1994-06-27RECORDS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
#285 A public Hearing relative to Mass Electric peition for installation of conduit in Burley St.
Referred to the Committee on public Service and Aid.
#222 A Public Hearing relative to Municipal Budget for FY 1995
A petition with 126 Names submitted in opposition to department head raises.
Referred to the City Council
RECESSED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL - MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1994 at 7:00 P.M.
ROLL CALL: Present: Coughlin, Gilmore, Golin, Mahan, McGlynn, Murray, Rollins, Troubetaris and
Nardella
Absent: None
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG:
ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES OF PRIOR MEETING:
CONFIRMATIONS:
The following appointments were submitted to the Council on June 20, 1994, lald over under charter
provisions and confirmed unanimouslY.
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#305
#306
COMMUNICATIONS FROM HIS HONOR THE MAYOR:
June 27, 1994
~Honorable City Council
City Hall
Led by Councilor Troubetaris
Motion made and seconded to accept minutes of meeting of
June 20, 1994. Motion passes 9-0.
The appointment of Elizabeth McGlynn to the Cable TV Advisory Commission.
The appointment of Richard Greaves to serve as Constable to serve civil process in Beverly
The reappointment of A. Joseph Sullivan, Joseph Qualantona and Robert Marshall to the
Council on Aging.
Dear Honorable Council:
I hereby request that your Honorable Council amend Order #141 to read as follows:
That $550,000 fs appropriated for Phase I of the School Capital Improvement Plan, including
the construction, equipping and furnishing of an addition to the Ayers-Ryal Side School and
related remodeling of the existing school, and the purchase and installation of portable
classrooms; that to meet this appropriation, $50,000 is to be funded from school appropriatio
and the Treasurer-Collector, with the approval of the Mayor and the Finance Director and unde
the direction of the Committee on Finance and property, is authorized to borrow ,500,000
under G. L. C 44 Sec. 7(3), 7(3A) and 7(9) and to file an application with the Emergency
Finance Board to qualify the bonds under Chapter 441 of Massachusetts General Laws; that
the City Treasurer-Collector is further authorized to file a certified copy of the loan order
and provide such other information and executre such other documents as the Board may
require; and that all bonds or notes issued hereunder shall be certified to in writing as to
their genuineness by Shawmut Bank, N. A.
Very truly yours,
I. William F. Scanion, Jr. , MAyor.
$: Referred to the Committee on Finance and Property.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES:
The Comanittee on public Service and Aid to whom was referred the matter of New England Telephone
petition for conduit in Essex Street, have considered siad matter and beg leave to report as
follows, to wit:
Recommend the petition be granted.
RECORDS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
The Coumnittee on Finance and Property to whom was referred the matter of the amendment of Order
#141 re School Captial Improvement Plan, have considered said matter and beg leave to report as
follows, to wit:
Submit the accompanying order and recommend its adoption.
ORDERED: That 9550,000 is appropriated for Phase I of the School Captial Improvement Plan,
including the construction, equipping and furnishing of an addition to the Ayers-Ryal
Side School and related remodeling of the existing school, and the purchase and
installation of portable classrooms; that to meet this appropriation, 950,000 is to be
funded from school appropriation and the Treasurer-Collector, with the approval of the
Mayor and the Finance Director and uder the direction of the Committee on Finance and
Property, is authorized to borrow 9500,000 under F. L. Chapter 44, Section 7(3), 7(3A)
and 7(9) and to file an application with the Emergency Finance Board to qualify the
bonds under Chapter 44A of Massachusetts General Laws; that the City Treasurer-Collector
is further authoirzed to file a certified copy of the loan order and provide such
other information and executre such other documents as the Board may require; and that
all bonds or notes issued hereunder shall be certified to in writing as to their
gentuneness by Shawmut Bank, N.A.
Order read once and adopted.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
#222 Mayor's ~j.~F~ 1995 municipal budget, presented to City Council on May 2, 1994 and amended
by a final budget submitted ou June 20, 1994, took a first reading on June 20, 1994 and
was amended by the Committee on Finance and Property as follows:
ORDERED: That the sums of money recommended by His HOnor the Mayor in his communication of
June 20, 1994 be, and the same are hereby appropriated for the specific surposes in the
budget, with the following exception(s):
Dept 691 Historical Commission 95,000 to 0
Maintenance
reducing the Mayor's original budget of Fifty Five Million, Eight Hundred Twenty-Seven
Thousand, Two Hundred Sixty-Two Dollars (955,827,262) by Five Thousand Dollars for a
new budget figure of Fifty-Five Million, Eight Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand, Two
Hundred Sixty Two Dollars (955,822,262), this amount to be raised by the tax levy for
Fiscal Year 1995, offset by other revenues.
The City Council is voting an object total budget with the exceptions of the Public
Works Department. (Object totals amoung divisions) and the School Department (a
Qualified spending total and another school spending total.
The City Council also endorses a proposed ,1.4 Million capital budget proposed by the
Mayor and will consider appropriations and bonding authority during the course of FY95.
Discussion by City Council, motion by Councilor Murray to reduce department head raises (945,000)
Police training (967,000), Fire Dept. exhaust extraction (940,000) and Hazardous Waste Day
(950,000.00) and request Mayor to add approximately 9200,000 to Reserve for Unforeseen Expenses.
Motion fails.
Order read once end adopted - with department head raises considered as a separate issue.
8-1 Murray in opposition
Discussion on the matter of department head raises, with each Councilor speaking. Motion made
and seconded to accept department head raises as proposed by Mayor Scanlon in his budget message.
Motion passes - 6-3 (Murray, Gilmore and Mahan opposed)
The adoption of these department head salaries includes the adoption of the following ordinance
implementing these salary figures.
In the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Four
An Ordinance amending an ordinace entitled "Personnel" relative to Unclassified Salaries
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Beverly as follows:
That Chapter 17, Section 29 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Beverly, 1989, be and the
same is hereby amended by deleting the section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
RECORDS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Section 17-29. Unclassified salaries.
The Compensation of the several officers mentioned in this section shall be at the following
rates per annum, except as otherwise provided, payable in equal weekly paFmerits:
Chief Assessor: Forty-Three thousand, seven hundred dollars ($43,700.00)
Assessor, member of the Board: Thirty-Two Thousand, nine Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($32,975.00]
Assistant part time assessor: Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00)
Auditor-Director of Finance: Forty-Eight Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Five Dollars ($48,255.00)
Assistant Auditor- Director of Finance: Twenty Seven Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Four Dollars
($27,694.00)
Assistant City Solicitor - Full Time: Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000)
Assistant City Solicitor - Part Time: Twenty-Six Thousand, Four Hundred Seventy Dollars ($26,470)
Assistant Library Director: Thirty-Four Thousand Five Hudnred Fifty Dollars ($34,550.00)
Assistant Planner: Thirty-One Thousand Thirteen Dollars ($31,013.00)
City Council: Five Thousand, Eight Hundred Sixty One Dollars ($5,861.00)
Council president: Three Hundred Thirty-Two Dollars ($332.00) additional
Board of Health: Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) each
Board of Health, Clerk: Fifteen Hundred Dollars
Board of Registrars of Voters: Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00) each
Assistant City Clerk: Twenty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Two Dollars ($28,132.00)
City Clerk: Forty Thousand Six Hundred Twenty- Nine Dollars ($40,629.00)
City Clerk, Clerk of the City Council: Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500)
City Electrician: Forty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Nineteen Dollars ($42,519.00)
City physician: On an establised "fee for service" basis as determined from time to time by the
Committee on Legal Affairs and Accounts
City Solicitor: Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($65,000.00)
Civil Defense Director: Seven Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Five Dollars ($7,155.00)
Clerk of Board of Appeals: Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500)
Clerk of Committees: Four Thousand Dollars ($4000)
Collector/Treasurer: Thirty-Eigyt Thousand Dollars ($38,000.00)
Commissioner of Public Works: Fifty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($51,825.00)
Conservation Coum~ission Clerk: Fifteen Hundred Ninety Dollars ($1590)
Deputy Harbormaster: Thirty-Three Hundred Dollars ($3300)
Election Officers: Wardens and clerks for each election: Ninety Dollars per day ($90.00)
~nspectors for each election: Seventy Dollars per day ($70.00)
Fire Chief: Fifty-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Eleven Dollars ($59,411.00)
Fire Department Mechanic: Forty-Three Thousand, Five Hundred Eighty Dollars ($43,580.00)
Fire Department, Aide to Chief: Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500)
Harbormaster: Twenty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Two Dollars ($26,352.00)
Health Director: Forty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars ($44,674.00)
Inspector of Buildings/Building Commissioner: Forty-Five Thousand One Hundred Nineteen Dollars
($45,119.00)
Labor Registration Clerk: One Thousand Dollars ($1000)
Library Director: Forty-Thousand Five Hundred Twelve ($40,512.00)
License Board: Three Hundred Dollars ($300) each
License Board, Clerk: One Thousand Dollars ($1000)
shall continue to serve, includ
period and payments.
Medical Director: Twelve Hundred Ninety Dollars ($1290)
paralegal: Twenty-Six Thousand Dollars ($26,000.00)
Part-time 3unior Clerk-Typist, senior clerk typist, clerk stenographer and principal clerk shall
be paid at an hourly rate based upon and determined in accordance with Appendix B, Section 2,
of the collective bargaining agreement between the City and the Beverly Municipal Employees*
Association, City Hall - (Hourly rate equals applicable weekly rate divided by thirty-five)
Planning Director: Thirty-Nine Thousand Dollars ($39,000)
Planning Board, recordin~ clerk: One Thousand Dollars
Planning Board. secra~ur}'l Fifteen Hundred Ninety Dollars ($1590)
Police Chief: Fifty Nine Thousand four Hundred Eleven Dollars ($59,411.00)
Police matron: Eight Dollars ($8.00) per hour
Public Works, project Coordinator: Forty-One Thousand Five Hundred Nineteen Dollars ($41,519.00)
publicWorks, General Foremen: Thirty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Three ($38,383.00)
Recreation Director: Thirty-Nine Thousand Fifty-Seven Dollars ($39,057.00)
Secretary to the Mayor: Thirty-Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars ($30,900.00)
Workmenls Compensation A~ent: Twenty-Five Hundred Dollars ($2500)
Workmenls Compensation, Clerk: One Thousand Dollars ($1000)
This or.dinance to take effect upon passage.
Ordinance read once, adopted and passed to be ordained.
Attest: Constance E. Perton
Motion to adjourn: 8:30 p.m. City Clerk
· nT~m ~nnL~c HEARINGS WITH pLANNIN~BOARD ON ORDER # 254 and #255 - Zoning Amendments held and