Minutes - Monday, 7 March 2016Regular Meeting - Beverly City Council, Beverly, MA
MINUTES — Monday, 7 March 2016 @ 7:00 PM
Beverly City Hall, 3r Floor, Council Chamber
Called to Order @ 7:00 PM
Roll Call John P. Frates Jr.(absent), Scott D. Houseman -Vice President (absent), David J.
Lang, James F. Latter (absent), Donald G. Martin, Estelle M. Rand, Matthew J. St.Hilaire, Jason
C. Silva (absent), Paul M. Guanci - President.
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: Councilor Rand
Resolutions: None
Public Speakers: None
Acceptance of Minutes of Previous Meetings:
Regular Meeting — Tuesday, 16 February 2016 Approved 5 -0
Special Meeting — Monday, 22 February 2016 Approved 5 -0
Presentations, Awards and Memorials: None
Communications from His Honor the Mayor:
#063
March 7, 2016
The Honorable City Council
City Hall
Beverly, MA 01915
Dear Honorable Council:
I hereby appoint, subject to your review and recommendation, Mr. Eric M. Santangelo, 5
Clipper Way, Beverly to serve as Constable in the City of Beverly for the express
purpose of serving Civil Process.
Attached is Mr. Santangelo's application, which has been approved by Police Chief John
LeLacheur.
Mr. Santangelo's term will be effective until March 1, 2018.
Sincerely yours,
Michael P. Cahill
Mayor
Referred to Legal Affairs
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#064
March 7, 2016
The Honorable City Council
City Hall
Beverly, MA 01915
Dear Honorable Council:
I am pleased to inform you that the City of Beverly, through our Police Department, has
been awarded a First Responder's Naloxone (Narcan) Grant from the Department of
Public Health's Executive Office of Health and Human Services in the amount of
$20,000. With your approval, this grant will be used to purchase Narcan and pay for
police training and stipends. Massachusetts General Law Chapter 44 Section 53A
requires both council and mayoral approval before any grant or gifts to the city can be
expended for their prescribed purpose. I therefore request the council approve this grant
by taking action on this matter at your upcoming meeting of the City Council on March
7, 2016. Thank you.
Sincerely yours,
Michael P. Cahill
Mayor
There being the absence of a quorum for Finance & Property, Council President
entertained a Motion to Approve, Made & Seconded — Vote: 5 -0.
#065
March 7, 2016
The Honorable City Council
City Hall
Beverly, MA 01915
Dear Honorable Council:
I am pleased to inform you that the City of Beverly, through our Fire Department, has
been awarded a Mass Decontamination Unit Grant from the Department of Public
Health's Office of Preparedness and Emergency Management in the amount of $2,000.
With your approval, this grant will be used for the deployment and training of the Mass
Decontamination Unit assigned to the Beverly Fire Department. Massachusetts General
Law Chapter 44 Section 53A requires both council and mayoral approval before any
grant or gifts to the city can be expended for their prescribed purpose. I therefore request
the council approve this grant by taking action on this matter at your upcoming meeting
of the City Council on March 7th, 2016. Thank you.
Sincerely yours,
Michael P. Cahill
Mayor
There being the absence of a quorum for Finance & Property, Council President
entertained a Motion to AUUrove. Made & Seconded — Vote: 5 -0.
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Communications from other City Officers and Boards:
#066
Communication - Administrator — Beverly Contributory Retirement Board re:
COLA
Received and Placed on File — Vote: 5 -0
#067
Communication — BPD Traffic /Safety Sgt. Re: Stop Sign @ Overlook & Echo Avenues
Referred to Legal Affairs & the Parking and Traffic Commission.
Communication — BPD Traffic /Safety Sgt. Re: Stop Sign @ Reservoir & Sohier Roads
Referred to Legal Affairs & the Parking and Traffic Commission.
#069
Communication — Chairman, Beverly Airport Commission re: Membership
Referred to Public Services
#070
Communication — Councilor Latter re: Handicapped sign @ 19 Grant Street
Referred to Legal Affairs & the Parking and Traffic Commission.
#055A
Communication — Planning Director re: Set a Joint Public Hearing with the Planning
Board re: Amended Map — Removal of IR Overlay — Brimbal Avenue
Referred to Legal Affairs to Set a Joint Public Hearing with the Planning Board.
#071
Communication — City Clerk re: Petroleum Storage Registration Renewals
Referred to Legal Affairs.
#072
Communication — Council President re: Beverly Middle School project
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Referred to Legal Affairs & the Parking and Traffic Commission.
Communications, Applications & Petitions: None
#073
Application for Waiver of Alcohol Ordinance — George Martin
Referred to Legal Affairs to take action at this Meetin.
Unfinished Business: Final Passage:
#032— Amended Ordinance XXVI "Personnel' 26.05 "Mileage"
ORDERED: In the year two thousand and sixteen
An Amendment to an Existing Ordinance, as follows:
ARTICLE XXVI "Personnel ", Section 26.05 "Mileage ":
(a) A municipal employee may be reimbursed for the use of their personal vehicle on city
business at the rate of twenty cents ($.20) per mile and that this rate be adjusted
annually on or about July 1 each year to equal the rate for state employees' use of
their private vehicles. The documentation necessary to receive the reimbursement
will be determined by the finance director - auditor.
First Reading: February 1, 2016
Second Reading: February 16, 2016
Advertised and held for Final Passage
Final Passage: March 7, 2016
Order read once and adopted — Vote: 5 -0
Reports of Committees:
#062
Communication — Mayor re: Surplus Real Property @ 105 Sam Fonzo Drive (Map 90,
Lot 15)
There being the absence of a quorum for Finance & Property, Council President
entertained a Motion to Move the Measure our of Committee - Made & Seconded —
Vote: 5 -0. Motion to Aprove the Measure — Vote: 5 -0.
Public Hearings:
7:30 PM - #042 — National Grid & Verizon re: East Lothrop Street — Council
President entertained a Motion to Approve the Request from the Floor —
Approved - Vote: 5 -0
7:35 PM - #056 - Airport Enterprise Fund - Council President entertained a
Motion to Approve the Request from the Floor — Approved - Vote: 5 -0
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Reports of Committees (resumed):
#017
The Committee on Legal Affairs, to whom was referred Application — Livery License Megala Gerena-
Lebron, 13 Thorndike ST. #5, have considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows:
Receive and Place on File — Vote: 5 -0.
#055A
The Committee on Legal Affairs, to whom was referred the matter of Communication — Assistant
Planning Director to Set a Joint Public Hearing with the Planning Board for Monday, 4 April 2016 @
8 PM, have considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows:
Submit the accompanying Order and recommend its adoption
ORDERED: that the Beverly City Council and the Beverly Planning Board will hold a Joint
Public Hearing on Monday, April 4, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. in the City Hall, 191 Cabot Street — 3r
Floor, Beverly, MA, relative to a proposed Amendment to the Zoning Map, removing Map 55
Lots 19, 20, 21, 23, 24 and Map 56 Lots 20, 20A from the " IR Overlay" referred to in Article
XXXVIII, Chapter 19.
Order read once and adopted. Vote: 5 -0.
#061
The Committee on Legal Affairs, to whom was referred the matter of Application for License —
Taxi /Livery — Robert E. Mannix, 44 Western Avenue have considered said matter and beg leave to
report as follows:
Recommend the License be granted
Order read once and adopted. Vote: 5 -0.
#073
The Committee on Legal Affairs, to whom was referred the matter of Application for Waiver of
Alcohol Ordinance — George Martin have considered said matter and beg leave to report as follows:
Recommend the Council Approve the Request
Order read once and adopted. Vote: 5 -0.
Motions and Orders: None
Meeting Adjourned: 7:50 PM Attest: D. Wesley Slate, Jr.
City Clerk
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