e e good evening everyone I'll call the city council to order at 8:00 on Monday evening February 10th 2025 this meeting is being recorded please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance I aliance to the
flag of the United States of America to The Republic stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you we have 17 items on this evening's agenda and I will ask the city
clerk to please read agenda item number one minutes of the city council meeting January 27th 20 seeing none of those in favor oppose the minutes of file 10 0 agenda item number two communication from Council president aing regarding proposed amendment to Municipal
aggregation order number 19-1 7578 B Council Iris thank you Mr President motion to refer to the finance Comm please motion made in second to refer to the finance committee any discussion on the motion seeing none of those in favor oppose it's going to finance 10 Z agenda
item number three communication from the mayor regarding the appointment of Brian J Dahan as City comproller Treasurer for a three-year term effective March 31st 2025 in addition pursuant to chapter 125 a request to start Mr danany at step seven of the com control or Treasurer
salary schedule and Grant an additional week's vacation Council and a thank you Mr President move to refer to the Personnel committee motion made seconded to refer to the Personnel committee any discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor oppos it's going to
Personnel 10 0 agenda item number four communication from the mayor regarding the appointment of Douglas E Philpot to the zoning board of appeals for a 5-year term to expire from the date of council confirmation Council naen thank you Mr President move to refer to the Personnel committee motions made in second to refer to the Personnel committee any
discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor oppos it's going to Personnel 10 Z agenda item number five communication from the mayor regarding the appointment of e William Baker to the Community Development Authority as the tenant representative for a three-year term to expire from the date of council confirmation Council Nan
thank you Mr President move to refer to the Personnel committee motion made in second refer to the Personnel committee any discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor opposed it's going to Personnel 10 0 agenda item number six communication from the mayor regarding the appointment of an M ma to the
Council on Aging for a four-year term to expire May 7th 2029 Council and a thank you Mr President move to refer to the Personnel committee motions made in second to refer to the Personnel committee any discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor opposed it's going to Personnel 10 Z agenda item
number seven communication from the mayor regarding the reappointment of John valade as principal assessor for a three-year term to expire from the date of council confirmation Council naen thank you Mr President I would just like to be he is here in the audience this evening i' like to thank Mr blade for his service and I would like to move to
approve this evening motion May second to approve the reappointment any discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor oppose it carries 10-0 congratulations John I think uh agenda number eight
communication from the mayor regarding reappointments of William bruan Nina El bloomquest Samantha M kosla Rustin Kyle Janice MK Alfred hos Thomas Abel and Robin Ripley to the library Board of Trustees for staggered terms to expire on the following dates William bruan
September 9 2027 Nina Bloomquist January 7th 2028 Samantha kosla April 2nd 2027 Rustin Kyle September 24th 2027 Janice MK February 2nd 2027 Alfred hos January 7th 2028 Thomas Abel January 7th 2028
and Robin riple February 1st 2028 Council naan thank you Mr President uh first like to thank all the trustees for their service um I know we all are big supporters of the library here and they've done a tremendous amount of work um supporting the mission there um and as these are all reappointments I would like to move to approve this evening
motion made and secondly to approve all the reappointments to the library Board of Trustees any discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor oppose they are approved vote is 10-0 agenda item number nine communication from the mayor regarding reappointment of James Griffin to the Board of Health for a
three-year term to expire February 1st 2027 councel n thank you Mr President move to approve motions made in second to approve the reappointment any discussion on the motion councelor arm well I would just like to make a comment
that it's a reappointment and I am definitely in favor but Mr Griffin was with us when we went through covid and many of the discussions were held including a public Hearing in related to mask and so forth and I would just like to thank him for his term of service he
already just served and wish him the best on the next thank you Council or any other discussion on the motion on the motion to approve the reappointment all those in favor oppose the appointment is reapo is approved 10 Z agenda item number 10 communication from
the mayor regarding reappointments of Edward Clancy William Dunbar Alan white and David Williams to the Conservation Commission for staggered terms to expire on the following dates Edward Clancy April 26 2026 William Dunbar April 26 2027 Alan white March 26 2026 and David
Williams April 24th 2027 Council naen thank you very much Mr President I would like to ask the clerk to read the mayor's letter if he would mind CL would mind reading the letter please honorable president oing and councilors I am pleased to submit the reappointments of Edward Clancy William Dunbar Alan white
and David Williams subject to city council confirmation it has been the city council's request to stagger appointments I am requesting the terms to expire on the following dates Edward Clancy April 26 2026 William dun bar April 26 2027 Alan white March 26 2026
and David Williams April 24th 2020 27 excuse me I would like to take a moment to express my gratitude to Mr Clancy for 56 years of service Mr Dunbar for six years of service Mr White for 46 years of service and Mr Williams for 35 years of service for their remarkable
dedication and service in preserving open space within our community with their combined years of experience it's hard to imagine a parcel of land in the city that these individuals haven't walked and worked to protect please let me know if you have any questions thank you in advance for your cooperation sincerely Jake Christian Dumis mayor and
just for those of you following at home Allan White services for 46 years not the number of years that have in the mayor's letter so there was just an oversight so we want to apologize to Allan but recognizes 46 years of service Council native thank you very much Mr President um we talk a lot here about
the importance of conservation um and we're very fortunate to have a very dedicated board so um I would like to move to approve tonight um the four reappointments and thank them for their 155 years of combined service to the city and to this commission um it's very
important motions Maiden seconded to approve the reappointment of the Conservation Commission appointees any discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor opposed all four are reappointed for another 50 no that's not
all reappointed the vote is 10 0 uh agenda item number 11 communication from the mayor regarding reappointment of Joseph Delano to the board of registrars for a three-year term to expire April 1st 2027 Council naen thank you Mr President move to approve motions made in second to approve the
reappointment in discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor oppos the reappointment carries the vote is 10 0 agenda item number 12 communication from the planning board regarding unfavorable recommendation on the proposed zoning map amendment to include one Maple Terrace identified as
map 70 parcel 274 in the malor village District order number 2425 10935 C Council Robi thank you Mr President move to accept and place on file the communication motion made seconded to accept and place on communication in
discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor oppos the communication is filed the vote is 10 Z agenda item 13 communication from the Central Mass mosquito control project regarding proposed budget notification for fiscal year 26 and the compliance certificate
certif certification policy Council Orum thank you Mr President as noted it is a proposed budget from Central Mass mosquito but it's not too early to be planning especially as last year we found out we were having westn virus Triple E concerns I'd recommend that
this be accepted place on file and I'm sure there'll be future communication if new members join new communities it may reduce the cost if that does happen thank you Mr President thank you Council there's been a motion made to accept and place on file the communication any discussion on the motion seeing none of
those in favor oppos communication is filed votes 10 Z agenda item 14 application for special permit from attorney Brian faul on behalf of gr Development LLC DBA weville car wash for a proposed new state-of-the-art car wash
to be located at 223 East Main Street the former Bank of America location councilor Robi thank you Mr President move to refer this to Urban Affairs committee set a public hearing for March 10th 2025 and advertise motions made in second toer the special permit to the
urban Affairs committee will set a public hearing for March 10th and advertise any discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor oppos this is going to Urban with a public hearing on March 10th and advertise the vote is 10-0 agenda item 15 minutes of
boards commissions and committees Mr President do set thank you very much Mr President motion to accept and place on file the minutes of the boards commissions and committees motion May second to accept and place on file all the minutes any discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor opposed
the minutes are filed 10 Z reports of committees who wants to go first councelor Irish thank you Mr President um finance committee met on February 3rd 2025 uh meeting uh convened at 7 p.m. we
had two items on the agenda that evening uh first item was order number 25-19 350 uh communication from mayor Dumis with midyear transfer request totaling 92882 um from various departments for fy2 moving funds from two accounts as
outlined in the transfer sheets um after a lengthy discussion and on a motion by Council vital uh seconded by the chair the finance committee voted to recommend approval of the midar transfers uh from various departments uh for fy20 25 moving funds from into accounts outlined
in the transfer sheet uh the vote carried 4 to Zer next item was order number 24-100 9191 uh communication from mayor Dumis uh Capital uh Improvement plan for FY 2024 to FY
2028 uh after a lengthy discussion and a motion by Council pillo uh seconded by the chair the finance committee voted to accept and file the capital Improvement plan for FY 24 FY 2028 a vote carried uh 4 to Zer uh
meeting adjourned at 7:57 p.m. that's the end of my report Mr President thank you Council Irish Council Roby thank you Mr President the city council Urban Affairs and Housing committee met on Monday February 3rd at
7:30 we had one item on our agenda 24100 9305 a communication from Jus Malay trustee on behalf of one m Terrace real estate trust regarding a proposed owning map amendment to include one Maple Terrace identified as a map 70
parcel 274 in the malb village District it's currently located in the Resident C Zone Mr Malay was present the chair opened the meeting recognizing absent members she noted members had a copy of the public hearing report as well as the
letter from the planning board with their negative recommendation I outline the reasons as stated in their letter uh with the vote of 5 to zero the chair stated that members had received a copy of the map provided at the public hearing when malor Village
was first discussed which shows the delineation around the business Zone while skirting any residential zones members discussed their concern for what could be built with the zoning change and that there was no guarantee a project shown would be built Council deset moved to deny the zoning change it
was seconded in the vote carried 3 to Z with Mr L councelor Landers and councelor naan absent I'm reporting this out this evening and am requesting a suspension of the rules to be able to vote on this this evening so the petitioner knows where he
stands there's been a motion to suspend the rules all those in favor of suspension oppos suspension carries 10 0 Council Robi I move to move the recommendation of committee which is to deny the application for a zoning change
motions made and seconded to deny the zoning change so a a positive vote is to deny is there any discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor of denying the petition of the zoning change 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 the zoning
change is denied the vote is 10-0 any other reports councilor naan thank you Mr President um personal uh Public Service Announcement excuse me uh Personnel committee has a little bit of work to do um and so so we will be convening on February 19th at 7:00 p.m.
to begin taking up um some of the appointees that have been referred there um specifically um for the new cont thank you thank you Council na any other reports of committees hearing none agenda item 16 order number 2425
D100 9298 B application for special permit from attorney Christopher flood on behalf of Annabelle e gilo sakur to convert an existing two family residential property located at 30 Maple Street to a three family residential property recommendation of the urban Affairs committee is to approve as
amended Council Roby thank you Mr President while this was supposed to be on the agenda this evening it is still being reviewed by the legal department I move to table this until our February 24th meeting so motion to postpone you
mean postpone motions made second to postpone this item to their February 24th city council meeting any discussion on the motion seeing n all those in favor oppos this item is going to be postponed till our February 24th 2025
meeting the vote is 10 Z agenda item 16 17 17 order number 25-19 345 that the mayor shall submit to the city council an annual report from the commissioner Public Works regarding the state of the city's public cemeteries specifically the report will provide a general update
on city-owned cemeteries detailing current conditions current future needs staffing plan and out outline regular maintenance and repair priorities for the upcoming fiscal year recommendation of the Veterans Affair Affairs committee is to approve as amended Council and aen
thank you Mr President uh move the recommendation to committee to approve motions made seconded to move the recommendation of committee which is to approve any discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor oppos the I the order is approved and the vote is 10
Zer Council M thank you Mr President move to a journ motion May second to adjourn all those in favor opposed we are adjourned at 8:16 have a good evening everyone