CITY OF WORCESTER
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
JOURNAL
OF THE CITY COUNCIL
– MAY 14, 2002
7:00 P.M.
Convened: 7:07 P.M.
Adjourned: 10:50 P.M.
1. INVOCATION – Rev. Joseph Adamo
Ascension Church
2. PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE/STAR SPANGLED BANNER
3. ROLL
CALL – All present
4. ITEMS
OF CITIZEN INTEREST
4a. ITEMS
OF DEPARTMENTAL OR EMPLOYEE INTEREST
5 & 6 REFERRED TO THE PLANNING BOARD
5. Ken Rabidou request to extend sewers in Bailey St. from
Foxmeadow Dr. to my property at 128 Bailey St. (Attachments)
6. Attorney Robert Longden on behalf of Ancona Realty LLC request
a zone change for a 1.84 acre parcel of land at 115 Southwest Cut-off and a 20.03
acre parcel of land off the easterly side of Southwest Cut-off from MG-2.0 to
BL-1.0. (Attachments)
7 REFERRED TO PUBLIC SERVICE & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
7. William Coleman, III request City Council place before the
voters of Worcester the following non-binding question: Do you support the construction of an
Airport Access Rd? (Attachments)
8-10 REFERRED TO
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
8. Hector Camas request sidewalk repair at 91 Eastern Ave. (Attachments)
9. John Manzaro et al request private street maintenance on
Denmark St. (Attachments)
10. Joanne Malone Family Trust request abatement of Street
Betterment Assessment #24429 in the amount of $7,279.27 on Keen St. (Attachments)
10a. Councillor Stephen Patton request emergency repair of Briar
Lane. Referred to Public Works Committee – Suspension of Rules
11-15 REFERRED TO
TRAFFIC & PARKING COMMITTEE
11. Ann Lindquist request handicap parking on Carlstad St. side of
43 Kosta St. (Attachments)
12. Sister Mary Thomas Senckowski request to rescind Residential
Parking Only on the north side of Richland St. (Attachments)
13. State Representative John Fresolo on behalf of residents of
Emanuel Lutheran Village Apartments request installation of a crosswalk on
Greenwood St. at the intersection with Forsberg St. (Attachments)
14. Ann Emphrey et al request resident parking in front of 27
Elliott St. (Attachments)
15. Winona Rondeau et al request traffic light at 425 Pleasant St. (Attachments)
16 REFERRED TO YOUTH, PARKS & RECREATION COMMITTEE
16. William Coleman, III request City Council and City
Administration hold a Citywide youth town meeting to discuss summer job programs
for City youth. (Attachments)
17 & 18 HEARINGS
SET FOR MAY 21, 2002 – 7:00 P.M.
17. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: LOVELL ST. (Attachments)
18. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS for a conduit location on: MAIN ST. (Attachments)
ORDERS
18a. Request Administration to make a 10-15 minute presentation to
Council on the design of Brosnihan Sq. Motion-Clancy @ #3A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18b. Request Administration to look at unexpended balances in Block
Grant funds to come up with $110,000.00 to install a traffic signal in front of
the Webster St Fire Station. Motion-Perotto
@ #7B CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18c. Request City Manager report to City Council in one week regarding
whether or not Block Grant expenditures could be used to install a traffic
signal in front of the Webster St. Fire Station. Motion-Clancy @ #7B CM –
Report requested in two weeks – Councillor Lukes moved to amend to one week –
Adopted, as amended (Attachments)
18d. Request City Manager to recommend funding for a traffic signal at
the Greendale Fire Station. Motion-Patton @ #7B CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18e. Request Administration to report as to how much money is in the
Microloan Program and how much money has been expended this fiscal year. Motion-Perotto
@ #7D CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18f. Request Administration to consider assessing the owner relative
to the development of a new road through the Greenwood St. landfill site. Motion-Clancy @ #7E CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18g. Request Administration to look into the Mass. Turnpike Authority’s
program relative to using part of the Greenwood St. landfill site as a Park and
Ride area. Motion-Murray @ #7E CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18h. Request City Manager report confirming the assumption that grant
funds from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can be used for cleanup of
lots to be developed for housing. Motion-Irish @ #7F CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18i. Request Administration to contact our Congressmen and Senators
concerning any grant dollars available on a discretionary basis that do not
come in the form of a loan to clean up brownfields. Motion-Perotto @ #7F CM –
Adopted (Attachments)
18j. Request Administration to provide a report and to include as part
of the Union Station Update report the housing initiative offered by the MBTA
whereby low to medium income families are offered zero down and low interest
mortgages if they live in the vicinity of a train station. Motion-Clancy
@ #7H CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18k. Request Administration to provide City Council with additional
information on the siting of a garage underneath I-290 as to the status of the
land in terms of the lease to a private
entity, the terms of the lease as to length of time and income and can the
lease be bought out. Further, request
Administration provide a timeline for the subsidized parking in the Outlet Mall
garage. Motion-Irish @ #7H CM – Adopted
(Attachments)
18L. Request Administration to place the Special Event Permit Guide on
the City’s web site and to start a series of these types of packages that would
be available to the public. Motion-Lukes @ #7I CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18m. Request Election Commission to provide a report listing streets
that have been shifted from one district to another. Motion-Perotto @ #9A CM –
Adopted (Attachments)
18n. Request Administration to provide draft legislation giving
preference on Civil Service promotional examinations by way of an additional
point to Worcester residents. Motion-Irish @ #13A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18o. Request Administration to report relative to a benefit description
of the old BlueCare 65 plan and the new plan.
Further, are there any restrictions on the use of preferred providers in
the new plan? Motion-Irish @ #13E CM – Adopted
(Attachments)
18p. Request Administration to report what it would cost the City if
the $65 a month increase to retirees for health insurance were paid by the
City. Motion-Perotto @ #13E CM – Adopted
(Attachments)
18q. Request Administration to provide City Council with a chart
showing what the current health insurance benefits are for employees and
retirees and a comparative chart showing what the new benefits are. Further,
request charts contain what the old costs were, the new costs and how those
costs break out according to the percentages of the co-pay for the employee and
the City. Further, report if that
comparison applies to any pre-tax payment.
Further, request a breakdown of all employees and what health insurance
plans they are on currently. Further,
request a copy of the notice to employees showing what their co-pays are
expected to be and what the City’s payment is expected to be. Motion-Clancy
@ #13E CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18r. Request Administration to work with the Blue Cross local and
regional customer service offices to make sure they are aware that the City of
Worcester has changed their retirement plans.
Motion-Patton @ #13E CM – Adopted
(Attachments)
18s. Request Administration to report on costs to individuals to obtain
a permit for outside dining. Motion-Lukes
@ #16A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18t. Request Administration to report if it is possible to send the notice
contained in Item 16B of the City Manager’s Calendar of May 14, 2002 to all
towing companies that the City has contracted out to and for the notice to be
posted on the towing company premises of any towing company that has a contract
with the City. Motion-Lukes @ #16B CM – Adopted
(Attachments)
18u. Request Administration to report as to interpretation of the law
that owners of property on private streets may notify the Police Chief that they
are going to tow cars parked on a private street and then proceed to have cars
towed from their street. Motion-Patton @ #16B CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18v. Request Administration to report on the sale of the Indian Hill
Property as to when the School Committee declared the property surplus, what
was the original definition of the property, how was a piece of the parcel
transferred to the Salter School. Motion-Patton @ #16E CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18w. Request Administration to report on ownership and use of the field
to be created in the Gardner/Kilby/Hammond Neighborhood Redevelopment
Initiative. Motion-Clancy @ #18F CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18x. Request City Manager to consider including a reversionary clause
in the deed relative to the Gardner/ Kilby/Hammond Neighborhood Redevelopment
Initiative. Motion-Murray @ #18F CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18y. Request Administration to look into whether the Little League that
utilizes the field adjacent to the Vietnam Memorial in Green Hill Park would be
willing to move, on a temporary basis, to an alternative field. Motion-Clancy
@ #19A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18z. Request City Manager
report whether the City has a policy that is being followed on a City-wide
basis relative to video taping in public buildings and whether, in fact, there
is video taping going on in City schools and if there was a vote taken setting
forth policy and procedures. Motion-Lukes
@ #20A CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18aa. Request City Solicitor to report on whether the Police Department
is allowed to photograph individuals in City parks. Motion-Palmieri @ #20E
& F CM – Adopted (Attachments)
18bb. Request Administration to provide City Council with the street
addresses of the properties in the area of the College of the Holy Cross where
student disturbances have occurred and the ownership of these properties. Motion-Irish
@ #23CC – Adopted (Attachments)
18cc. Request City Manager to report if there is a law or possible to
enact a law that allows Police Officers or any other official from removing the
kegs of beer or taps from the kegs or any type of alcohol from private premises
when it is found that the drinking is illegal or where individuals are selling
alcohol without a license. Motion-Clancy
@ #24CC – Adopted (Attachments)
18dd. Request Administration to contact the MWRA and the Town of West
Boylston relative to paving of Briar Lane.
Patton – Suspension of Rules –
Adopted (Attachments)
18ee. Request City Manager provide a survey of campus policies regarding
evicting students from campus housing because of unacceptable behavior. Haller
– Suspension of Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
18ff. Request Administration to report on how much revenue the City
would receive if it were to adopt proposed local option legislation under
consideration as it relates to raising the meal tax. Murray – Suspension of
Rules – Adopted (Attachments)
THOMAS R. HOOVER
CITY MANAGER
CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR
FOR MAY 14, 2002
1. NON-CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
2. CITY
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION:
3. AIRPORT:
A. Communication relative to Massport’s commitment to the Five-Year Operating Agreement. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Service &
Transportation Committee
4. ASSESSORS:
5. BUDGET OFFICE:
6.
COMMUNICATIONS:
7. ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT:
A. Communication relative to verification with Division of Capital Asset Management (DCAM), the meaning of a twenty-year life span for the new courthouse building. (Attachments)
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to Webster Square Fire Station Traffic Light. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
C. Communication relative to WRTA Route Changes and Fair Increases. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Service & Transportation Committee
D. Communication relative to Microloan Program. (Attachments)
Councillor Gomez recused on a roll call 10-0
Referred to
Commerce & Development Committee
E. Communication relative to Sale of the Greenwood Street Landfill. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
F. Communication relative to Correspondence from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. (Attachments)
Referred to Commerce & Development Committee
G. Communication relative to Worcester Cultural Coalition Received $50,000.00 in 3rd-year Funding. (Attachments)
Referred to Commerce & Development
Committee
H. Communication relative to Union Station
Update. (Attachments)
Referred to Commerce & Development
Committee
I. Communication relative to Special Event Permit Guide. (Attachments)
Placed on file
8. ELDER
AFFAIRS:
9. ELECTION
COMMISSION:
A. Communication relative to Polling Sites
for the City of Worcester. (Attachments)
Placed on file
B. Communication relative to New Council
District Maps. (Attachments)
Placed on file
10. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT SERVICES:
11. EMPLOYMENT
& TRAINING:
12. FIRE:
A. Request City Council accept with gratitude
the donation of two Personal Water Crafts from the Kawasaki through Action
Sports, also the donation of a Personal Water Craft trailer from the
Quinsigamond Rowing Association, Inc. (Attachments)
Order adopted with gratitude
13. HUMAN
RESOURCES:
A. Communication relative to Civil Service
Promotional Examinations. (Attachments)
Placed on file
B. Communication relation to City Employee
Recognition Award Program. (Attachments)
Placed on file
C. Communication relative to Impact of
Furloughs on Pension Calculations. (Attachments)
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
Referred
to Municipal Operations Committee
E. Communication relative to an Update on the Current Status of Health Insurance and the Open Enrollment for 2002. (Attachments)
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
14. HUMAN
RIGHTS:
15. INFORMATION
SERVICES:
16. LAW:
A. Communication relative to the implementation of the proposal to allow sidewalk and outside dining for our restaurants and eating establishments. (Attachments)
Referred to the Planning Board
B. Communication relative to Legal Opinion as to the Rights and Responsibilities of Towing Operators. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Service & Transportation Committee
C. Communication relative to Department of Telecommunicatins & Energy, Cable Television Division Notice of Public Hearing on Cable Television Rates to take place on Thursday, May 30, 2002 at 11:00 A.M. (Attachments)
Placed on file
D. Communication relative to Charter Communications First Quarterly Status Report relative to the Construction and Deployment of Digital Cable and Internet Access Services. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Service & Transportation Committee
E. Communication relative to the Sale of the Indian Hill Property. (Attachments)
Recommitted to the City Manager
F. Communication relative to Seattle and San Francisco Ordinances relative to Photographing Protesters. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
17. LICENSE
COMMISSION:
18. NEIGHBORHOOD
SERVICES:
A. Communication relative to an award of
$41,950.00 from the Governor’s Alliance Against Drugs for the FY’02 Abuse
Resistance Education Program (DARE) Summer Day Program. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
B. Communication relative to a report on
Stipends or Overtime Paid with Block Grant Funds. (Attachments)
Placed on file
C. Communication relative to Status Reports
on Housing Production and Housing Initiatives. (Attachments)
Referred to Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Committee
D. Communication relative to a FY’02 Grant
from the Corporation for National and Community Service Special Volunteer
Programs to Support Homeland Security. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
E. Communication relative to a Year to Date
Report on the Grants Division. (Attachments)
Referred to Municipal Operations Committee
F. Communication relative to Update on
Progress on the Gardner/Kilby/ Hammond Initiative. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Abraham
absent)
Also referred to Community Development Committee for
informational purposes
19. PARKS,
RECREATION & CEMETERY:
A. Communication relative to Status Report –
Green Hill Park Master Plan/Family Recreation Area Development/Implementation.
(Attachments)
Referred to Youth, Parks & Recreation Committee
B. Communication relative to Volunteer effort
to plant 50,000 flowers in and around the Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans
Memorial at Green Hill Park. (Attachments)
Referred to Youth, Parks & Recreation
Committee
20. POLICE:
A. Communication relative to Additional
Security Precautions. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
B. Request City Council accept with gratitude
donations totaling $1,000.00 received in support of the Police Department’s K-9
Unit. (Attachments)
Order adopted with gratitude
C. Communication relative to Speeding Surveillance
on Salisbury Street near the intersection of Flagg Street and Willowbrook Road.
(Attachments)
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
D. Communication relative to Malfunctioning Elevators
at the Worcester Police Department. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
E. Communication relative to Photographing
Protesters in Public Spaces. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
F. Communication relative to Surveillance and
Photographing the Public At-large. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
G. Communication relative to Speedwatch
Grant. (Attachments)
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
H. Communication relative to the Philosophy
and Status of Community Policing in the City. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Safety Committee
I. Communication relative to Allegations of
Tow Vehicles in HP Spaces in Shrewsbury Street. (Attachments)
Placed on file
21. PUBLIC
HEALTH & CODE ENFORCEMENT:
22. PUBLIC
LIBRARY:
A. Communication relative to Number of
Visitors and New Library Cards Issued. (Attachments)
Referred to Education Committee
23. PUBLIC
SCHOOLS:
A. Communication relative to the roof at the
Quinsigamond School. (Attachments)
Referred to Education Committee
B. Communication relative to a report on the
current project cost, funding plan, and progress on related matters pertaining
to the Worcester Vocational High School. (Attachments)
Referred to Education Committee
24. PUBLIC
WORKS:
A. Communication relative to Grimewatch
Program – March 2002 Activity. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
B. Communication relative to Loan at 2% for Conducting
Infiltration and Inflow Remedial Work. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
C. Communication relative to Safety
Improvement at Intersection of Salisbury Street, Flagg Street and Willowbrook
Lane. (Attachments)
Referred to Traffic & Parking Committee
D. Request adoption of a resolution to file
and accept a Grant with and from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of
Environmental Protection for the Section 319 Non-Point Source Pollution
Competitive Grant Program. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted
Also referred to Public Works
Committee for informational purposes
E. Communication relative to Report on
Feasibility of South Portal Use. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
25.
PURCHASING:
26. TREASURY:
27. VETERAN’S
SERVICES:
28. FINANCE:
A. Recommend that Sixty Three Thousand Five
Hundred Dollars ($63,500.00) be transferred form Account #91C711, Building
Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account #75C702, Civic Center
Rehabilitation, to provide funds for the purpose of payment for contractual
obligations associated with design engineering for the Centrum Arena roof
replacement, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
B. Recommend that Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($500,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C756, Landfill, and
appropriated to Account #41C756, Landfill, to provide funds for the purpose of
making payments for contractual obligations related to the Ballard Street
Landfill project, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
C. Recommend that Eleven Thousand Three
Hundred Seventy Two Dollars and Fifty Three Cents ($11,372.53) be transferred
form Account #330-07, Reserve for Appropriation Damage Settlement, and
appropriated to Account #250-92000, Police Department Ordinary Maintenance, to
provide funds for the purpose of payment for repairs to Police vehicles. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
D. Recommend that Two Thousand One Hundred
Eighty Seven Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2,187.50) be transferred from Account
#330-07 Reserve for Appropriation Damage Settlement, and appropriated to
Account #260-92000, Fire Department Ordinary Maintenance, to provide funds for
the purpose of payment for repairs to Fire Engine 11. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
E. Request that the City Council accept the
award of One Hundred Forty Four Thousand Six Hundred and Ninety Six Dollars ($144,696.00)
from the Commonwealth Sewer Rate Relief Fund.
Further recommend that this award be applied to the fiscal 2003 billing
cycle since the majority of sewer bills for fiscal 2002 have been issued. This award will be applied to the fiscal
2003 sewer rate effectively reducing the amount billed per CCF by $0.02. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
F. Recommend that One Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($150,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C711, Building
Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account #50C704, School Department Building
Rehabilitation, to provide funds for the payment of contractual obligations
related to various Building Rehabilitation projects for the Worcester Public
Schools as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
G. Recommend that Eighteen Thousand Seven
Hundred Fifty Dollars ($18,750.00) be transferred from Account #332-01, Reserve
for Appropriation Lot Sales, and appropriated to Account #720-91000, Parks
Department Personal Services, to provide funds for the purpose of funding
salary costs associated for Parks Department. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
H. Recommend that Sixty Thousand Six Hundred
Seventy Five Dollars ($60,675.00) be transferred from Account #91C711, Building
Rehabilitation, and appropriated to Account #44C705, Sewer Department Capital
Outlay, to provide funds for the purpose of funding contractual obligation
related to improvements to the Sewer Department Building, as approved in the
Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
I. Recommend that Six Thousand One Hundred
Ninety Five Dollars ($6,195.00) be transferred from Account #91C711, Building Rehabilitation,
and appropriated to Account #26C704, Fire Department Building Rehabilitation,
to provide funds for the purpose of payment for rehabilitation projects for the
Fire Department. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
J. Recommend that Nine Thousand Nine Hundred
Ninety One Dollars, and Ninety Two Cents ($9,991.92) be transferred when and as
received from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account
#41C703, DPW Capital Equipment, to provide funds for the purpose of purchasing
various traffic signal equipment to be utilized throughout the city, as
approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
K. Recommend that Three Hundred Thirty Six
Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty Four Dollars and Sixty Eight Cents ($336,864.68)
be transferred from the following accounts:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
330-01 Pearl
Elm Reserves $186,104.93
330-02 Federal
Plaza Reserves 84,644.00
330-03 Off
Street Reserves 54,080.00
330-04 Parking
Meter Reserves 12,035.75
Total $336,864.68
and appropriated to the
following accounts:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
46S501 Pearl Elm Ord. Maint. $186,104.93
46S502 Federal Plaza Ord. Maint.
84,644.00
46S503 Off Street Ord. Maint. 54,080.00
46S504 Parking Meter Ord. Maint.
12,035.75
This appropriation provides
sufficient operating funds for the Off Street Parking Program for the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2002. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
L. Recommend that Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00) be transferred from Account #330-04, Parking Meter Reserves, and
appropriated to Account #4016-92000, Traffic Engineering Ordinary Maintenance,
to provide sufficient operating funds for the Off Street Parking Program for
the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
M. Recommend that Five Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($550,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C745, Sewer Construction,
and appropriated to Account #44C744, Sewer Reconstruction, to provide funds for
the payment of contractual obligations related to various sewer reconstruction
projects, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
N. Recommend that Eighteen Thousand Four
Hundred Twenty Five Dollars ($18,425.00) be transferred from Account #91C738,
Reservoir Remodeling, and appropriated to Account #45C728, Reservoir
Rehabilitation, to provide funds for the payment of contractual obligations
related to various reservoir improvement projects, as approved in the Capital
Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
O. Recommend that One Hundred Thirty Four
Thousand Five Hundred Twenty Three Dollars and Seventy Six Cents ($134,523.76)
be transferred when and as received from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment,
and appropriated to Account #45C703, Water Department Capital Equipment, to
provide funds for the purpose of purchasing the following pieces of capital
equipment:
(1) Pickup
Truck w/plow $29,641.00
(6) Cutoff
Saws $ 5,444.76
(1) Diesel
Engine $ 5,000.00
(2) Dell
Computers $ 2,982.00
(1) Security
Vehicle $29,856.00
(1) 4x4
Pickup Truck $25,832.00
(1) 4x4
Crew Cab $35,768.00
for the Water Department, as approved in
the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
P. Recommend that One Hundred Seventy Five
Thousand Dollars ($175,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C708, Water
Filtration, and appropriated to Account #45C768, Water Filtration, to provide
funds for the purpose of making payments for contractual obligations related to
various Water Filtration projects, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program.
(Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
Q. Recommend that Five Thousand Five Hundred
Forty Five Dollars and Fourteen Cents ($5,545.14) be transferred when and as
received from Account #44C704, Sewer Department Capital Equipment, to provide
funds for the purpose of purchasing the following pieces of capital; TV Camera
parts, Hot Water Pressure Washer and Electric Powered Compressor, for the Sewer
Department, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
R. Recommend that Two Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($250,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C741, Street Construction,
and appropriated to Account #41C797, Sidewalks, to provide funds for the
payment of contractual obligations related to various sidewalk improvements, as
approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
S. Recommend that Thirty Five Thousand
Dollars ($35,000.00) be transferred from the following Accounts:
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
330-08 Reserve
for Appropriation $22,500.00
Premium on Loans
660-91000 Treasury Department
$12,500.00
Total
$35,000.00
and appropriated to Account
#660-92000, Treasury Department Ordinary Maintenance, to fund projected year end
deficit attributable to the refunding of bonds. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
T. Recommend that Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C737, Water Meters, and appropriated to Account #45C794, Water Meters, to provide funds for the purpose of making payments for contractual obligations related to various Water Meter projects, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller
absent)
U. Recommend that One Thousand One Hundred Dollars ($1,100.00) be transferred from Account #900-92000, City Manager’s Contingency Account, and appropriated to Account #115-92000, Board of Appeals’ Ordinary Maintenance, to provide adequate funding for the remainder of the fiscal year. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
V. Recommend that One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Four Hundred Thirty Three Dollars ($119,433.00) be transferred for the purpose of making the appropriate finance transfer from Account #91C780, City Wide Capital Equipment, to Account #25C701, Police Department’s Capital Equipment, to properly account for the equipment acquisition of 6 unmarked police vehicles approved as part of the 2001 Capital Budget. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
W. Recommend the adoption of a Loan Order in the amount of Seven hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000.00) to be appropriated to Account #91C711 for the purpose of funding the rehabilitation of Quinsigamond School Roof. (Attachments)
Voted to
advertise proposed Loan Order on a roll call 10-0
(Haller absent)
X. Recommend the adoption of a Loan Order in the amount of Thirteen Million Three Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($13,375,000.00) to be appropriated to Account #91C790 for the purpose of funding the construction/rehabilitation of Vocational School Facility. (Attachments)
Voted to
advertise proposed Loan Order on a roll call 10-0
(Haller absent)
Y. Recommend that Two Hundred Fifty Six Thousand Nine Hundred Five Dollars and Eighty Two Cents ($256,905.82) be transferred from Account #91C762, Webster Square Fire Station, and appropriated to Account #14C703, Public Safety, to provide funds for the purpose of payment of contractual obligations associated with the rehabilitation and construction of Webster Square Fire Station, as approved in the Capital Improvement Program. (Attachments)
Order adopted on a roll call 10-0 (Haller absent)
29.
MISCELLANEOUS:
A. Request that City Council accept with
gratitude a donation of $50,000.00 from Allmerica Financial in celebration of
the Hanover Insurance Company’s 150th anniversary, to the City of
Worcester, to be divided equally between the Police and Fire Departments. (Attachments)
Councillor Petty recused on a roll call 9-0 (Haller
absent)
Order adopted with gratitude
B. Request City Council approval of the
resolution to honor Steven Genduso for his years of service to the Citizens
Advisory Council. (Attachments)
Resolution adopted
C. Communication relative to the announcement that Preservation Worcester will hold their annual Preservation Ball on City Hall Plaza, September 21, 2002. (Attachments)
Placed on file
D. Communication received from Worcester Regional Research Bureau, relative to Benchmarking Municipal and Neighborhood Services in Worcester. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Works Committee
E. Communication relative to Worcester Regional Airport Access Road. (Attachments)
Referred to Public Service & Transportation Committee
F.
SUPPLEMENTAL – Communication relative to
recent incidents in the surrounding College Hill neighborhood.
Placed on file
20. Roberta Schaefer, Executive Director, Worcester Regional
Research Bureau transmitting Benchmarking Municipal & Neighborhood Services
in Worcester. (Attachments)
Referred to
Public Works Committee
21. RECESS
TO FINANCE & ORDINANCE: No Action Taken
FINANCE
a) #4B CM June 19, 2001
Communication of the City
Manager relative to Breakdown of
New Growth
Figures over the past ten years. (Attachments)
b) #5A CM
January 29, 2002
Communication of the City
Manager relative to the local aid figures included in the Governor's Budget for
the City of Worcester for Fiscal 2003. (Attachments)
c) #96 CC February 26, 2002
James A. DelSignore, City
Auditor transmitting progress report on the status of the City's finances for
the fiscal year that ends June 30, 2002.
(Attachments)
d) #5A CM February 26,
2002
Communication of the City Manager relative to Financial Projections – FY03. (Attachments)
e) #5A CM March 5, 2002
Communication of the City
Manager relative to a report regarding a breakdown of projected debt service
line item presented in the fiscal 2003 budget report from last Tuesday's City
Council meeting. (Attachments)
f)
#5A
CM March 19, 2002
Communication of the City Manager
relative to FY 03 Budget – Personnel Reductions. (Attachments)
g)
#39CC March 26, 2002
Communication of the City
Manager transmitting statement of the Mass. Municipal Association relative to
the Governor’s revised Fiscal 2003 Budget Plan to cut $200 million from local
aid. (Attachments)
h)
#41CC April 23, 2002
James DelSignore, City
Auditor transmitting the Actuarial Valuation and Review for the City of
Worcester Retirement System as of January 1, 2002. (Attachments)
i)
#42CC April 23, 2002
James DelSignore, City
Auditor transmitting a study prepared by The Sega Company of the Early Retirement
Incentive that is currently being debated in the Mass. Senate. (Attachments)
j)
#41CC May 7, 2002
Worcester Regional Research
Bureau transmitting communication addressing the projected budget shortfall in
FY03. (Attachments)
22. Order - Request Commerce and Development Committee to recommend
an economic development plan for the Union Station/Washington Square project. (Lukes) (Attachments)
Tabled
23. Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication
relative to recent incidents on College Hill near the College of the Holy Cross
with regards to student disturbances. (Tabled April 30, 2002) (Attachments) No
Action Taken
24. Order – Request City Manager report to City Council on whether
or not Police have jurisdiction to confiscate alcohol at illegal parties in
college neighborhoods. (Clancy,
Haller) (Tabled May 7, 2002)
(Attachments) Taken
off the Table and Order adopted
SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF THE
STANDING COMMITTEES
MAY 13, 2002
PUBLIC SERVICE &
COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:00
P.M. TRANSPORTATION
MAY 14, 2002 MUNICIPAL COUNCIL CHAMBER
5:30 P.M. OPERATIONS
MAY 15, 2002 LAND USE
5:15 P.M. – VIEW – MEET AT NELSON PLACE SCHOOL
6:00-7:30 P.M. – MEETING – LIBRARY
NELSON PLACE
SCHOOL
35 NELSON PLACE
Re: Proposed
Development by Assumption College