for spe have right good evening and welcome to the Personnel committee meeting today is Monday February 24th it is now
5:46 p.m. apologies for the tardiness um just got here straight from work voting members to my right I have councelor Anna Levy to my left counselor fedelina Santiago and shortly we will have
counselor and vice chair Wendy Lon joining us pursuant to chapter 20 of the acts of 2022 this meeting of the Personnel committee is being conducted both in person and Via verone participation a reminder that persons who would like to listen or view this meeting while in progress May either
attend here in the city council chamber or use any of our social media accounts um at this point can you please join me in the pledge of the United States of America stand
na indivisible council is going to have a motion to approve minutes from our meeting uh from the meeting of February 13 2025 motion has been made properly seconded discussion on the
minutes seeing none all those in favor say I I and the eyes have it first item under new business we have item 49-25 authorization to fill enhancement prosecutor position
ordinance number 02725 Z in inspection in inspectional Services it has been vacant for more than six months and it was brought to us by our acting Personnel director attorney Garcia and the ISD director Pat Ruiz attorney yes good evening all uh as
just stated by uh Madame vice president we're here for authorization to fill the enforcement prosecutor position um with me is um uh Pascal R Ruiz ISD director this position has not been filled for for um for at least six
months and therefore we're before you in order to have that authorization to post um actually it's already been posted um to have it filled actually attorney Garcia do you have the posting um if I may just have one second
second this was posted back in 2024 I do have a copy of the posting right here can you can you give it to our secretary so she can make copies yes absolutely councelors um just real Qui quick while we do that
so typically this item does not go does not come before the Personnel uh committee it goes first to the ordinance however the council president decided to bring bring this up um in front of us first before going to the ordinance committee
so we can review the ordinance and the actual job posting to ensure that you can to ensure that the ordinance reflects um what we're what we're posting online and uh this comes after the experience that that we that we
encountered uh during the the wutd DPW and other um um uh positions that the ordinance says one thing job posing says another so we are here to to make recommendation on the
Personnel aspect of it um to then forward it to the ordinance committee I believe that that is what at least that's what I understand all right in the meantime I'm going to go ahead and read this email that we received
earlier today for the record um that we received from the ISD director uh director Ruiz we received this at 2:45 p.m. earlier today Madam chair Inon it was SE it was directed to me but cc to all uh
committee members Madam chair infant the delay in appointing the enforcement prosecutor has arisen from my recent discussions with the mayor where we carefully examined the most effective strategies for the inspectional services department
initially my focus was on a com comprehensive reorganization of our staff structure which is essential for optimizing our operational um capabilities a significant part of this restructuring involves prioritizing key positions
within the department notably the assist commission Commissioner of Health and cold services and the enforcement prosecutor roles filling these POS positions is crucial as they are integral to the functioning and success of our department to improve our operational
effectiveness we have implemented several strategic measures in particularly in response to the Lauren Methuen shared services Grant dph aimed to addressing various enforcement challenges this grant repres presents an
opportunity to enhance our resources and cap and capabilities allowing us to tackle enforcement issues more robustly by leveraging these resources we aim to create a more effect efficient enforcement framework that could that can adapt to the specific needs of our
community moreover moreover a formal agreement has recently been established between the cities of Lawrence and meu which will enable us to collaborate on enforcement matters more effectively this partnership is expected to Streamlight our efforts and improve our
collected impact on enforcement challenges demonstrating our commitment to inter city Co Corporation however the timeline for appointing appointing the enforcement prosecutor has reg regrettably extended
by by several weeks I want to underscore that this position is of Paramount importance to our Department's success currently we have only managed to collect approximately $32,000 in enforcement related revenues
which is alarming alarmingly low compared to the $160,000 worth of violations that remain uncollected the enforcement prosecutors role is vital in addressing these outstanding violations their expertise will be essential in implementing
strategies to recover these funds and ensure compliance with our enforced policies in summary while the delay in filling the enforcement prosecutor position is unfortunate it is part of a larger strategic approach to enhance the effectiveness of the inspectional
services department by prioritizing our staffing structure and fostering collaboration with neighbor neighboring cities we aim to create a more robust enforcement mechanism that not only addresses current challenges but also position us for the future
success sincerely director Ruiz counselors you all have now the job posting um while we look at this quickly I'm going to give the floor to the mic to director Ruiz to say a few words
about this position uh good evening uh Madame chair counselors um so this position um I came in front of the the council back in uh I believe was when I started in
April so I think it was May um uh it hadn't been filled um I got I got the okay to fill the position um we um what what we did is we posted it we had like five candidates um three candidates were did
not U well one candidate did not um return on message another one was fired by another company um there was one candidate that um that that I uh that I sent forward to the mayor um and and uh
there was also uh a couple of other candidates that um just didn't qualify for the position they have no no no experience at all um so you know this this position is a position that will be working um with all the inspectors they
the the person would be in charge of uh you know uh be in charge of Citizen serve every inspector when they go out they issue citations they issue um correction orders that's what we call correction orders according to the housing code and also the food code right now we have over
250 um restaurants that haven't complied and I have all the inspectors uh writing issuing tickets to these to to these um businesses because they're refusing to um to be uh we have over 500 restaurants um um licenses um according
to the you know the food code and um we have I say about half of them haven't Haven uh they were supposed to comply by the December 3 30th they haven't we gave them uh we sent notices to everybody um
they still haven't complied so um as of um last week we started sending tickets to all these all these um businesses that not that are not complying with uh getting their their food permits eventually if they don't we're going to have to go out and and and close these businesses because they're not they're
not supposed to be operating without without permits uh we also have um a lot of people that come in for uh for um illegal Apartments um they write tickets for that um uh unregistered vehicles um
so we write tickets for everything um you know there's a lot of tickets on the books as I stated in the email uh that was 160 to the end of the month um but there's probably a lot more right now because we we must issue a least Le 20 to 30 tickets a day uh with the snow
removal right now we're issuing a lot of tickets um so um we you know we need somebody to manage that you know I you know the staff that we have now we're so busy um you know we don't just you know somebody has to learn to do that it's a special procedure you got to do you
issue the ticket you have 21 days to to pay it if you don't pay it then there's a lean put on on on on on the property and then um if they don't after 30 days then we got to go to housing court so we need somebody specifically to work on on on this and that's why we need the the
the enforcement prosecutor thank you councelors any questions or comments yes councelor Lon thank you Madame chair yeah um I um thank you madam chair and um director Ruiz yes
you mentioned that you received five applications yes position yeah five applications on the 24 2024 yes one month in 2024 second one month yeah yeah so the the the position
was posted in May of I think it was 2024 around or June around that time I I don't have the exact date and you only receive uh five applications five applications this application so out of the five you send how many to
the mayor's office uh I sent one because we in we have to inter everybody we inter everybody then we give them a grading score and then we send it to Personnel you didn't mention that at the beginning well I might have I I might have missed something okay so yeah okay
so all of them get an interview say again all of the candidates uh reive yes they did yes they did well one one one of them one of them showed up 15 minutes late and I told him to leave that I wasn't going to interview him the other one was fired
for from a previous job from a previous job and uh another one there was one another one that was that was pretty good but uh I recommended that person for uh a health code inspection they didn't have the the qualifications I
felt to be a prosecutor uh a code enforcement prosecutor cuz you know enforcement prose you have to be very detailed you got to write you know you have to deal with you have to go to court you have to deal with the judges you have to deal with you know with a lot of different people so um we need somebody that you
know that that's you know that that has good writing skills you know they understand they they understand how to look up the law the law right now that we use is called Full you know Mass General law 40u and that law is um instead of instead of going to court we
try to we try to um take care of it in-house but then if they don't and we go I explain the process at the end if they don't that's what that's when we take them to court to housing court so this is my understanding based on where you just expain so you already
have a candidate that is uh ly to take this job is that I I I did I did make a job offer to the candidate back in June yes I did but the but then the candidate didn't get hir within the time the time frame that's why I'm here um because the
6 months elapsed Madame chair it maybe correct me uh so we are here basically to approve a position or to review something that already has a
candidate interview is that accurate M chair I'm confused well yes that's accurate so what happens is is every every position that is ordinance um there is that six-month period for the the the mayor to offer an official an
official employment yeah um that when that does not happen within that six-month time frame then this POS this position all positions that we approve that we ordinance have to come back in front of the council to be reauthorized or um giving that I would say like
giving reauthorized that six-month period okay so so that they could be hired yeah so so we went through the whole process but then in that in that time frame the person didn't get hired and the six months elapsed so now I'm in
front of the council again to so we could um you know um just um get the approval again to you know we we have the funding for it uh everything's there um it's just that the six months laps that's the only reason I'm the only reason I'm here so no and I um my
apologies if I'm asking I just wanted to make sure that I understand the process yes uh so we have a name for this candidate already well we have a name of the candidate well yeah so so what it is
is that at that time I recommended someone for the position why we don't have the name in front of us or do we have to because I didn't think it was a personel issue today I thought it was just going to be right I thought it was just going to be um going to uh so you
know why I'm asking this uh director uh Ruiz and it has nothing to do with you I I respect your job and um but it it looks like that we get uh
informed we are the last to people to get the information and the information usually comes from from the outside well not really so basically let me put it this way CU I don't want it uh be
misunderstood misunderstood I'm asking for this candidate's name but it looks like that already the community knows the name of the candid and that's why I asked yeah so unfortunately unfortunately let me
finish my point yeah yeah I understand your point but I want to explain myself too yes but let me finish my point this is not not about you no oh I know I know it's not let me finish my point director this is about the system yeah and how the system is working it
shows um it's it doesn't it doesn't look uh it it shows that something is wrong so that's why I asked uh the vice chair to explain yeah not only for me and also
for the people that are watching yeah so but unfortunately finished may I finish okay okay I'm sorry I thought you were done I'm thought you done Sor let me make my point yeah yeah uh so it looks like that the community already knows who this
candidate is and it doesn't have to do with you yeah don't take it personally yeah Y and we are the last one to get to know the name of the candidate but we already some of us already know so my
question is and my concern not my question my concern is why the things are keep happening like that why is the community uh have more information that us as a counselor yeah that is my
concern why because it looks like it shows zero transparency and and now you can explain and okay so what I like to say is that um we did everything by the book back then and I'm doing everything by the
book now um this position doesn't go in front of the city council for approval we're just approving the position because it lapsed so um you know I I could give you the name but I'm not going to do it in public you know because you know just you you just don't
do that um a lot of people know because you know we have a lot of people that everybody knows in in the City of Lawrence people you know people spread rumors and then people also people also you know in my department I know that they go out and say a lot of things that to other people on the radio and
everywhere else you believe me I'm sick and tired of that also you know so you know we you know there's PE all kinds of information that goes on Facebook you know it goes everywhere and and and whoever did that shouldn't have done that you know because that's a Personnel issue just between personnel and myself
because it's not a position that goes in front of city council you know I thought today we were just here just to to move the other position over I'm I'm being transparent I'm telling you everything I have all the applications here I have all my notes Here I have everything here if you want to see it I could give it to
you you know I'm not hiding anything just to let you know oh no and I I I you know me for long time I know I know you and I respect your job that's why I mentioned at the beginning don't take it personally no I'm not taking it personally it's not about it's not about you it's about how the system works yeah
and it's it's I'm concerned about that yeah and I and I know that and I worked for the city for 37 years and I don't think everybody's heard ever heard of anybody anything that I did in the fire p all here that I did underhandedly all the counselors here call me I tell them
whatever you want to know I respect all the counselors here I respect everybody um but I'm also also if I have to say something and you know me I say it that's just the way I am I don't try to hide anything I know and I once again it's it's not about you it's about how
things the system works in it it's concerning yeah but there's nothing under the handed go here though there's nothing nothing under the hand this position was okay I'm going to stop this discussion right here okay all right so so we can all get on the same
page the role that we currently have so we can so I understand councelor lon's um concern and I understand where you're coming from director Ruiz for my counselors this isn't the first nor going to be the last that we're going to have to reauthorize an ordinance for a
position this happens all the time for whatever reason it happens city government any any any op daily operational agency or business some sometimes things happen MH um to
director ruiz's point this this this position and the and the rest of the positions that we have under new business does not need to be confirmed the person does not need to be confirmed by the city council what we are confirming or or approving
is the actual ordinance or the the language of the ordinance um where we are here to do is to ensure that the job the job posting reflects the ordinance and the ordinance
reflects the job posting um other than that once this goes up to the full Council or even or even tonight there are nine of us if maor majority of the council feels
like we need this we still need this position then then then the the reauthorization or and again all the items tonight are all re reauthorization items if the majority of the council feels that any of those items are needed
then the then it'll be approved to be reauthorized if any of these positions if the majority of the council feels like it is not needed then the council has the right to deny the reauthor ization of the ordinance that is the process that we're
here to do to make um and I just want to get to the work well can I say something please so I just want to say that the position we we do need the position like I said we we right now 160,000 we haven't
collected we could probably right now we could probably collect 200,000 all the tickets we've been given out in the last two months um if if the council wishes not to go through with this then I'm just letting you know when when know the tickets are not going to get paid that's it you know there's nothing I can do
about that I don't have I don't have the staff to to to be a you know a Prosecuting um enforcement person can you give us some examples of why within the six months this this
position did not get filled so the person that we that I recommended um there was whatever Personnel issues there were things going back and forth I don't I'm not privy to that because that's um you know that's whatever you know what was going on um so that's what
you know that's what I know um after that I really don't know you know um so once they said it was okay once the person got okay now um the the the six months was over so now I had to come in front of the board I mean in front
I'm sorry in front of the council to um you know to uh reauthorize the position thank you oh okay okay spner yeah good evening
uh committee Personnel committee chairperson and City councilors uh most importantly the reason why there was a delay was that we were going back and forth with the city of methon in regards
to the the grant because uh part of that Grant also has to do with educating the um uh the restaurants owners uh and also regarding certain violations remember the department is
not of about finding people it's about compliance however once people don't comply or the businesses don't comply then we have to enforce it by uh stringent measures and that includes fines so since there were this debate
with the city of been th that caused uh also additional delay and the mayor didn't want to and besides that the director was dealing with other issues in regards to uh the position that you had that came before you not recently
and also the reorganization of the department in terms of uh assignments to different um to different code enforcement um inspectors thank you Council LZ um and and um correct me if I'm wrong M
chair so we going to this person already was offered the job it was offered the job so we we have to now review an ordinance not the joke posting
um are we making changing changes to this J posting or we're going to make sure that it matches the ordinance because if we are making changing changes to this job posting or let's say that the ordinance
committee decides to make any changes uh so the person is going to receive a maybe a new job discreption based on a new ordinance or we just going to I'm
confused because this is how I see it we already offer this person a job based on what we have here so we're going to go back to point8 do or revise whatever the ordinance and I mean the the job
description so this person already was offered a job based on what the director mentioned it looks like that it doesn't make sense from my point of view that would be up to the candidate's decision
whether not to accept the the new job description let's say um so what what can happen is if you decide to um modify or change add uh the actual ordinance then we would have to obviously update the job description at which point we
would have to let the candidate know that these duties or job description responsibilities however you want to call it are being changed and they would have to make the determination whether or not they want to keep or they want to uh they want to take the job as
is and and thank you for for explaining that now that I have you here I don't know why uh this job positions we're not receiving resumes from people uh that are already here
that perhaps are looking to make more money or to uh or to have a different job so it looks like that all the jobs uh that openings are F most of them are F from
people from the outside so the reason why the reason why we don't we don't have resumés in front of us is again this is not a position NE none of the positions that are before us tonight need a city council confirmation
the individuals do not need a city council confirmation they're also not a city council hire just like like for example like the City attorney or or or the city clerk um where in that case the city council is responsible for interviewing reviewing applications
resumés and interviewing and making the selection um tonight neither of those are the options uh which is why we don't have resumés or I understand m madame chair I understand uh and thank you for the
clarification I made uh a comment uh which is a concern not only my concern also a concern for all members of this community uh and I know that we're not going to be able to see uh the people the resumes so the people that apply
because it's not the job that we have in front of us uh but that is a a concern a valid concern that people from inside this institution are not giv the opportunity to apply for jobs that are
available it looks like that it's is always someone from the outside not outside outside like from one that is not in that department that is getting the job but thank you so much for explaining that Madame chair I appreciate
it just just attorney Garcia thank you just to uh to um to answer your your concern um no you don't have to answer my concern take it as an opinion councel I give take it as an opinion I don't I don't need an answer
I give her the floor councelor lzone thank you you have the floor attorney Garcia please please proceed I would like to hear what she what she has to say and I gave her question I think you'll probably like my answer I don't want to hear your answer I want to hear you as the chair
of this committee I would love to hear your answer thank so it's come to my attention that this is this is a concern of the community so um what I have learned is that in the past when there are job postings they would be uh there would be a M email to um to the whole
city um and that's what I intend on doing with any new job postings that come further this has just come to my attention literally as of maybe Friday afternoon so any further job postings I can tell the council that I've already spoken to to my staff we will be sending
out a Citywide uh email uh uh announcing that we have this this new position so that we can have internal candidates So to that point could I respond thank you Ru so I I just want to say that this these two positions that we're talking
about um they're not they're not un we're not talking about two I'm talking about one now let's sck to the agenda so that that that position is nonunion nobody in the department wanted the position because it's non union they want to be in the union I I asked I asked people there that I thought they were qualified to do it and there are a
few people to qualifi to do it but they didn't want to do it because it's a non-union job they they they said you know they they want the union protection even though it's it's a lot more money so there's nothing I can do um you know to force people to take a job or tell them you know to tell them you know it's
a great job I I explained it to them and I know they're qualified to do it but they don't want to do it because it's nonunion thank you all right I have one suggestion to be sent to the ordinance committee I would like the ordinance to reflect the five years of experience in
public health fire prevention building and Z building and Zoning planning and land use regul ation uh research legal procedure and process or legal enforcement and appeal or any equivalent combination of training and/or experience in addition
to what we already have in the ordinance uh which states experience in enforcement of sanitary code and health laws reg rules and regulation additional experience may be considered in lie of s degree so that's one recommendation um
as a Personnel Committee Member that I'm going to make to the order ordinance committee to add that from the posting onto the um the the ordinance so we have any other recommendations from from this committee uh for the ordinance
committee so this is this is of the qualification y to be to be added uh within the ordinance any other councelor Levy uh this is for Mr PX excuse me uh
director hi Hi how are you good good I have a question how the department was dealing with the collection uh during this like a six month that's uh more than six month because since June to now it's more than six month how the
department was doing with the collective yeah so um I I I I forward an annual report to the counselors and I I put it on there um so what what it is is the the last year from January I was I but I started in April from January we have um
the the system is called citizen serve and we you know we could um get all kinds of reports from there so from the report that I ran um showed that you know that $160 worth of tickets I mean 160,000 worth of tickets weren't paid um
$32,000 were paid and the $32 because people complied on their own they paid on their own um the people that don't want to pay that's the people that we have to send them notices by law we have to um there's all kinds of um you know information that we have to send them um
you know then we have to take them you if they don't pay we got to take them to the lean Department um to the to the treasurers put a lean on the property we put we put um we also put uh alerts on citizens serve that people that don't pay and then that's how sometimes we get them they come in to pull a permit and
there's an alert saying that they owe a ticket so they end up pay paying you know paying the ticket so they can get their permit um so those are the things that we're doing to try to collect but we need somebody specific to do that to do that job but how your department is
been doing this right now who's handled this nobody's doing it right now nobody's doing it so the the tickets that getting paid all these are being behind since the last year yeah we just don't have the the the people to to do this job because you know we we get Cod
complaint collecting the money say again the city is not collecting the city hasn't collected $160,000 just only $160,000 until the end of the year I haven't done the last couple of months yet
160,000 and how much the city do you have on your head how much the city collected um 30 about approximately 32,000 from the report that I ran 2,000 and it C is being at the end of the year about 160,000 yes so those
people that didn't pay for the last year those those those businesses of people we have to we have to because they didn't pay now we have to put leans on their properties um we have to go go after them in housing court so there know there's a specific there's a
specific uh procedure you got to do with these tickets because we're doing it under under 40u uh master 40u and and um and there's specific things that you have to do to you know to to to get this
you know Vue into the City and you mention that one of the reason was because uh all the department was doing some kind of reorganization that's yeah so what what happens is um um Department of Public Health um they
have this new um thing it's it's uh it's called sappy saap he 2.0 so this for this um this new procedure um the inspection I mean well not the inspe but in in the whole state of Massachusetts all the other the food
inspectors and all the housing inspectors need to be certified and is there tier one tier two and tier three and within two next two years they need to be certified like a building inspector if they're not certified they won't be able to do uh any inspections
per the Department of Public Health so I've been working on that um methan um we know we we're part of the um we're part of the shared services grant for methan that just went through actually we have a meeting tomorrow with them um we might be getting an inspector
through through them uh food inspector because we're so behind in uh I I checked with other cities other cities have five or six food inspectors that that have 500 or 600 per food permits we only have three people to do it yes but
what I can see in here is like at the lck for so long we will be waiting to F the position is since June of the last year that we posted yes yes and you did the interview practically by the same
time yes okay we are March is about 10 months almost a year mhm waiting to F the position well yeah it's it's been uh months feel the position before because the person that the person that I the person that I U recomend commended that
I uh sent the name up to the mayor which is's the appointing authority he wanted to appoint the authority but then other issues came up what so if the person was not able to take the position by the time that it was offered why we don't
repos again and try to get somebody else yeah well that that's my mistake I take I take full blame for that I should have posted it that we shouldn't be waiting so to be so behind almost a col yeah so that's my fa is
losing money you yeah I take full responsibility for that I should have posted it that's something that we have to take it into consideration I know so now we don't know if the person anyway is going to take it or no after like you say we
review like right now we are reviewing the ordinance we are putting different things it has to be I think so that with the changes has to be reposed because this is a new uh things that we being adding to the ordinance yeah so I mean
if the position needs more time to decide who's going to be or not yeah or the person is going to be is the person is going to decide to take the position yeah so if it's the council's pleasure and you want you know we have to repost it and everybody has to you know do the whole thing again then that's what we
got to do you know thank you counselor thank you I have a question yes counselor Sano has a question yes according with the celor Lev said to
Repose I see the post for the position just take like 10 days not a month post I usually post it for two weeks a position gets posted for two
weeks um you know it's up to I'm not sure which is standard procedures um for every posting job posting within the city that that came from a uh negotiations from the unions um what I'm going to do there there's something that there's a matter
that came to my attention regarding um clearance it's something that was mentioned earlier um I don't know what can be said publicly what cannot be said so I'm going to table this item and I'm going to request for the HR Director uh to submit a letter
from the city attorney's office um echoing what we heard today is is accurate and that we can move forward with with with or not the reauthorization of this ordinance so can I get a motion to table
item 49- 25 thank you counselors motion has been seconded are there um all those in favor say I I I and the eyes have it thank you next item item $50 -25
authorization to fill assistant superintendent of Ceremonies ordinance number uh 12 20.30 in the cemetery which is also has been vacant for more than six months we
have our Personnel director and the superintendent of the cemetery uh superintendent Lopez director you have the floor yes thank you um similarly to to the issue that we just um heard this is this position has also been vacant for over 6 months and that's why we're here however uh the
distinction is that this hasn't been posted in quite quite a while um there has not been any um any candidates any interviews or anything of that sort it is in front of you today in order to have it authorized so that we can post it and that position be filled um Miss
Carmen Lopez is here as well to speak on on the position thank you good even good even very much um Carmen B Cemetery um I had not filled the position the position is budgeted for um we waited
strategically to have this um posted now um in the time lapse and I just need your permission to do that and I will appreciate the consideration thank you counselors are there any um concerns regarding the
procedure of this and the Personnel aspects of the ordinance and slor position I have a question um in the ordinance itself it does not it does not identify or clarify
um the experience or educational component of it so we have that do we have that information it does it does not have it hold on I'm trying to pull up qual I'm
sorry the qualification section is not included so we have qualifications for this for this position I have not found any no this was directly what I what you have in front of you is directly from the charter from the charter or excuse me
the ordinance it should have been given to you at least I have it part of my my memo we don't have the no because it hasn't been posted yet see I believe it's never been updated since like
1847 okay so I'm going to I'm going to ask for this one to be tabled as well so we can get it updated um and send that recommendation to the ordinance committee uh with the qualifications can I have a motion to table are we going get
there's currently we did a job description oh there is a there is a job description give me one second like recorded one I me just have one second I just had here it goes you probably just have the
ordinance yeah I just have the ordinance here okay but we have one that cha did when we put this out so we activate it in 2023 okay2 so we're going to table this um for the next meeting um what's
today Monday I wonder if we can get one can they send it to us the that they have I'll send it to you guys just you can see what we put together what needed okay let's do that uh can you send us a drafted job description you guys can see um so we can see it so then with that
being said um let's send this up as a committee report um with as a committee report uh depending on us receiving that job
description so we can compare it committee report yeah so can I have a motion to send item 50-24 as a committee report the motion has been made by councelor Santiago is there a second second seconded by councelor lzone
discussion seeing none all those in favor say I I there's only two eyes so we don't I don't have I okay three eyes the eyes have it you guys got to say it thank you
ladies all right next item is item 53-2 authorization to fill intake specialist position ordinance 2.70 180 in the Planning and Development Department that's also been vacant for
more than six months we have um obviously the the HR Director and Sue are you here for this yes she is and we have Miss here from the Planning and Development Office good evening again very similar to the last two issues that we had in front of you um this is uh in order to
get authorization to fill because this these positions have been or this position has been vacant for over 6 months uh recently and I know that um Miss fin can speak to this there uh they just received a grant that has funding for um these staff positions uh that are
in front of you out let her speak good evening counselors um as the um acting hi director indicated we recently were awarded a four-year lead um ha a reduction Grant which is the funding source for this position um this
has been vacant since um June of 20124 we were winding down um the grant wear closing out so there was no need for an intake position to be filled until we got a a a new Grant um we're hoping to
get the um authorization to expend on the next Council agenda for this grant um so this can be effective April 1st this person would be involved in receiving the applications for people to have the lead paint removed from their
home they would do the income qualifications and process invoices um get purchase orders and things of that nature councel has any questions or comments councel I I just want to take um even
though that I didn't want that because she was not here when they posted the last uh job U position um to ask them to make sure that that gets posted
inside and I know by law you have to post for for 10 days based on the concern that I mentioned 14 days please post this that people inside the department are
aware will do that but [Music] pleas no absolutely you answer posted I'm going to pass the gabble to I have a a legal question for for cityor not me
where are we at um no questions no questions no questions sorry I just had to make sure on an item on today's agenda that I I got some Council advice on
um I'm sorry if you if you have said this and I did not catch it so I apologize if if this is redundant has this has this uh position been posted anyone interviewed for it I'm not sure whether or not someone was interviewed it hasn't been posted posted it hasn't
been posted okay all right so same thing do you guys have a job description even though this ordinance is pretty detailed so I I think I mean better I don't think so that we I I have the ordinance and the I do have
a job posting here it's quite old it's from 2020 no that's okay I think I think we're good with this let's send this up to the full Council um for ordinance Committee of re uh review can I get a motion to send to the
full Council a committee report as a committee report motions are made by councelor L seconded by councelor Santiago discussion seeing none all those in favor say I I and the eyes have it thank
you um all right last item item 40 54-2 authorization to fill data specialist SL Outreach coordinator coordinator position ordinance number 2.7.1 160 in the planning and
development office which department which has also been vacant for more than 6 months any you ladies have the floor again thank you again uh this is very similar to all three that we've had tonight uh this position has been vacant for over six months and that's why we're in front of you you here today in order
to authorize the um the posting and the filling of the position as previously stated this is one of the positions that has received a um a grant um so we would use that grant money in order to fill this position hold on I just Council chair I
see that it's practically the same as the other and it's very complete you not that okay is there orance yes we have the education we had the salary I think that salary maybe has to be but it's a very complete
um descrition on the in the ordering Council would you like to make a motion I would like to make a motion to send it to the for councel as a committee report motion has been made SED by councelor lzone
discussion all those in favor say I I and the eyes have it thank you um attorney Garcia stay right there for a second can I have a motion to untable item 38-25 um confirm appointment of P gonal
assistant Commissioner of Health and health and cold Services motion has been made Z second second the chair second oh second by councel Lon no discussion I'm sorry item
38-25 3-25 uh I'm switching between director and attorney but director the reason why I unted this uh last time we left off that the individual submit to uh submits a a
um an ask a legal ask to to the ethics commission do we have an update was that requirement fulfilled or where we at with that sorry to interrupt you uh the information that I received was that she had requested um the legal opinion just
around January 25th if I'm not mistaken it's going to take them 30 days to provide a written opinion which is why she came forward uh to the committee with a verbal she wrote it down it was a verbal but it was written down um however to my to my knowledge she has not sent me uh anything in writing that
she may have received but the 30 days would be tomorrow so um I have yet to receive anything pertaining to that okay thank you that's that's the only thing pending um question can we send it to the council can s this to
the full Council and just wait on on there to discuss it I'm going to for the advise against it because this this has to do with a conflict of interest which it's is the law it's a state law and I want to make sure um that we give a good
that we have the most appropriate recommendation for the full Council motion to take motion to table is there a second probably second discussion all those in favor say I I say no uh roll call um
you're yes but we're doing a roll call right now Council Lon yes councelor Santiago yes councelor lvy no and then and the chair votes yes so thank you we'll be in touch thank you everyone um have a great night you as
well and you know it's okay understand uh any other tabled matters seeing none at this point I'll entertain a motion to adjourn motion has been made seconded by counselor santiag Santiago all those in
favor say I I and the eyes have it thank you I try to sneak a couple on my wife's walk B every morning she sits straight up and what are you doing down there in the collection so now you have to go to York to
see e e e e e e e e mentioned oh this whole time I do I have
to repeat myself okay hopefully everybody else did [Music] um okay our voting members present today to my left is our city councelor for district uh f mark La plant um our vice
chair and uh counselor for district a fidelina Santiago and to my right our city council president and councelor at large joavan Rodriguez if we could please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance before we commence the meeting I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all okay so there's no minutes for city council approval the first item on the agenda um
under new business is item 4525 the merger of a portion of Bay State Road with city-owned land under U Mass general laws chapter 40 section 15 for the future development of a recreational park we have our acting um planning
director uh Dan McCarthy here today to provide us with an what was that no longer acting no longer okay sorry they need to they need to start removing this our planning director uh Dan McCarthy uh is here with us today to provide us with an update no vote
um will be required from my understanding that's correct okay that's correct you have the floor sure the we've been working uh earnestly on um construction of this park at Bay State Road and I just want to give you a site plan that was done by our L surveyor
showing what the process is and you know you've all recently um voted on uh a document that um um abandon the use of the of the Bay State Road as a public way that's step
one the step two is uh the approval of uh a merger plan and it's going to be emerging a portion of a lot and that that belongs to the city into the property that's part of the uh abandoned public way um
under is there any blueprints documents that you are able to okay yes there should be a site plan in front of you I I don't know if you have it um was this provided in everybody's packet I think they were distributed earlier oh I don't have one the first
committee maybe pick up everything who doesn't have one I don't have one one no because that was in the previous committees um so a portion of the land uh that we kind that is is Bay State Road was abandoned
by you and that that requires a public hearing and a vote um then we're going to be subdividing in in in in putting these two properties together and that requires you to make a vote that you want to affirm ly use for as city land
the portion of the abandoned way because there's case law that says if you abandon a street under public under under common law that it can go to the abing properties there's two abuts to this property we've met with both of them they're both in agreement that they're going to sign over any right to
this um one of them is going to be getting an easement and I do want to provide you the easement package with that before we vote on it the um other one is is giv up the rights as Alberto um Nunes who owns uh a commercial property next door he's a big supporter
of the boys club and he's going to wave any rights to to succeed on this so we will be taking a portion of the land that that currently is part of the same land that belongs into the water treatment plant um I I gave my last copy
out so but the numbers are on there that we're going to be subdividing a portion of that property and there's a there's a portion of the of the property that's unimproved uh that that is unimproved land um it's not part of the public way um but it's like it's it's left over
from the subdivision when uh this was all done and that's going to be incorporated that's about 1,600 square fet so the whole passle will add up to um three ways but this also requires city council approval to create this passle of land and like I said it will
consist of three different small Apostles that are going to be merged together uh under common law uh and and this plan will be recorded the second the third vote that I'm going to be asking will be coming I believe be coming to ordinance committee and we're
currently it is uh on the agenda at ordinance committee and it is uh currently at the planning board and I'm going to be asking the planning board to approve it for re changing the zoning right now the zoning on this land is
industrial it's it's I to secondary Industrial clearly that's not an appropriate Zoning for this this is going to be a a park a Municipal Park and we want it uh rezone to uh open space Recreation um the reason I'm doing
this in this manner is because we have to advertise these for public hearings and I'd rather do one public hearing and pay for one advertisement than do three separate public hearings and pay for it so I'm just trying to be I guess cheap
or Google but that's that's the reason we're doing all but it makes sense that it's all done together and these items are all included as part of a a package even though they're they're totally separate in subject matter so that's why I said I don't need a vote on this
tonight um I'd rather come back and and when after the uh planning board assumably approves the open space Recreation I'll be going to ordin this that week as well and um we'd be bringing these all up and I'd be putting up for a public meeting probably first
week of April but I just want everybody to kind of be aware where this Project's going that the land this land mass that you see is going to be the park and that we're working with all the the different abuts on the property down there to make sure everybody's satisfied with this um
so I open up to any questions okay discussions anyone oh okay um you mentioned one of the butters was Mr Nunes yes he he owns the
two Property Owners one is is a Nunes and then there's another company that has a a mill building a warehouse building that they have a back door which enters it so we are um working with him to create a an easement and so
that he can still access his door and have a place for his dumpster that will not be impact the uh the park so it'll be fenced it'll be separate from the park and uh and who would be the second of butter I just want to make sense of the map I I know the gentleman
owns I can't think of the an LLC that owns it they have a company called Apple wiper company and um all right like cuz the way I'm looking at the map for some reason my eyes are drawn to Lots one two two and
three do you mind making sense of what you know yeah so nunz LLC is is one of the buding owners and you'll see a square down on on the right hand side um I see it yeah that's that's the the other butter okay like I said we've been
working with them throughout this process are there any current uh plans that you guys have uh um have moved forward with in terms of what would be the um plan of action or some sort of blueprint in regards to the park or the
space that will take place yes yeah we do have that we'll be doing we'll be doing uh um public meetings and and talk about the park as we develop it um I think I know Brad bush is here from groundwork Lawrence he's one of the
principles working on this project with us um so we and I think at one of the Committees we did I think at the other at the other uh ordinance Comm committee we did review a a slide and I can be I'd be glad to provide that uh that
presentation to this Committee in two weeks okay and um as spring approaches us I'm assuming that this is a project that's going to take uh take place sometime in the spring is it yes yes we're hoping I think we're hoping to have this
this this area constructed and done by the end of the summer okay I would like to take a site visit so whenever you guys could set that up absolutely and then um invite all the counselors that would love to join and be able to partake in this as soon as we get a
little melt in the I know I know okay so if no further questions um no further questions I have a good question okay um the floor is yours share through you uh compared to the popcorn and and prus
uh uh yeah Mrs seder's land yeah that's compared to that location what we talking about we're this is much farther on the other side he on the other side so he's on the other side of of Bay State Road Bay State Road comes around a large curve it end it seems to end at
mcfallen Lane which goes down and you have those all those auto repair shops in there um they're all owned by Mr Farah on the other side of the street there is a company that that provides uh autop Poots it's called um Apple wiper
company and they do um and they do do they do small parts for cars like windshield wipers and stuff like that uh it's just a warehouse um and uh it's been all it's been it's been there for more than 30 years so but that applicant
uh we've talked to him he said as long as he's able to get to his back garage door and have a place for his dumpster he's he's very supportive of the program um as you probably realize for for several years now he's probably had
homeless people living back back there he's at break-ins um cleaning this up illuminating this making this uh a nicer area with people going he he's all in favor of that okay motion to
table and the eyes have it the second order of business under new business is item 52024 approve Amendment to the city zoning ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units as permitted use um Mr McCarthy you have
the floor I I'd like to ask that that be um T stay tabled um we're meeting with the building commissioner's office and the uh inspectional service and uh the other City agencies to go over this as
you know the states already approved their final version which came in uh on February 2nd was authorized there was supposed to be some debate about it but I I went to several of the meetings there was very little debate and so that that is currently an enfor our ordinance
memorializes much of that uh there's a couple Provisions that are different um and uh I think we want to uh kind of regroup and come back before this committee and present them to you those changes and it it may not be necessary
that we even adopt the the ordinance but if we're going to do anything that's different than the state it's good to have it there and say that the city's been on top of this um I think one of the differences is that the city provided document allows for more than
one accessory dwelling unit but it's by special permit and you have to have parking couple of the reasons I'm concerned about the the State per requirement is there's no requirement for parking so I think it's something we
need to in house be very cognizant of that you know we can't let this this get out of hand because there a very uh very significant issue with parking in the city any questions from any other members motion to table motion to table
second okay all those in favor say I I and the eyes have it um I just do have a suggestion Mr McCarthy um in this committee specifically um well no specifically with the housing
committee I notice that you present a lot of documents sometimes we have the documents at hand sometimes um you're presenting the documents the day of the meeting yes um regardless if we have the documents in hand prior to the meeting or you're just handing it handing it the
day of um I would like for those who are you know if they are viewing it that they're having an understanding as to what we're viewing as well yes so just going forward might as well just be prepared to be able to present these documents and that way we're able to
stream it and um the folks are able to see and I intend undoing that I I just I have a new staff member Rie fenini he's working he's a he's going to be a city planner so I'll we're increasing our staff I was actually kind of um unexpectedly because it's a Monday meeting I wasn't expecting that we were
planning on coming on Tuesday or Wednesday so it's okay I know just a heads up you know it's something I I want to make sure that I'm I'm kind of like establishing this rule going forward I tend to be very flexible um and sometimes we just let certain things
fly but um I just think just to be fair and and consistent that we're you know whenever you're providing with certain documentation and this goes for anyone that would come before me um that they're prepared to also have this presented um for everyone to see yeah um
moving forward uh we're uning uh item 9124 just wanted to get your confirm no we're not uning this I believe you said this was already approved so it just has to be removed from the agenda has already been acted upon so I think I sent the documents around um to and I
it's so it'll just be removed from the that's perfectly fine I'll make note of that to the city clerk okay but I just want to make sure everybody's aware of that cuz it's coming off the agenda I'll send an email today regarding that um moving forward we are uning item
26323 Declaration of surplus property 202-2021 171 L 133 um the floor is all yours okay thank you um oh yeah I'm so sorry can I get a motion to untable this item s second all
those in favor say I I I and the have it um the floor is yours Mr sure thank you the the city's asset manager was uh had a an ill child this evening so she was the one who's going to present this I believe she sent you some documents uh
in support of this um the lot is a 4,000 foot lot I'm kind of doing this all from memory so bear with me I I think those are accurate I think the it's it's it's a valued at a little over $20,000 and which would make it um capable of a
direct disposition and all that we're asking at this point is just have it declared Surplus and I my assumption is it would be coming back any land sale would be coming back to this commission committee make a motion that we send us to the full council with a fa
recomendation to declare okay there's a proper second council president the floor is yours uh Mr mcy mine is mine uh Mr M you mention that this is going to be used for a
building or a buildable lot no I it's not a buildable lot um I I'm not sure what the director's position far I I think that the the direct disposition doesn't have anything to do with the buildability of a lot to build in that
neighborhood you need 5,000 sare ft of land um when we've done direct dispositions in the past if it was being sold below market value but there's usually conditions put upon it whether you're selling it to a neighbor or somebody else uh so I'm not sure if there going to be used for open space
and parking or what the proposed use is but the uh again like I said the the bromfield's property which ab buts this is is going to the to two uh prop to two neighbors who live on bramfield Street
to be used as parking for their homes I'm not sure what the propos use for this is okay because usually we usually have the yard cell and and then anything submitted in that I like again I I haven't been
working on this uh has anybody been anything been submitted for you Pro propos use not not on that end okay yeah so under State procurement law if a piece of land is valued at more than
$35,000 it has to be rfpd no matter what the use is no no what my question is around the intent of the use if it is a buildable ad obviously the the assessment value since it's a buildable ad it it increased
tremendously sure even though we didn't assess it that way the assessment value for 4,000 foot lot would certainly seem like a buildable lot it's not buildable by right but if someone approaches a zoning board and said I have a 4,000 foot lot in uh in this
neighborhood that's the that's the that's why I'm asking because if the intention is to have a direct disposition to some to somebody that have the intent of build MH and then the the the value of the property shouldn't
be uh a the disos it should be it it it should be value based on the intents of the uses that's why we use that's why I'm concerned sometime when it comes to the direct disposition instead of doing the yard cell because in the yard cell
we have conditions which one of the condition is to use it for a specific purpose and since you brought that up that it's going to be a direct disposition it I'm assuming that there is some intent already or some movement around that already uh uh when to be
able to do something around it and if it is if that's the case and then we want to we want to know what is the intent uh to to do something related to the to the lb if it's going to be uh parted out between two two two tenants or two uh
landlords around the area okay that's fine we just want to know like what is it that they going to do and and if it is the intent is to build and then the city should be should be shouldn't be doing a disposition for that amount of money they should be doing a direct
disposition for the value of the lb and then that trigger the point of having a yes an RFB um it's it's been a long time since I was doing handling this part of it I but I did it for years typically the way we did it was we would we would
we' have it declared Surplus then it would be brought back as development Pro the way it was going to be developed we' come back to you with suggested conditions based upon the prior use for instance our yard sale program we we will limit the use
to um you know to parking open space or some other accessory use for an existing home um it would have it would go to in butter if it was um RFP we'd put the conditions into the RFP um on land this
position it kind of Falls in between differentially and we'd be who's going to purchase the land would we' tell them what's it going to be used for then we'd come back to you and say this going to be used for X Y or Z and then you would approve it to that if it doesn't um you know meet your requirements and it would
be sold but can you can you uh put a package together and send it over to the full Council so we can analyze the intents of the conversation we I'll have the asset manager do that yeah again like I said I it's hasn't been my job for a while but yeah but I mean U you
you're asking us to take a vat on it how you I will yes any further questions okay Council plant just so I'm clear about what the request is so this is a proposal to declare Surplus yes all that means from
what I understand is that there is no other City agency that has a need or requirement that they want to use as parcel for anything and once they satisfy that that there's no other City agency that has a need or wants this property for any reason then it can be
declared Surplus now my understanding there was this group that's been under some that's been the name has changed but formerly known as the real property task force I don't know what it's called now could be called the same thing I have no idea but that is the group that gets together to work on to try to
figure out what exactly it is that's in the best interest of the neighborhood or the city or whatever they come up with something they send it over to us and then we say that's a great idea or we say are you kidding me that's the worst thing ever what do you guys think thinking or they say that's an okay idea
but here are some conditions if you put these things in now now I think we we could support it so what are we doing differently now than what's been happening in the past what what what is it that we're we're asking you to do for the next city council meeting um much I I believe they want to
know that there if there's uh if there's already an intention if there's already been somebody that that has a plan for the property you'd want to know what the plan is going in or if we're going to if we if we're going to RFP it we we' put it out to to public bid if you're going
to set if you're going to I think if we're going to promote it as a as a a buildable lot and I've suggested this past then we'd want to go out to RFP and and get the highest bid and for for for tax for just go to for a budget reasons
um and but if it's going to be used for a specific use related to the people who live around that property then I think I should relay that to you is that a question through you is that a question the real property task force wrestles with or is that a question that that the administration deals unilaterally by
itself yeah I how does that work um we usually get inquiries about the the use of properties and then we'll we'll review the property as you said to see what's the highest and best use who's we
uh the the the group formally known as the real property task force the group formally known as the real property task force and then they get together they meet and then they figure out what's the the best use or whatever and then so so to answer the question that the council
president is asking here that's going to require it seems to me before the next city council meeting a convening of the what was formerly known as the real property task force to find out what exactly is that they're trying to do here is that is that what we're doing here right unless unless there's unless there's nothing seleced and it's just a
we just want to uh you know do a Outreach and see what's the you know who wants to use the property and what the recommended used to be thank you council president well uh this this this uh this item was
stable back in July 20123 yes about 18 month ago if nothing happened within that time they wouldn't be asking to declare Sal plus mhm so let's assume and think logically that something happened y that we don't know
and if something happened that we don't know since they asking me as a counselor MH to take a boat on something I would like to know why it's fair enough I mean I don't think it's unfair after 18 month
being a story by the this by somebody y asking us to declare this as a surplus I don't want to be smart beep but that's the reality and and through you madam chair I I are we
done it's fine I'm not going to go back and forth I think I made my I'll I'll ease [Music] up counselor by all means know I would love to hear what you have to say I don't want to be near first 7 okay we already have a motion on the
table uh for approval and um councelor fidelina Santiago second did it so um are we moving forward with the votes okay um I I believe we're going to have to do
a roll call on this one um fair enough call the rooll vote Yes [Music] yes yes yes I will vote who was that she's the
last Council of Santiago yes counil yes oh it's okay it's all right I vote no chair m was that all the items that you wanted
okay thank you so much I believe this is it motion to I'm looking for a motion to adjourn so move thank all those in favor say I and the eyes have it e e e
e e e e e e e Monday February 24th it is now 7:22 p.m. voting members to my right we have the
vice chair of the committee councilor Vivian Mar and council president javanni Rodriguez and council lzone is walking in pursuance of chapter 20 of the acts of 2022 this meeting of the budget and finance committee is being conducted both in person and via remote
participation a reminder that persons who would like to listen or view this meeting while in progress May either attend here at the city in at the city council chamber or use any of our social media accounts Pages at this point can you please join me in the pledge
United States of America councilors can I have a motion to can I have a motion um to approve the minutes from the February 12th 2025 budget meeting so more Mo has been made
properly second in discussion on the minutes seeing none all those in favor say I I and the eyes have it first item under new business is item 48-25 requests to expend Grant funds in
the amount of $150,000 from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security Brian Crisis Intervention intervention program brought To Us by our director of uh Support Services director Shard you have the floor good evening sing castles my
name is Rosa sheeper director of support services at Lawrence Police Department I am here alongside with Sergeant bullo who is Who oversee the gang unit I I am happy to share that we had apply for the
uh Crisis Intervention uh grant for $150,000 in collaboration with the Utch uh program which is located in l at this moment and we have been awarded um this grant for $150,000 um under this grant we propos a
project called The Lawrence Tranquility project uh this initiative is specifically designed to Target the G and gum B violence uh specifically in the Tower Hill Neighborhood um this is uh this uh this gr and this uh
initiative with the Lawrence Police Department in the Utch goes beyond uh uh the the the violence that that we are unfortunately suffer here in in the City of Lawrence and one primary objective is to assist uh our youth in staying out of trouble and provide them with positive
alternative involving the uh the game B violence thank you I'm going to pass it over to council marmal because it appears that this area specifically is in her District in case she has any comments or question I have plenty C Mar
okay uh to start oh go to start off is this the first time we're applying for this grant or we've received this grant um in previous years we have received a similar Grant in previous year but the uh the grant this almost the same Grant in again in collaboration with Utch but we utilize
this uh this grant for the South South Lauren East area South South Lauren East yeah so we taking that they the same project but we're moving it into the Tower Hill Neighborhood in previous years um how does it normally work do you guys have data keep track of how
many um I don't individuals I don't want to call them students because I'm assuming it's not just students but um how many individuals um this program has come into contact with sure how you know what is the story behind it was there any
s sorry was there any success to those individuals that you did come into contact with like I I'm actually intrigued so so I'm Sergeant poy from Lawrence Police Department I'm in charge of the drug unit and the gang unit um so like Miss Shepard said um director
Shepard said that we we've had this grant in the past with Utch we had it for uh we had a two-year Grant previously it was I believe it was $160,000 and it was $80,000 per year that we used at the time when we started
doing the research on where um where we should uh focus on the directed patrols at the time uh um the stadiums were where the majority of that that um um violence was we statistically went
through all the the different areas and um that's where we wanted to focus focus on so for the two years we did uh not only is it directed patrols we also did Community engagement with Utch obviously they have street workers out on the street we um I'll I'll go through a
bunch of the stuff that we did with them um when that Grant ended this year they um they got with myself and with director Shephard and they were able to get another Grant um this time around we wanted to focus on the north side of the
city we figured what they try to do with the grant it's a on M radius but when we did the one at the stadiums it covered the stadiums it covered Exodus Street North Parish Road uh all the way up to the Salt common um Lawrence High School all the parks the shaen park the um um
the oconnell uh um what other um Shen Castello the Cane Park so we hit all the parks too um and again it's directed patrols it's parking walks it's going through the stadiums it's helping out with dismissal at Lawrence High
School um uh we did backpack uh distributions with Utch we did a peace rally we did another one that started at Central Catholic and I went to the south side of the city after we had that incident with the with the young students at the park across from Lawrence High School last year so we did
a bunch of rallies with them um and then obviously we did some enforcement part this year when we started looking at the grant uh we chose Tower Hill um because we're able to we're able to attack two two different areas over there we're able to attack you know we we could uh
we could focus on on the the Hancock projects we could focus on the Essex streets as well it gets us lower Tower Hill it gets us a handful of schools in that in that area it gets us um the lower end of Broadway so it's it it gives us a really good radius on um on
attacking certain certain areas there too so um again it's it's The Crisis Intervention Program and it's in partnership with Utch it focuses on uh hotspot uh director patrols and hotspot neighborhoods as well as like I said the
community engagements the parking walks motor vehicle stops school dismissals um for the last two years it focused on the stadiums like I said um hit all the schools um hit all the parks over there obviously uh when the nice weather comes the common Park was very
very busy with the basketball courts there the um the park across um uh near near the high school was very very busy in the summer um so it worked out good we were able to focus on on those areas
um um as far as our part one crimes the homicides aggravated assaults robberies felony aties um and and motor vehicle theft it all decreased significantly again it was a lot of money to put into directed
patrols um and you know just getting out of the car and walking and and doing parking walks they loved it you know it's uh everybody knew we were out there so it was good um so over those two years so the numbers are going to the numbers are High um but again this was
two years this year it's only going to be a year um so over those the two years that we did it we made uh we actually over 1,00 extra checks that's between um pulling up to the stadiums or pulling up to the high school pulling up to the
pool pulling up to the okon the South Lawrence common um so that's extra checks Park and walks and motor vehicle stops it was over 1100 of them there were 28 arrests nine search warrants that were executed in that radius um we
seized over 1,000 grams of fentanyl 91 grams of cocaine and nine Firearms so it was you know very successful um we have a um a great relationship with um with the street workers from Utch um you know
there's a lot of times they'll reach out to us when they hear of stuff going on Andor we'll reach out to them if you know we have any any violence in the city and especially the gang violence with with the with the younger individuals um they they have um their
home base obviously is in L but they they have an office too on maen Street and Lawrence we you know they the the um you know they give the kids a lot of jobs we have a we have a great work relationship with them and I think part of this grant 150,000 I believe 75 you
know we're going to get 75,000 of it and the other 75,000 I believe Utch will be putting on another um uh Street worker or two um which will focus directly on Lawrence U BAS B on um what I'm reading
in terms of the project summary this is more of an intervention correct um outreach program so when you're mentioning arrest is that um do you mind getting into detail in terms of is this as a result of the program no no so so
what happens is so the one we do with them a couple you know for the last two years was a little bit different this was more of an intervention um but there are times that we will we will go over there so the arrest are we might have to you know we might be um doing an extra shift on the director
Patrol and something may have happened in that area where we're going to go and we're going to take it so Patrol is not tied up um just because you know we may be at the commment at the South Lawrence common watching a basketball game with the kids and this and that and then something may have happened at the stadiums so we're going to shoot over
there and and you know take care of what what is going on over there because we were already on that shift for that directive Patrol so we would take take that so obviously but the the goal is not to you you know the goal is to do the basketball games go outside you know
we did handball we did a handball tournament we passed out backpacks you know that's what the goal of it is the peace rallies but there are there are incidents God bless you there are incidents that you know we may be doing a parking walk in the stadiums and a call may come in and we have to make
enforcement um and and 28 arrests in in in two years is you know 14 a year it's not really a lot when you say 1,100 checks is this the people that you come into contact with no some of it is yes um but a lot of times you know
we'll go to the stadiums and we'll do is get on the radio could you put us off at the stadiums could you put us off at Lawrence High dismissal so we'll stand there while they're being dismissed we'll go to the um um the South Lawrence common put us off at the South Lawrence common so every time we're calling it in and we're going up we try to do you know
10 or if we do a 4our block we're trying to at least hit 10 or 15 spots put us off at the pool we'll stay at the pool for about a half an hour engage with the kids at the pool for a half an hour so those are the extra checks um so I guess it does have engagement too because we're going off
and you know we'll get out of our cars or we'll go you know at the Higgins pool or any of the parks to shaen park and watch them play handball or whatnot you guys building a rapport with these individuals okay so yes um my last
question I promise I not promise smirking cuz the sergeant was like yep and then he's like yeah like no that's why I'm here so no no he like yep um I'm intrigued in terms of uh I feel like when it comes to like gangs we
have to try to infiltrate the middle schools as much as possible possible because that's like the most vulnerable um our most vulnerable group uh and members in our community that you could easily be influenced into joining
uh these gangs so how is this program kind of taking a focus on reaching the the younger generation so what happens is so Utch is involved in the school department Utch they'll go um I want to say it's at least once a week they in
Lawrence High um they'll go they'll go to the calf they'll do um um their thing at the high school they do hit some of the other schools too um obviously you have Sant carabello and the and the school resource officers who have done an unbelievable job and I'm not saying that for any other reason but they've
done an unbelievable job um in the schools um we do a lot of in fact I have another one coming up we do a lot of um a lot of talks at the schools we'll have teachers reach out to us and we'll put on a gang talk or we'll put on a drug talk uh depending on um on the audience
that we have is depending on what we get into with the younger kids we're getting into why we should not be involved in gangs with the older kids we're really getting into you know time to you know start thinking about getting out of a gang um so it it it does focus on that as well I mean we
we've we've done I I couldn't even tell you how many talks at the schools and whatnot we try not to go into the schools too much the gang unit ourselves um unless if we're invited to um the school resource officers are really handling all of that right now um unless if we're invited to come in and do a
whole gang presentation which we we do all the time um but UTech the Utch Street work is are definitely in the schools and my my line of question this year's Grant um in terms of tracking I would like to see details
in terms of uh the amount of individuals that uh you guys are actually um having success stories in um um getting them out of gangs you know are we following up with them did we you know did we help
them find uh jobs after graduating high school you know stuff like that I'm intrigued to knowing how we were able to you know how we were able to contribute to changing their life so if this if this gets approved tonight and goes to the full Council I believe uh we'll have
somebody from Utch at the full council meeting and they could actually really touch on that because they they're the ones so if we if we make an arrest of an individual that falls between their their age group you know 17 to 25 what we do is refer them to uh to UTech so
I'll get in touch with the Utch workers that handle Lawrence I say hey we you know we just we came in contact with so and so last night or we had to place so and so under arrest last night and then Utch a lot of times they'll follow up the following day they may go to the arraignment they may get in touch with
that person um so they they do a really good a really good job at at that they probably we work probably the closest with them out of out of all of the street workers no I'm I'm here so whatever you have any other questions or
comments see n can I have a motion to send this up as a favorable recommendation motion has been made by council marmo is there a second second second by Council lone discussion seeing none all those in favor say I I and the eyes have it thank
you very much have a see you next week next item uh next and last item under new business is item 644-2 appropriation transfer from stab stabilization fund reserve for
litigation to judgments brought To Us by City attorney hotin but we have attorney uh attorney chair members of the counc I'm Kevin Kevin Foley I'm the first assistant City attorney you know I know this here I know I'm here for attorney
Hoon this evening who made this uh request for the uh transfer the appropriation transfer from the our litigation stabilization fund uh to our settlement fund our Judgment of settlement fund uh in the amount of $300,000 um what he tells me that's
that's enough money to C carry the us through the rest of this fiscal year um the the rationale behind that is that that money historically and I look back to 2019 we've always budgeted uh 225,000 going back to 19 in our in our
settlement judgment account last year for whatever reason it was it was balanced out at zero so anytime we do anything like that we have to come before the council and I I remember coming before the council earlier this year on a settlement of a case and I think attorney hooton did as well so uh
we don't have anything right now that that's pending settlement but it's a cumbersome process not that we don't like coming here before the council um but it's also cumbersome because we really can't talk about in in a public for we can talk about in executive session some of the cases that we're
working on but as a as a logistical part we come to the council the council senses the well first of all we have to any settlement or any sort of offer of compromise we if they run it by the mayor's office get the approval there get it onto the city council agenda
usually gets sent to one of the subcommittees we appear before the subcommittee if we get favorable action it goes back before the full Council and then if that's voted on by the full Council favorably it would go to the mayor to be approved and then that whole process takes somewhere around 60 to 70
days the the issue with that for us is that sometimes we have a case where we could settle a case for a lot less money if we could give them a check next week you know what I mean uh rather than have to wait 60 days if they want to wait 60 days they might want twice the amount of
money because they have to wait for the money so it makes it a little bit more nibble for us and as I say I went back to 2019 uh and saw that we had budgeted 225,000 some years we didn't use all of
that money but some years we exceeded uh that amount of money and I talked with the cafo today and uh she told me that there's plenty of money in uh litigation stabilization accounts to transfer These funds over to u to our settlement or
judgment account for these purposes so with that I'll entertain any questions that the uh that the council might have for me any questions for attorney Foley Council L thank you madam chair U so when the
city is being sued uh isn't that a public information and once he get get to the coure it's public information well settlements are usually not public information um after they're done they they can be um subpoenaed or fored and stuff like that some aspects of them but
some of them can be withheld for different reasons uh but the case you're right Council lone when a case is filed in a in a lawsuit uh that's a public record in the court system um but the the the the stuff that's going on
between the parties in terms of trying to compromise or resolve the matter is not something that's done in public I I I and I I like that question because one of the things that I suggested to attorney hooton is that I think that the legal department I'd be glad to be part
of this at minimum on a quarterly basis in executive session uh with the city council we should meet with you and give you updates on any pending legisl any any pending litigation that's going on just an update I and I know that he was
going to be here last week with the full counsil but um because of the time of the year there were some counselors two or three counselors who were who were not feeling well and some members so they we pushed that off until next week but that's something that I told him because quite frankly I'm the one that's
involved I have appearances in most of these cases I'm happy to come in to Executive session and and talk about you know sort of the give and the give and take the back and forth about where we see the case going what's a good way and you know there are reasons why you
settle cases not least of which is to control the outcome of the case something that affordable uh to the city or something that would not cause us any further liability down the road puts an end to it you know rather than living with it for two or three years with an
uncertainty there so I I'd be happy to be part of that I think that ought to be something that we do on a quarterly basis if not if not more often but for purposes of tonight we're just asking for a favorable recommendation for the this transfer from this litigation
stabilization account which has money in it over to our settlement or judgment account so that we can be a little bit more Nimble about how we handle these uh these cases yeah and no thank you for explaining that and and we know that
you're here for that but also um as a counselor I received uh questions uh about how many suits this the city it is receiving um in I know that some of this information especially when it has to do
with settlement it has to be uh deal with in a executive section but uh I would like to know how many sues we have received in the last year uh in amount I mean
maybe well it's public information when it's if anyone is suing the city it's already public information yeah we we certainly can can give you a listing of the uh suit and when you say suits do you mean administrative procedings too before the various boards like U there
are many administrative agencies that these things are not filed in a in a courtroom but filed before the mass commission against discrimination for instance or the Civil Service Commission or the Labor Relations Board or or or something to that effect
anything that has to do with a CD uh potentially paying an amount of money yeah um get that is affecting our budget so that I would like to know if if it's possible if it's public information uh
but I mean we as a counselor I receive uh actually I just received a question an hour ago about in a specific department but I that I will email uh you uh and U get a information by email
but thank you so much for clar for the clarification about the difference in settlement and ensuing I I will say that for the most part that everything that's come in since I've been here last year I've been involved with most of it there
there are cases that were um before my time that that are with outside councel um various outside Council that you you've heard me talk about when I've appeared before and so but we we certainly can give you an update and I don't know if that is going to go back
on the agenda for next week or not I offered to attorney hooton I'd be happy to accompany him to give you an update on what's happening with the cases including the list of what we have pending right now I appreciate that thank you thank you so much Attorney question Council
marmel um attorney would you be able to publicly State how many pending settlements we have like what's the number we we don't have anything right now that's pending settlement um you we we always have ongoing discussions I had an on I had a discussion last week about
a case that's active and both in the court and in with an administrative agency and there's there's still a back and forth going on with that but there is nothing right now that's uh pending settlement and we have we also have a significant case that I think that
attorney hooton was going to talk with you about last week in executive session and that's why I say I offered to him I I I'm I'm intimately involved with that case and I'd be happy to come with him for that meeting I would say plan on for next Tuesday oh yeah there's no problem with
that I don't say I'm happy to do that as you mentioned earlier I council president can correct me if I'm wrong but we did have a lot of members out sick last meeting so that's why it's it's some something important like that we want to make sure that we have the full Council for
you guys all right any other questions or comments see a none can I have a motion to send this up with a favor of recommendation so MO motion has been made by Council Marvel second of the council president discussion seeing none all those in
favor say I I and the eyes have it thank you very much see you next week attorney FY counselors I lied when I said no no tabled items my apologies so first I'm going to take miss suin you sent us an email earlier today regarding two items
uh you asked about you asked for item 44 44-25 to remain tables because the the director is out on a conference is that correct that is correct okay councilors can I have a motion to send another invitation to director pimel for the
next budget and finance meeting second motion has been made by the council president secondary by Council marmel discussion seeing none all those in favor say I I I forgot day parliamentary thenes can can
can I have a motion to table item 44 Mo has been made a motion second by council president all those in favor say I I the eyes have it can I have a motion to send correspondence to coun uh to director pel for the next budget and finance
meeting motion has been made by the council president seconded by Council marmal discussion seeing none all those in favor say I I the I guys have it thank you um let me let me finish let me let me at
least say thank you motion to table has been made by the council president seconded by Council lzone all those in favor say I I and the eyes have it thank you um and then you might you sent us a memo regarding requesting to withdraw
[Music] item can I can I have a motion to untable item 33-24 30324 second page um second item motion has been made by the by counselor Marmon
there second second seconded by Council lzone all those in favor say I I I and the eyes have it uh Miss Miss Bank you have FL so yes I am requesting to withdraw this particular item um we um are going
to be reallocating some of the funds that were in this initial um appropriation transfer it to fund item 22b 25 item hold on 22b item 22b appropriation transfer okay
yep and this has to do with the followup that we had last budget and finance meeting with the laot town boxing correct that we requested you guys to come together and figure out okay um just give me one second Miss F
what what I'm going to request uh for the next for the next memo that you that you send us can you make sure to always seec Teresa and our city clerk in case either or um is is out because if we
don't see it they will at least see it and make sure that we have um printed copies for the meeting absolutely thank you council president chair I just want to uh to have like uh perhaps you going to have to update the pre the other item
with the proper amount and the proper um uh the proper amount related from this item that is going to go to the other item correct that is going to go to 22b so it's um the funding that was in for the airport from the airport is going to be
moved over to fund 20 to be the item we just see 51,000 right so the entire amount is going to go to the other item no just 100 of it I just saying 110,000 is going to go to 22b okay it just saying you
know update the other item through a memo saying all the new that this item going to correspond now the amount of money that is going to go on 22b is going to be this amount uh due to the that we transferring money from the April which was
on uh IR 3032 24 now to item 2022b correct am I following what you're trying to do yes I just I think I'm saying I'm saying so may maybe I'm just give so you like
me to yeah hold on a second just give us an updated amount that is going to correspond to iton 22b which right now we have 17,000 so you're going to add portion of the it
30324 to iton 22b so that need to be reflected on the other item for that to happen you need to uh update the item 22b and this one is going to be withdraw did the memo knock it into your packet
that I sent Teresa earlier today and so so that's that's why the email that I received does not include Teresa and and and um or I uh our city clerk but it does include or or any of the committee
members um so we did receive a memo earlier today that explains what the council president is trying to to uh to to suggest so particularly from the latan boxing gym youth boxing
program line item $220,000 would go into DOC number 22b um sl-25 specifically from the airport um 100
$110,000 would go towards doc 22 B-24 which totals 100 $130,000 correct and that is correct so that is the new amount um that will be transferred from from the ARA funds that
we have here under 30324 yes okay you guys follow that let me um I should have let me I have a copy of the memo I thought that okay it was going to I thought Teresa said she was going to put in your packets okay no we don't we don't have
it here yeah yeah yeah yeah so just make sure when you s correspondent to the committee to add everybody that way we everybody has it absolutely we'll do so in the future the doc she's uh she's they're
they're making they're making copies so just bear with us for two seconds or a minute is that the only are these the only two items that you have for us today yes okay
so then I think we could also withdraw item 22b 25 but I have a question about that actually for you so we going to untable it no because I mean looking for
appropri looking for approv later have to it that was the question I was going to say counil is maybe maybe I misunderstood what my directions were from the last meeting I thought you asked me to write a new memo describing
how I was going to fund that 100,000 okay all right I just want to make sure I did what I was asked to do you got it oh my so I did have correspondence with ltown boxing and they felt they could use 60,000 out of the 880,000 so I'm working on um reviewing the
information he sent me to write a contract perfect when they actually uh when they got everything they need so we can go ahead and visit them of course and that that way they can have communication with us yeah I was um out of the
office for several days last week um and I wasn't able to get to it I'm sorry it was included in the 22 it I know I know it was it was so your your your memo was included okay it was
included under the wrong item oh but they're both kind of intertwined so I can see where the confusion uh happened okay so counselors now that you have this this memo in front of you again are there any further questions or comments
for Miss Fink seeing none can I have a motion to withdraw item withdraw item 300 three 300 33-24 transfer of five 500
51,000 so 511 $511,000 in 100 of our funds to first time home buyers program from various accounts sorry it's been a really long night for me really long day for
me what was the motion to withdraw second motion has been made by councelor Lon seconded by no she okay make the motion so move the motion has been made
by counc Marvel seconded by Council lzone discussion C Nan all those in favor say I I and the eyes have it thank you Miss Frank thank you one of those days today is one of those days for
sure all right so next we have yeah you all s that was the only thing you asked right for to 303 so we're not going to do 22 no oh no not that one right for now okay so I'll come back again okay
yeah you don't want to huh you don't want to ready for 22 oh are you you're ready for it for 22b 22 are you here for that oh right all right so can I have a motion to on table 22
B-25 appropriation transfer in the amount of $300,000 from various accounts of the Child Care Circuit motion been made by Council marmel seconded by second signed by councelor lzone all those in favor say I I the
eyes have it Miss okay um since our last meeting um I had a meeting with um Octavian spanner and we found um alternative funding to funds the $130,000
um remaining on this particular document you have a memo that says we're taking 20,000 from ltown boxing which they will not be needing for their contract and we're taking $110,000 from the airport fund which they declined to
use okay so council president the just to reflect the proper amount on the uh on the item which is right now is 300,000 but it really 120 that's how it should reflect because we change I mean we split the item into 170 which we sent
out to the full Council and 130 which is item 22b and we have the 300,000 so it's a type of just a matter of just changing the amount and the source of the fund is going to change which is going to be the one that CH just state so I believe last
time last time something like this occurred I recall the city clerk advising that because that is the that is the the official name of the item um it's not it's it's still going to reflect $300,000 but the actual document
supporting the item will correct the amount now this is the last it's been a while could be wrong but your feedback is noted and we're just going to
continue so now that we have the amounts um you're requesting this committee to also to withdraw this item as well that to change it to send it up to send it up just send it up okay can I have a motion
to send up 22 B-25 as a favorable recommendation ation to the full Council motion has been made property second and discussion question council president just make sure that just just uh Miss Finn just make sure that uh the
proper parties when it comes administrating the program are here so they can give us a further explanation as of how many people they going to be serving on that program okay so you want the director from the chare circuit to come again okay just just to give us an
update as of you know how many time we're going to expand it up and take an opportunity to probably create awareness about the program that is about to end at the full Council okay she she was yeah she appeared at the last full
council meeting right okay all right noted uh Pat can you make sure that there is a side note for item 22b das24 that states that the amount is um 100 130,00
and not $300,000 I know that we what I said earlier about supporting documents but to make sure that that is there with it okay um any other comments or questions seeing none all those in favor
say I I the eyes have it thank you see you next week for confusion I CL no it's okay it's I I don't think it was you I think it was just Monday and it's been a long work day [Music] too uh
director uh can I have a motion to untable item sorry I lied item 42-25 authorization to expend 125,1 15 from the housing Choice Grant
from the eoh LC planning grant for re re reendo Gateway 2 2.0 it's under old business tabled business from February 4th um good evening dmy we haven't unted
it yet and I have something to say actually about this um Can can I item 42-25 d25 you're welcome no it's it's there it's there
but okay did you got your no can I have a motion to unable motion has been made is there a second second seconded by the council president all those in favor say I I I the eyes have it
so all right so here's the thing about this I mean we did not receive any communication that you were going to be here tonight we don't have any and I'm assuming you have it tonight but as you can see I have I have committee members going crazy looking for this
item um just and we don't have anything we we have the memo that was sent to the council president um but on January 30th but other than that no communication whatsoever they you guys are going to be here
tonight apologize on this to doation okay 42 okay so we didn't even receive a copy of the PowerPoint presentation either all right
um is is there a timeline for this like is there anything specific any deadlines any so it so there is no okay unless counselors unless you I mean if they have the presentation now if you're ready for it if you want time I
mean if you want presentation will take 15 10 minutes 15 minutes and we can do the presentation then table it that would maybe give you some room for questions okay let me um you can you get you guys set up all right
no they have to turn it on they have to can you can you let them know that we need a projector pack can you let them know that we need a projector unless can you can you let them know that we need the projector on thank you
we it's turn [Music] you for all right well why don't we just table it and we'll get this technical aspect taken care of does it look like it's going to work
s spe h is this you the resolution is way Beyond 1080 you want me to put 1080 yeah okay this is the game
yes all right you put a ticket in for that or something all right want to keep this we're going to re we're going to retable this item we're not going to to untable the next item um if you can I do have some documents
one of the documents is uh will the pel she's out of town so and and she'll be back in two weeks so we be able to get you all the supporting documents either way this this is from February 4th this this item is from we are February 24th like this should have been submitted
these documents should have been submitted so um okay yeah so we'll see you next next budget and finance meeting can I have a motion to retable item 42-25 so move motion has been made proper is there a second second seconded
by councelor lzone all those in favor say I I I and the eyes have it now counselors we have two more items I'm going to ask the council president president to recuse himself for this um for because due to a potential conflict of
interest and we're doing it now cuz last time I did not have quorum to do this so we are doing it now okay no you have to come back for the final all right can I have a motion to untable item 40-25 appropriation
transfer in the amount of $100,000 from the airport account to new project account for mandated safety easements um 4025 motion has been made is there a second second properly seconded all
those in favor say I I I and the eyes have it councelors we did have the airport manager here with us last time um actually ref to no is he able to come in
yeah P can you get can you get Bill Collins please Bill Collins can you tell can you ask him to come out [Music] please what did Francisco send correspondence turn it on thank you thank
you Bill we have we just unted item 4025 appropriation transfer in the amount of $100,000 from the airport account to to the new project account for mandated safety easements I'm sorry madam chair the uh
number okay uh 4025 yes right we discussed this at our last airport commission meeting this has to do with a part of our master plan sorry and sorry I wasn't prepared to speak on this I'm surprised the manager didn't let me know he
usually is very good he might be at a conservation uh meeting in North Ana but um we have to clear trees and we were supposed to be buying some land uh for our approaches to our main runways I believe that's what this is
for the 100,000 we also at our last meeting discussed some of the groundwork for the new terminal this might also be going to that project I'm not exactly sure unfortunately but it does say to the new
project account for mandated safety years but so I would assume that's for the uh new terminal building I'm going to read what we have in the m thank you um this memo was sent to the council president on January 23rd 2025 the Lawrence municipal airport would like to
start a safety mandated easement project this fiscal year as opposed to waiting until next fiscal year as planned this project is supported by the FFA and mass do Aeron Aeron I can't pronounce it Aeronautics
Aeronautics division qualified to receive federal and state grant funding with a 5% local share I would like to request a retained earnings transfer in the amount of $100,000 to a new project
account for this anticipated cost okay that sheds a little light on it but um I do know that we approved it at the airport level unanimously so it is either for a new terminal building or for easements related to
tree clearing and approaches to our runways we we also have an ongoing drainage issue with ch Street North Ana that the town is not helping us out with it all we're paying for all that work and this may also have to go with that I'm not exactly sure which of those
three areas this particular amount of money is for sorry I wasn't prepared for this I that's okay yeah uh I don't know if it's time critical uh is there any chance to send this forward
to the full Council and make sure the manager I'm okay with I feel comfortable sending it as a committee report uh because the last time the airport manager did stay throughout a lengthy meeting and then when it came to to this
particular item come to find out you didn't have the I did no I didn't have I only had a a three member committee and the council president needed to recuse himself so we did did not have Quorum at all for this item and now that we I do have a full committee I want to make
sure that I think it's very possible too with the city uh you confidential secretary taking her school vacation last week that maybe he didn't get the notice to come oh no no suggest it it's no we're all set if now that's just me
if the rest of the committee I'm not sure how you guys feel but that's how I'm I'm okay with sending it up as a committee report at least thank you madam chair motion to move forward to full Council as a committee report second motion has been made by councel Maro seconded by Council lzone
discussion seeing none all those in favor say I I and the eyes have it right there there's one more case one more councelors can I have a a motion to untable item 43-25 Pat you have that
43-25 that under oh I'm sorry I'm sorry sorry 41 41-25 correct yeah I'm more familiar with this we discussed this at the meeting last it's not on table yet um can I have a motion to untable
41-25 motions made by councelor Mar seconded by councelor lzone all those in favor say I I I and the eyes have it so item 41-25 is the Assurance of Grants assurances and authorized to expend in
the amount of $361,900 for the mass do aeronautic division did I get it right this time very good division grant let me tell you it's surprisingly my first language was actually Spanish and even though I'm foret I'm forgetting the Spanish I still have issues with some English term no
this is uh for our you have the floor Madam chair this is for the new terminal project and this is uh the first capital outlay so that uh the architect already has the renderings we're halfway into the project or a third of the away on
paper and this will um be the grant that we're getting from Mass do by the way the new terminal building funding is going to be I believe it's 80% for FAA 15% State and 5% out of our retained earnings so it's
it's a good deal for the airport and uh this is going to ensure that our building is going to be the next one built the next terminal built at the state really an administrative building any questions or comments we do have
uh the award notice for Mass do that goes over in length the award the obligations from the city sign City side of the layout it is signed um I'm noticing it's
signed by your chair does it will will it be signed by the mayor after the council approves this I believe uh this has to go through purchasing and after the bids are opened it'll go through that process and at some point I don't know if the mayor signs it or the purchasing agent but it says mayor of
Mayor city of allance here okay that's right Council has any questions or comments seeing none I will uh can I have a motion to send this up with a favorable recommendation
motion has been made is there a second second probably seconded discussion all those in favor say I I and the eyes have it thank you m members can I have a motion to adjourn motion a
made is a favorable recommendation yeah all those all those table all those in say I clean up Thea she clean it up thank
you