Center on
Belch Street. The gym has been measured and will easily accommodate twelve separate precincts,
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minimally set up with two voting booths each. There will be one entrance and one exit, with
signs clearly marking each voting area. This will allow the election to be conducted at a cost
of $8,500 maximum.
The second option is to hold the election as usual, with polling places set up in each ward. This
will result in a cost of approximately $15,000.
There originally was a plan to have Ward Six set up separately because of the distance to Balch
Street. However, we received calls indicating that this favored Ward Six candidates. While
this perception is debatable, it has some merit and the Registrars felt it wise to treat every
ward the same.
Wewill make every effort to publicize the date, location and data of this special election and
will make certain to emphasize that anyone inconvenienced by the location can apply for an
absentee ballot.
The City Council needs to accept one of these options as soon as possible, and you will need to
appropriate sufficient funds for whichever plan is adopted.
The breakdown is as follows:
Wardens and Clerks
Inspectors
Ballot Printing - Preparation
reader/operator
Rental of Buildings
Police Officers
Custodians
Miscellaneous, signs, donuts, postage, etc
$2,160.00 $2,160.00
3,360.00 5,040.00
1,612.00 2,160.00
425.00
800.00 4,000.00
1,000.00
280.00 280.00
Very truly yours,
Constance E. Perton
Clerk, Board of Registrars.
Referred to the Com~nittee of the Whole
COMMUNICATIONS, APPLICATIONS AND PETITIONS:
An application from Freddie Ford for two taxi licenses doing business at 28 Northridge Road as
D & M Shuttle.
Referred to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Accounts.
Claim - Christine Newman
Referred to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Accounts.
Claim - Marilyn Seymour, 1Lovett Court, Beverly
Referred to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Accounts.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
The Committee on Finance and Property to whom was referred the matter of Mayor's request for
transfer to account "Sealer of Weights and Measures" ($661.00) have considered said matter and
beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Submit the accompanying order and recommend its adoption.
'ORDERED:
That the sum of Six Hundred Sixty-One Dollars ($661.00) be, and the same is hereby
transferred from account "Veterans Service" #01-452-5160 to account "Sealer of Weights
and Measures" #01-239-5110 in accordance with the recommendation of His honor the Mayor.
Said sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Director of Veterans' Servic
Order read once and adopted, and passed over to a second reading, laid over under charter
provisions.
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The Connnittee on Legal Affairs and Accounts to whom was referred the matter of request from Police
Department for ordinance change - STOP sign on Clifton Avenue, have considered said matter and beg
leave to report as follows, to wit:
Submit the accompanying ordinance and recommend its adoption.
In the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four
An Ordinance amending an ordinance entitiled "Motor Wehicles and Traffic" relative to Obedience to
isolated stop signs.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Beverly a follows:
That Chapter 14, Secion 86 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Beverly, 1989, be, and the same
is hereby amended by adding thereto the following:
Sect. 14-86 Obedience to isolated stop signs.
"Clifton Avenue, Northwesthound drivers on Clifton Avenue at Nursery Street."
This ordinance to take effect upon passage.
Order read once and adopted.
The Committee on Legal Affairs and Accounts to whom was referred the matter of Ordinance change
re dog license fees, have considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Submit the accompanying ordinance and recommend its adoption.
In the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four
An Ordinance amending an ordinance entitled "Animals" relative to License fees
Be it ordained by the City Council of the city of Beverly as follows:
That Chapter 4, Section 27 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Beverly, 1989, be, and the
same is hereby amended by deleting the secion in its entirely and replacing it with the following:
Section 4-27 License fees.
"Dog licenses expire on March 31 of each year.
The annual fee for the issuance of licenses for dogs shall be as follows:
All dogs - $10.00
Late license file fee (after May 15 annually) - $20.00
This ordinance to take effect with 1994 licenses.
Order read once, CouncilorRollins proposed amendment to Five Dollars for neutered or spayed
animal, motion fails for lack of second. Councilor Troubetaris explains Committee report
and Committee report accepted and adopted 6-2 with Rollins and McGlynn opposed.
M The Committee on Legal Affairs and Accounts to whom was referred the matter of request to amend
:Rules and Orders of the City Council, have considered said matter and beg leave to report as
'follows, to wit:
Submit the accompanying order and recommend its adoption.
iORDERED: That the Rules of the City Council be amended to include, under Rule 18 - Order of
Business - a segment for the approval of minutes of the prior meeting(s).
Order read once and adopted.
The Committee on Legal Affairs and Accounts to whom was referred the matter of Mortgage foreclosure
for property at 41Elliott Street, have considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows,
Receive and Place on File (Referred to the City Solicitor)
Order read once and adopted.
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The Committee on Legal Affairs and Accounts to whom was referred the matter of Claim - Nancy
J. Harrington. 57B School Street, Manchester, MAhave considered said matter and beg leave to
report as follows, to wit:
Receive and Place on File (Referred to the City Solicitor)
Order read once and adopted.
The Committee on Public Service and Aid to whom was referred the matter of Communication from
Beaver Pond/Longfellow Place Association re concerns during construction of new subdivision have
considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows, to wit:
Refer to the Committee of the Whole
Order read once and adopted.
The Committee of the Whole, to whom was referred the matter of question of location for
special election 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 accept the location of YMCA Teen and Community Center for the
special election to be held on March 15, 1994. All precincts will vote at one
location.
Order read once and adopted.
MOTIONS AND ORDERS§
By Councilor Coughlin
ORDERED:
That Chapter 15, SEction 23 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Beverly relative
to throwing snow and ice into the streets, be amended to include some restrictions
to snow and ice on sidewalks.
Referred to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Accounts.
~By Councilor Gilmore
ORDERED: That the Committee on Legal Affairs and Accounts assess the current and future legal
services needs of the City of Beverly and recommend any appropriate changes in the
way the City of Beverly purchases such legal services.
Referred to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Accounts.
By Councilor Gilmore
ORDERED:
That Article II, Division II, Section 2-42 of the Revised City Ordinances by amended
by adding a section 2-42 (c) whihc will read as follows:
"(c) The President of the City Council, in sonsultation with the respective committee
chairs, shall appoint up to three residents of the City of Beverly as nonvoting, citizel
advisers to each of the three standing committees enumerated in section 2-41. Such
citizen advisers shall have a demonstrated interest in, and experience with, matters of
the kind likely to come before such committee and shall serve for a term of one (1)
year, or until their successors are appointed."
Referred to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Accounts.
By Councilor Coughlin
ORDERED: That residents be allowed to install separate water meters to determine the amount
of water used for non-sewer related purposes. The purchase and installation of said
meters will be at the residents' expense and all water usage for non-sewer related
purposes will be billed pursuant to separate meter.
Referred to the Committee on Public Service and Aid ...............
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By Councilor Coughlin:
ORDERED:
That the City proceed to take the necessary steps to hire an independent public
safety consultant to evaluate and make recommendations concerning the operation of the
Beverly Police Department.
Referred to the Committee on Finance and Property.
By Councilor Golin and Councilor Coughlin:
ORDERED:
That the Commissioner of Public Works be, and the same is hereby requested to make
a study to determine the costs of installing sidewalks along the northerly side of
Belch Street, from New Belch Street to Bosworth Street, and from Bosworth Street to
McKay Street.
Referred to the Committee on Public Service and Aid.
By Councilor Gilmore:
ORDERED:
That the Rules and Orders of the City Council be amended to provide that any citizen
may comment on matters to be acted upon at any meeting of the City Council or of its
standing and special committees.
Referred to the Committee of the Whole.
By Council Gilmore:
ORDERED:
That the Committee on Finance and Property undertake a study of the current method of
purchasing medical and dental insurance for employees of the City of Beverly and
recommend any appropriate changes in the way the City of beverly purchases such
insurance coverage.
Referred to the Committee on Finance and Property.
By Councilor Gilmore:
ORDERED:
That Rule 18 of the Rules and Orders of the City Council be amended by inserting
a new item number 3 whihc will read as follows:
"3. Citizen comment on non-agenda items."
and renumbering the remaining items accordingly.
Referred to the Committee of the Whole.
At approximately 8:30 p.m. a motion was made by Alderman Coughlin to suspend the rules and
introduce the topic of seating arrangement in the Council Chambers upon election of Councilor
to fill the seat of Paul Ofeish. Coughlin feels that Gilmore should assume second seat and
newly elected councilor should take third position. Gilmore indicated that he was comfortable
in third spot and election being held to fill Ofeish's seat, therefore elected person should take
that place. Councilor Golin introduced thought that, if Gilmore is to move up, maybe person
holding fourth place in election should be moved up. Brief discussion, followed by motion by
Councilor Coughlin to pass order having newly elected councilor (March 15, 1994 election) assume
third seat in Chamber. No second. Motion does not pass.
Motion to adjourn: 8:40 P.M.
Attest: Constance E. Perton
City Clerk