CITY OF WORCESTER | Municipal Operations Committee Meeting | Tuesday, July 19, 2011 | Esther Howland (South) Chamber | Convened: 5:20 P.M. | Adjourned: 5:37 PM |
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Mayor
Joseph C. O'Brien | 
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Clerk of the City Council
David J. Rushford | Committee Members | | Chairperson Michael J Germain | | Councilor Paul P Clancy Jr. | | Councilor Philip P Palmieri |
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City Hall - 455 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| Present Were: | Chairperson Councilor Michael J Germain
Councilor Paul P Clancy Jr.
Councilor Barbara G. Haller | | | | | Also: | City Solicitor David M. Moore
Acting Chief Development Officer Timoght J. McGourthy
City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk
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| 1. | Communications of the City Manager | |
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| | | 1a. | Recommending adoption of the attached amendments to the Organizational Ordinance for the Executive Office of Economic and Neighborhood Development.
# 10.39A CM May 24, 2011 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Approval (to be taken under Suspension of Rules on July 19, 2011) | |
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| | | 1b. | Transmitting informational communication relative to a Report on the City Council's Authority to Increase Elder Exemption Limits on Annual Income and Asset Limits.
# 14b CM June 07, 2011 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend adoption of the accompanying Order that the City Council hereby adjusts the requirements for the elderly real estate tax exemption as follows:
1. for income: from $13,000 maximum to $20,000 maximum for
individuals and from $15,000 maximum to $30,000 maximum for
couples,
2. for assets: from a whole estate limit of $28,000 to $40,000
for individuals and from $30,000 to $50,000 for couples,
3. no change to the minimum age of 70 years old.
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