AGENDA
MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING
FEBRUARY 25, 2002
Convened: 6:20 p.m.
Adjourned: 7:07
p.m.
COUNCIL CHAMBER
Present were: Chairperson
Councillor Juan A. Gomez
Councillor
Stephen G. Abraham
Councillor
Dennis L. Irish
Also: Veterans’
Agent Pierce Gould
Rep
McGovern’s Staffperson Joe Bisceglia
City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk
1. Transmitting communication relative to List of all Neighborhood Memorials and Monuments.
#27A CM December 15, 1998
In
Committee June 30, 2000 - Held
Recommend File
Chairman’s Order request the Worcester Veterans’ Council provide
the Office of Veterans’ Services any detailed information they have
concerning the neighborhood honor rolls.
2. Transmitting communication relative to Federal Department of Labor 4C Veteran Specific Employment and Training Funding.
#12B CM August 22, 2000
3. Transmitting communication relative to adding the name of
P.F.C. Henry R. Birtz to the plaque of his brother Louis located at Hamilton
Street and Coburn Avenue.
#28A CM February 27, 2001
4. Transmitting communication relative to the status of City employees called to active duty.
#53 CM October 30, 2001
Chairman’s Resolution that the City Council hereby recognizes the efforts made by the Administration in continuing to provide benefits to City of Worcester employees and dependents while the employee is on active military status.
5. Transmitting communication relative to Veterans Living in the
Central Mass Area.
#27A CM January 15, 2002
6. Transmitting communication relative to Expanding Out-Patient
Clinic in Worcester to a full fledged medical facility.
#27B CM January 15, 2002
Chairman’s Resolution that the City Council supports legislation being proposed to require medical schools to provide services to United States veterans.
7. Transmitting communication relative to Real Estate Tax Credit
on homes for veterans on active duty, who reside in Worcester.
#16D CM February 12, 2002
Please forward
a copy of this Communication to:
Michael A.
Nieves Rosario
29 Stoneland
Road
Worcester, MA
01603
8. Petition of Jack McLemore request City of Worcester to designate the four miles of Rte. 146, from Rte. 122A in Millbury to I-290 in Worcester, on the new Massachusetts Turnpike interchange to be known as the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, Central Massachusetts Chapter Highway. This is in honor of the veterans from Central Massachusetts who participated in that battle.
#6CC September 7, 1999
Recommend Approval of
the Petition and Adoption of the accompanying Order that the four-mile section
of Route 146, the Blackstone Parkway, from State Route 122A to Brosnihan Square
be named the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge Highway, and, further that the
Administration work with the members of the Great and General Court to have
this designation enacted.
9. Petition of Mayor Raymond V. Mariano on behalf of Evelyn LaPointe request to erect a WWII memorial monument in honor of Richard Babin at the petitioner’s expense.
#7CC February 1, 2000
10. Petition of Councillor Dennis L. Irish on behalf of Philip Callahan & William Kelleher request that a Veteran’s Memorial be installed at the corner of Haviland and Highland Streets in honor of Sargent Robert S. Matern, U.S.M.C. killed in action June 1, 1967, Republic of Vietnam. Sargent Matern was awarded the Silver Star posthumously January 29, 1968.
#6 CC February 12,2002
Subject to receipt of private funding.