REGULAR MEETING IN CITY COUNCIL CONVENED:
NOVEMBER 6, 2006 ABSENT: ADJOURNED:
1. Welcome ceremony for our Japanese visitors from the Student Cultural Exchange program.
2. Minutes of the PersonNameCity Council Meeting October 30, 2006
3. Communication from Mayor re: appointment of Thomas Mellor as a Permanent Entry Level Firefighter.
4. Communication from Rod Madnick, PlaceNameplaceDirector PlaceNameWorcester PlaceTypeCounty chapter ACLU of Massachusetts re:
Sex Offender Ordinance.
5. Communication from Nancy Sullivan re: reconsideration of the residential tax exemption.
6. Minutes, Traffic Commission, October 4, October 24, 2006
7. “City and Town”, October, 2006
8. “Beacon” November, 2006
9. CLAIMS:
Atty. Burton C. Aaronson for Marcos Rios, property damage, personal injuries.
Atty. CityplaceBurton C. Aaronson for Jose R. Hernandez, property damage, personal injuries.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES:
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
From Personnel Committee
10. Order No. 06100-1230 – re: reappointment of Lynn Faust to the Community Development Authority, term to expire 2009. Recommendation of Committee was 3-0 to refer back to the Mayor.
11. Order No. 06100-1330 – re: reappointment of Linda Creamer, Craig Hunt, terms exp. May 1, 2009 (David Gadbois, term exp. May 1, 2011), to the Recreation Commission, Recommendation of Committee was 3-0 to approve Creamer/Hunt only.
12. Order No. 06100-1331 – re: appointment of Michele Higgins to the Conservation Commission . Recommendation of Committee was 2-0 to approve. (Councilor Clancy abstained)
13. Order No. 06100-1334 – re: appointments of John Peltier, Kevin Boyle to replace Stanley Supeck as Fence Viewers terms to expire Feb. 2008. Recommendation of Committee was to approve 3-0.
14. Order No. 06100-1315 – re: appointments or Victor Berch,term to exp. 08, Carol Henderson, term to exp. 09, Alfred Hill, term to exp. 08, Debra McManus, term to exp. 07, Beatrice Morris, term to exp. 07, Anne Ryan, term to exp. 09, John Usinas, term to exp. 08, Pat Winske, term to exp. 09, to the Commission on Disabilities. Recommendation of Committee to approve 2-0 (Councilor Towle abstained).
From the Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee
15. Order No. 06100-1337 – re: Municipal Aggregation.
1) Accept the City of CityplaceMarlborough “Aggregation Plan” (Community Choice Power Supply) as amended by the DTE. Recommendation of Committee 2-0.
2) Accept all three “Competitive Electric Supply Agreements” from Con Ed Solutions, Direct Energy and Dominion Retail as amended. Recommendation of Committee 2-0.
3) They also recommended that the initial contract would be limited to a 12 month maximum term. Recommendation of Committee 2-0.
4) Requirement that the R-1 (residential) class rate be lower that the prevailing National Grid Basic Service Rate. Recommendation of Committee 2-0.
5) The recommendation that the Council pass an order allowing the Mayor to have exclusive authority to execute a binding agreement with the selected supplier once pricing bids had been received and reviewed and would have the authority to amend the ESAs with regard to non-substantive issues same to the Council., was reported out without a recommendation, It was felt by the Committee that the Council might have other ideas as to the exclusive authority for signing the contract before an order was introduced . Recommendation of Committee 2-0. Place on the agenda November 6, 2006 meeting.
From PersonNameCity Council
16. Order No. 06100-1231B – re: Amending City Code Chapter 162, Registered Sex Offender Restriction.
Passed all four stages ( Councilors Ossing, Pope and Clancy did not support this Ordinance) (Councilor Ossing objected to passage in one evening)
17. Order No. 06100-1231-1 – re. Amending City Code Chapter 147, Non-Criminal Disposition, Passed all four stages (Councilors Ossing, Pope and Clancy did not support this Ordinance)(Councilor Ossing objected to passage in one evening)
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