CITY OF WORCESTER | Municipal Operations Committee Meeting | Monday, November 26, 2018 | Esther Howland (South) Chamber | Convened: 6:05 P.M. | Adjourned: 7:13 P.M. |
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Mayor
Joseph M. Petty | 
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Clerk of the City Council
Susan M. Ledoux | Committee Members | | Chairperson Sean M Rose | | Vice Chairperson Kathleen M Toomey | | Councilor George J Russell |
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City Hall - 455 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| Present Were: | Chairperson Councilor Sean M Rose
Councilor George J Russell | | | | | Also: | Chief Financial Officer Thomas F. Zidelis;
City Assessor William J. Ford;
City Auditor Robert V. Stearns;
City Clerk Susan M. Ledoux, clerk | | | |
| 1. | Property Valuation, Assessing & Abatements | |
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| | | 1a. | Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to property tax exemptions available.
# 9.25 CM February 27, 2018
In Committee August 20, 2018 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 1b. | Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to information concerning if property values are being inflated through the Assessor’s Office, as properties are being sold far lower than what they are valued at.
# 9.25A CM May 09, 2017 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 1c. | Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to a report concerning the increases in the assessments of waterfront properties.
# 10.25A CC January 24, 2017
In Committee March 22, 2017- Held
In Committee August 16, 2017 - Held
In Committee December 5, 2017 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager provide an analysis of recently sold properties on waterfront that have no recreational value to compare the assessed value. | |
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| | | 2a. | Communication of the City Clerk transmitting informational communication relative to the "General Conservation Assessment [of the] Worcester City Clerk's Office Paper Collection," as received by Irwin Paper Conversation.
# 12a CC June 12, 2018 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 2b. | Communication of Joseph Connarton, Executive Director of PERAC, transmitting communication relative to the amount required to be appropriated to the city's retirement system for Fiscal Year 2019 which commences July 1, 2018.
# 11a CC December 05, 2017 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3a. | Chairman's Resolution from the Committee on Education - That the City Council of the City of Worcester does hereby go on record in support of Senate Bill 2506 and House Bill 2042, an act modernizing the foundation budget for the 21st century.
# 10e CC June 19, 2018 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3b. | Communication of Mayor Joseph M. Petty forwarding a survey by the Worcester Student Governmental Association (WSGA), which asked current undergraduate and graduate college students in the Worcester consortium about their time as a student living in Worcester, Massachusetts.
# 11b CC March 27, 2018 | Attachments | | | | | | | Members of the WSGA:
1. Michael Brooks
2. Jillian Geister
3. Lilly O’Connor
4. Emilee Cocuzzo
5. John Weaver
Recommend File | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request the organization Discover Central Massachusetts work with the Worcester Student Government Association (WSGA) to discover of ways of getting information of community events to the student population in Worcester. | | | | Request City Manager explore other current social media platforms geared toward reaching college students to communication information or promote events taking place in the city. | |
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| | | 3c. | Report of the Committee on Economic Development Upon the Communication of Mayor Joseph M. Petty transmitting "A Report of the Discussions of the Mayor's Tax Policy Committee"; recommend to refer to the Standing Committee on Municipal Operations the portions of the Mayor’s Tax Policy Communication relating to the following: 1.) Commonwealth Compensation for the Provision of Regional Social Services; and 7.) Creating a Penny Sales Tax
# 12a CC May 30, 2017
In Committee September 5, 2017 - Portion relative to (6) Consolidation - Placed on file
In Committee August 20, 2018 - Portion relative to (8) Moving Multi-Unit Housing from Residential to Commercial Tax Rate - Placed on file
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager report the steps necessary to implement reimbursements for regional social services such as health centers, homeless shelters and drug treatment facilities, that are not currently included in Chapter 40A, section 3. | | | | Request City Manager report pros and cons for implementing the penny sales tax moving it to the state legislation. | |
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