I'd like to call this meeting of the, uh, Westfield City Council. August 21st, 2025 to order. Roll call. Madam City Clerk. Matthew Skain. Here. Melo. Here. Morgan Alley? Here. Oniskey. Here. Sullivan. Here. Adams. You will not be with us. Allie? Here. Bean. Here. Beltran? Here. Burns Here. Fanny. Here. Biggie. Here. Harris? Here. Okay. Uh, we're gonna do the pledge of Allegiance. Kate.
I guess so. Yes. That's usually on the agenda. Alright. Nick's got a flag in the background. All right. My pledge allegiance to the flag. Flag states, United States America Republic. Republic Stands Nation Liberty Justice. Thank you. Reading of the record of the meetings of July 7th, 2025 and July 21st, 2025. Councilor Beam. Make A motion to accept the minutes Without reading. So moved. Second. Second. Motion made and seconded. Any anything on the minutes?
None. Roll call Madam City Clerk. Matthew sca. Yes. Meow. Yes. Morgan Alley? Yes. Oniskey? Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Allie? Yes. Bean? Yes. Belt. Randy? Yes. Burns? Yes. Fanon? Yes. Biggie? Yes. Harris? Yes. Okay. Now comes the portion of the meeting for public participation. Anyone wishing to address the city council may do so by stating their name and address for the city clerk. We do that in three minute increments and, um, as long as it's something that's not the subject
of a public hearing tonight. Is there anyone that would like to address the council? Anybody? Going once, going twice. Gone. Communications from the mayor. Item one. Councilor Figgy. Thank you Mr. President. Requesting, making a motion, requesting immediate consideration of a grant in the amount of $905,730 from the US Department of Transportation, federal Aviation Administrative Airport Division, Westfield Barnes Airport, under the airport improvement program for mitigation
of vegetation removal for rare species permitting. Second. Made it seconded for the discussion counselor. Yeah. This is a, uh, grant that is, it has three funding sources. We have the feds, we have the state, and we have the city. The city's match is $23,835, which is in the FY 26 budget. Um, like to welcome, uh, the new director of the airport, Jeff Lovejoy. I see he's here with us tonight. And, uh, keep showing up with the money. Jeff, you'll be fine. Anything further on this immediate consideration?
Seeing none. Roll call. Madam City Clerk Kane. Yes. Meow. Yes. Morgan Alley? Yes. Oniskey? Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Allie? Yes. Bean? Yes. Beltran Burns. Yes. Fanny? Yes. Figge? Yes. Harris? Yes. Item two. Councilor Fige. Thank you Mr. President. Make a motion requesting immediate consideration of a grant, the amount of $350,930 from the US Department of Transportation, federal Aviation Administration,
airports Division to Westfield Barnes Airport, or the Airport Improvement Program for an aeronautical study if a potential obstructions runway 15 dash 33 and runway two dash 20 Approaches and obtains critical safety data. Second, made it seconded Further the discussion, Councillor Fige As the first grant that we accepted. It's a three part grant with the feds, the state and city. The city matches $9,235 and has been appropriated or budgeted for in the FY 26 budget.
Okay. Anything further? Dean? None. Roll problem. Ms. Siler Matthews. Kane. Yes. Meow. Yes. Morgan Alley? Yes. Oniskey? Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Allie? Yes. Bean? Yes. Beltran? Yes. Burns? Yes. Fanon? Yes. Fige? Yes. Harris? Yes. Okay. Item three. Councilor Burns. Madam City Clerk,
Could you read number three and refer to LN? Second city Clerk. Clerk Motion made. And second Three, submitting a resolution to enter into a model host community agreement with Westfield Ultra Premium LLC to provide cannabis retail, cultivation, manufacturing, cannabis delivery, and medical cannabis. Effective October 1st, 2025 through September 30th, 2034. Okay. Anything further on sending this to LO? Seeing roll. Mr. President, can I amend that to also send to law and community development? Absolutely. Motion made to amend and seconded. Now on the amended roll call, Madam City Clerk
Matthew Kane. Yes. Melo? Yes. Morgan Alley? No. Honesty. Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Allie? No. Bean? Yes. Randy? Yes. Burns? Yes. Fanon? Yes. Peggy? Yes. Harris? Yes. Thank you. Item four, councilor Burns. Yeah. Thank for the purpose of immediate consideration for items four and Second. You made it seconded for immediate consideration.
Any discussion? Roll call Madam City Clerk. There's, there's a question. Yeah. Alright, Well it was like it cut out. So is he trying to do four and five, correct. Four and five. Yeah. Yeah. The audio kind of cut out there for a second. Four and five. Yeah. Yeah. Council alley four and Five. We'll do 'em individually, but we're gonna do 'em under suspension. Okay. Which is Yes. Okay. For motion to suspension. Roll call. Madam City Clerk Matthews. Kane. Yes. Meow. Yes. Elli? Yes. Ky Yes. Yes. Yes. Allie? Yes. Ally? Yes.
Yes. Randy? Yes. Burns Yes. Ion? Yes. Biggie? Yes. Harris? Yes. Thank you. Still under suspension. Item five, council Burns four. Submitting a resolution except monetary, any kind gift donations made to the council on eight, $3 for quarter three of fiscal 25. Second. You made it seconded. Further discussion. Counselor? Um, no, this is just money donations in kind's
for, for, uh, third quarter actually of pointing to five. Any questions for this? There's also, there's also a list of the donors here. Okay. I don't know why you keep cutting out, Mike, Because Ward four got all the pavement. Not wifi, I guess Instead. Oh, there you go. Roll call on on the donations. Matthews Kane. Yes. Meow. Yes. Morgan Elli. Yes. Ky Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Allie? Yes. Bean? Yes.
Beltran Burns. Yes. Fanon? Yes. Biggie? Yes. Harris? Yes. Thank you. Now item five, still under suspension. Council Burns. Yeah. Um, item number five and in kind gift donations made to the Council on Aging, totaling 2050 $8 per fourth quarter of 2025. Second. But you made it seconded. Um, further discussion. Counselor. Again, same. Um, again, the names are on, posted on, uh,
on, uh, council share. Okay, so Council. Yes. Same as President. So anyways, that did cut out. So it's $2,158. Yes, it's what's on your, your file here? 41 58. I just wonder for the recording as well, but Yep. Anything further? Councillor Fige. Thank you, Mr. President. I'd just like to thank the generosity of the Westfield Public and surrounding areas for the continued support to the various organizations within our city, the schools, the Council on Aging, et cetera. So thank you very much. You anything further? Roll call. Madam City. Clerk
Matthews. Kane. Yes. Melo? Yes. Marelli? Yes. Ky? Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Allie? Yes. Dean? Yes. Dr. Randy? Yes. Burns. Can you hear me? No. Now I can. Okay. Yes. Are you? Yes. Go like this. Yes. Fay? Yes. Harris? Yes. Thank you. Motion to go back to regular order. So moved. Second. Second. Motion. Made it seconded. Roll call. Madam city Clerk Matthews. Kane. Yes. Mellow? Yes. Morgan? Yes. Ky.
Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Allie? Yes. Bean. Yes. Belt. Randy? Yes. Burns? Yes. Fanny? Yes. Biggie? Yes. Harris? Yes. Item six. Councilor burns. Yeah. Thank you, Mr. President. Madam City Clerk, will you read number six and, Uh, we couldn't hear you again. Refer to law and l and o. Okay. Right. All right. Yeah. I City clerk number six, submitting an ordinance amending the code of ordinances. City of Westfield. Chapter two, article four, division three, section two dash 3 0 6.
Appointment of city assessor Sent to Illinois and law, uh, roll call. Madam City Clerk. Matthew Skain. Yes. Mellow? Yes. Morgan Alley. Yes. Ky? Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Ali? Yes. Dean? Yes. Spelled Randy? Yes. Burns? Yes. Nyon? Yes. Biggie? Yes. Harris? Yes. Thank you. Reports of city officers. Item seven. Uh, who's taking item seven? I guess I'll take it. Okay, go ahead, Mike. Council burns.
Okay. Thank you. Mr. President, city Clerk Kaitlyn Bruce, biannual city elections to be held. Tuesday, November 4th for to L and o. Second. You made it second. Any discussion? Seen on roll call Madam city Clerk Matthews. Katon. Yes. Meow. Yes. Marelli? Yes. Ky? Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Allie? Yes. Bean? Yes. Belt. Randy? Yes. Burns? Yes. Ion? Yes. Vicky? Yes. Harris?
Yes. Item eight. Council burn. Do you want that one too? Um, no. Uh, I don't think Mi Mr. President, if it pleases the chair, I'd make a motion to place, uh, the report from the health director, Deborah Vena, uh, regarding the update on transfer station stickers and place it on file. Second. Made it seconded. Any discussion on placing on file? Seeing none, roll Call please. I would, I would just add that the, basically for the public here, it's uh, they still will be con,
continue to be sold at, uh, big Y but they will also be available online. Great. Okay. Roll call. Mayor, city clerk. I do have a question. Yeah. Council Allen. So did they make any changes in the dates of like, how that program was gonna work? I think may, It's still on the fiscal year. It's gonna stay in the fiscal year for this year? Yep. Okay. Anything further? Councilor Morgane, did you have something? Okay. Roll call. Madam City Clerk Matthews. Kane. Yes. Meow. Yes. Morgane? Yes. Hoki?
Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Halley? No. Bean? Yes. Beltran? Yes. Burns? No. Fanon? Yes. Figy? Yes. Harris? Yep. You Item nine. Councilor Burns. Madam City Clerk Reed. Item number nine. And refer it to LNL And lock. Second. No, Shannon is submitting it. Okay. Motion made. Oh, that's right, Shannon. Okay. I see Motion made is seconded. Further discussion, counselor. Seeing none. Roll call please.
Should I read it first? Number nine, please. First assistant city solicitor Shannon Reed. Submitting the following ordinance amendments to chapter 17 as requested by Sergeant Juan Juanita Majia, chair of the Traffic Commission. Section 17 dash 73 Stop intersections, designated by adding corner of Greylock Street and Franklin Street and section 17 dash 1 36. Handicap parking by adding a temporary reserve spot adjacent to the existing handicap spot is enforceable only when the sign is locked open. Thank you. Roll call Police. Madam City Clerk Matthews. Yes. Miller? Yes. Morgan? Yes. Ky? Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Allie? Yes. Dean? Yes. Beltran?
Yes. Burns? Yes. Ion? Yes. Peggy? Yes. Harris? Yes. Thank you. Petitions, demonstr, and other papers. Item 10 is a public hearing on an application for a special permit site plan, approval and stormwater permit on behalf of Westlake Royal Building Products Inc. Care of Kristen Top for a lumber yard pursuant to ordinance zoning ordinance sections 3, 1 23, 1 and six. 10. One and four to be located at 44 Grief Way. Westfield, mass Public Hearing is now open.
Is the applicant with us? Uh, thank you Mr. President Rob Leve from our Lavec Associates. Also with me this evening is Christian soap from West Lake, who will also be available to answer questions if it pleases the, uh, uh, council. I would like to share my screen to show the plan. Please do, Uh, just like to confirm that the council is seeing the plan. I'm not. We're good now? Yes. Okay. Um, so the subject property is located at 44 Grief Way, which is pretty much at the end of Grief Way. It's
Gone. Lost the share here. I think I'm sharing again. Can you see it? No. Yeah, It says I'm sharing on my end. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Sorry about that. Uh, so again, at the end of, for, uh, at Grief way at 44 Grief Way, um, the subject pro property basically sits between Grief Way and the Massachusetts Turnpike. This is the home of what you probably affectionately know as Clear Lumber. Um, the subject building has been there for a number of years, couple decades at least. Um, clear Lumber basically took occupancy approximately 10 years ago. Um, they were, uh,
off the bat mostly utilizing the existing building. Um, they have a pretty thriving business, uh, in the city of Westfield. Um, as time went on, they, um, they kind of grew into the yard area. They had contacted our office, uh, about a year and a half ago or so, um, with regard to some work that they wanted to do on an outdoor pavilion. Uh, we got to looking at the permitting for that type of structure. Um, and we're looking a little bit closer about kind of the growth that they've had over the last 10 years. Um, and we have, uh, established the fact that they needed
to secure a special permit for the outdoor storage component, as well as bringing, uh, things up to speed with regard to storm water. So this is what I would call more of a housekeeping effort. Um, the subject property, um, is essentially, uh, a, a gravel yard. Now, uh, what we're looking to do is bring it up to speed with regard to stormwater. So we have an existing building. We have, um, the, basically this l shape over here is what I would call gravel at this point. Um, and there is one existing stormwater basin. Uh, the idea would be to essentially, um,
bring us up to speed with stormwater. Um, we would end up, uh, creating two state-of-the-art or, or current, I'll call them, uh, stormwater basins, um, which would handle all of the runoff from the subject property. Uh, in addition to that, there will be a, uh, a concrete area created, which will be, uh, able to direct and protect the groundwater, direct the surface water, and protect the groundwater. Um, in addition to that, they would be a paved area, um, around the entire yard would become paved. This is something that obviously has a, you know, a capital expense for the business.
So we're looking at doing it in, in two phases. Uh, with this area being phase one, and then the paving of this area being phase two. Uh, immediately in phase one, we would look to do all of the stormwater controls and bring the site up to speed. So this evening we are before you for a special permit to allow for the outdoor storage or what we would call a lumber yard under the use regulations, uh, as well as the stormwater permit associated with, uh, the paving in the areas to be used for outdoor storage. There's already a paved area over, um, we'll call that
to the, uh, north, which side of the building, which is already paved. So really the, the effort is to kind of clean up the yard area. Um, I have a full set of site plans that I'd be happy to go through. However, um, if it pleases the chair, I'll turn it back to you and be happy to answer any questions you have or go through them in further detail. Thank you. Questions from the council hearing? Thank you, Mr. President. Um, so this will be an expansion of just the existing building, the existing business
that's going on there now, which is a lumber basis, correct? Uh, yeah. And, and, and to be, to, to kind of frame it, it's really not an expansion necessarily. It's really bringing the yard area that's already utilized up to speed with paving, uh, and stormwater controls as well as the, uh, the proper permitting. Okay. So will there be increased truck traffic coming to this location, or is it gonna be relatively si the same? No, uh, same operation. If anything, temporarily during the work, they'll have to kind of downsize their yard usage, um, and then in,
and then ramp back up to the normal. But no, no, uh, major increase in truck traffic or employees or anything like that. Okay. Thank you. Yep. Anybody else on the council? I can only see Brent, Karen, Bridget, and Rob. Mr. President, I just, um, have, have you got any, um, feedback on the storm water permit from any other engineering or anybody else? Uh, through the, through the president? Yes, we do have that. We've received feedback and appro, uh, uh, review and, and no objections to the proposal by, uh, Joe Hener from the city. Thank you. Yep. Any other questions from the council? If you do, just tell me who you are
And Mr. President Councilor Melo has a question? Yes. Councilor Melo, please. Uh, thank you, Mr. President. Rob, could you please speak to the difference in impervious surface in the application? And, Uh, sure. Um, I'll try to highlight it for you if I can. Um, in orange, so there's a, um, so right now the yard area is approximately, oops, like this, right? So this lha mm-hmm. Uh, this area over here is a bituminous paving for parking. We'll call that parking. Uh, this is gonna be a y for yard.
So this is the yard. Um, there are two, uh, paving types that we're proposing. I'll show that in red. That would be the concrete, a concrete pad area here, as well as a concrete pad under a proposed pavilion for storing some of the, the product. Um, there's also a, you know, kind of a sub pad here that is kind of all part of the same. And then I'll show you in green the area that would essentially be paved with asphalt like this. And then I will break it, be with another color purple,
uh, in between phase, what I will call phase one and phase two of the asphalt paving. So all of the stormwater drainage will be upgraded for the stormwater basins. Um, the concrete pad shown, whoops, shown here, uh, as well as the impervious surface for the, um, paving will be done. Uh, we'll call it, you know, construction, you know, phase one. And then, um, shortly thereafter, uh, based on the ability to do so from a, um, a capital standpoint, uh,
phase two would be undertaken, uh, from a paving standpoint. So that I think that hopefully that covers it. Okay. And right now, that is dirt, not gravel or grass, not gravel. What's, uh, it's gravel. It's, it's, uh, it's gravel. It kind of grew over the course of the last decade. Um, but it is, it is in fact gravel. They've kind of replaced the, what I would call grass or lawn area over the course of the last decade with, with gravel yard area. Right. So if it's gravel, is it pervious? Um, I would say that, well, technically it depends
how you define it, but, uh, under the, it is, I would argue it's, it has a similar run runoff coefficient to, uh, asphalt. However, um, it is somewhat permeable, um, to meet the stormwater standards. We are, you know, they, and they wish to pave it because it, you know, it will allow them to utilize the yard in a much better fashion, uh, cleaner, and then also direct everything properly to the catch basins through a treatment train to the stormwater basin. Okay. But, but what you're saying is that the increase in the application is not like you're taking a
grassy or a wooded area and turning it into a parking lot. You're taking what EPA would define as an impervious area and turning it into another impervious area. That is that, I think that that's accurate to say. The, the stormwater numbers are very similar. Um, gravel to, um, to asphalt. Very similar. Thank you. Yep. Anything further from the council? John? I got a question. Ralph. Thank council. Thank you. Uh, Rob, why using two different forearms of impervious surface, you're using concrete and using pavement.
Why, why the difference? What's your Yeah, great question. Um, so we have a pavilion area, and it's based on use. Uh, they have, I think they call 'em combis, but they have these yard trucks that are very active in the area of the concrete pad. Um, a lot of turning, moving, carrying, you know, pallet, you know, uh, large pallets of material with heavy, you know, heavy loads. Um, in this particular area, the, the product comes out of the end of the building in general and a couple other locations too. But, um, that's, that's the reason. It's basically based on usage of that particular area here. Thank you. Yep. Anything further from the council? Uh,
I have a question. Oh, am I Okay. Yes. Counselor Matthews ca. So thank you. Um, what was the back of the building when they first took ownership a decade ago? Was it gravel or was it grass? It was grass. It was grass. Yep. Did they have permission to put gravel up there or did they need permission to do that? Um, so technically, and that's why we're here, um, to be compliant, uh, with outdoor storage and with a lumber yard use, you would need a special permit from New York Council.
So why wasn't that given a decade ago? I think they moved in, did not realize they needed that. Um, and started, you know, u utilizing the space within the building and, and, you know, storing product. It, you know, if you go back through the Google Earth, you can see that, you know, it slowly, it grew over time. But, um, yeah, good question. But I think they just were unaware that that was triggered. Uh, the thresholds were triggered. Okay. And who reviews the storm water report? Is that Joe Ner? Uh, assistant city engineer for the city of Westfield. Okay. All right.
And how long, you're saying it's gonna take two stages. Is there a timeline proposed or is it just based on finances? Um, it, in a perfect world, uh, the goal is to do phase one. They were working on, on funding, and maybe Christian could speak to that, but they were working on funding through their company. Um, some of the improvements were already funded, but they needed some additional funds, uh, because when they became aware of the compliance issue, they wanted to jump on it. So they're working on that for the fall season, I believe. So in a perfect world, this would happen this fall, at least phase one.
Um, and then I believe phase two would be, um, potentially, and I maybe Christian. Christian, I don't know if you can unmute and, uh, if it's okay through the president to have Christian comment, That fine Mr. President, is that fine if I speak? Yes, absolutely. Okay. Thank you. Um, yes. So we're, we are, uh, going through approvals now to get the capital monies. Uh, the plan is for this fall period to put the storm water, we wanna start with that first, and then if weather permitting, we'll go onto the cement. But I would expect the paving for phase one to maybe occur
next year, um, in the spring to early summertime when paving companies open back up. And then phase two to follow that. Thank your question, counselor. Yes, thank you very much. You're Welcome. Any other questions from the council, Mr. President? Uh, yes. Councilor Melo has another question. Please Do. Um, Rob, I, I don't know if this is the same lot, but it in what's shown on our, our shared screen, right? Uh, it abuts the Massachusetts turnpike. Correct. And I just wanna know whether or not there are lights on the back of that building,
and if so, whether or not they are compliant with the city's lighting ordinance. And if not, whether or not they will be, if the permit is granted. Um, If it helps, I don't know that I can answer that. Um, I would say probably not specifically compliant with the ordinance, given the, the vintage of the building and probably the lack of, um, uh, awareness about the, uh, ordinance, which we are aware of. But there's no proposed, there's no new lighting proposed. But I would certainly, if there was a condition from the
council, be happy to address that with the owner and, and, uh, if they need to come up with a plan for mitigating any sort of, uh, uh, you know, non-compliance. Yeah, I, I don't know if this is the building. I just know that, um, a couple years ago, my dog needed a surgery that was in New York, and I had to drive her there in the middle of the morning right before the sun came up. And as you get on the highway on the turnpike, there is one industrial building with blinding lights that you literally cannot see the road. Uh, which I mentioned, uh, in
that submission thing for the safe streets. But I, if this were the building, I would request that, uh, the owner please consider, uh, whether or not the lights in the back, um, you know, what is it like foot candles right at the property line, that there is somebody back there that literally blinds the drivers. And if this is the one I would like it remedied, please, We could take a look at that with Christian, um, and his group, uh, sometime one of these evenings, and then report back to you if you'd like. Thanks so much. Sorry for your trip. Way out to wherever you have to go to turn around, though.
I, I might look from the inside of the yard, but I will check for sure. Other questions from the council? Nothing from the council. At this point, I will open up the hearing to anyone from the public that has a question of fact for the applicant. Is there anyone on board that has a question for the applicant? Okay. Seeing no questions for the applicant at this point, I will open it up to people speaking in favor of this application. Speaking in favor, anyone out there want to speak in favor seeing nobody, anyone want to speak in opposition to this application?
Again, in opposition? I don't see anybody. So, councilor Fanon, I believe. Thank you, Mr. President. Um, I just have one question. Um, I know that we just talked about Councilor Mallow's question about the lighting. Um, councilor Miller, are you comfortable with the applicant submitting the report about the lighting back to ZPD or would you like the public hearing to remain open to get the, um, if you have any further questions on it, Uh, may I Please, Um, I, I am fine with it. Going back to ZPD, as long as it's allowed to go into ZPD
to know about it, that as long as we can hear about it, I'm fine with it coming to you. Okay. Uh, uh, I think it's fine because we discussed it in open session. That report will be coming and it'll come right directly to ZPD and ZPD can talk about it. I just didn't know if you have any further questions or if you want any concerns about what that lighting report's gonna look like. Uh, no. I just wanna know what it is. Thank you so much. Okay. All right. So motion to close the public Public hearing and refer to ZPD. Second. He made it seconded. Further discussion on closing the hearing. Roll call Madam City Clerk
Matthews. Kane. Yes. Mellow? Yes. Morgan Alley? Yes. Oniskey? Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Allie? Yes. Be? Yes. Dr. Randy? Yes. Burns. Mike? Yes. Fanon? Yes. Fige? Yes. Harris? Yes. The public hearing is now closed. Item 11 is a notice of intent for William F. Reed and James C. Reed, trustees of the William F. Reed Family Nominee Trust to convert land on Cabot Road into residential use for city's right of first refusal pursuant to Mgl L 61 A.
Section 14, councilor Burns. Mr. President, if it pleases the chair, I would move the item to be referred to, uh, l and o Law and the Conservation Commission. My understanding is further that, uh, it doesn't need to go to planning board 'cause we already have a recommendation from them. Second. Motion made it seconded. Any further discussion on sending it to ano law and con com? Seeing none. Roll call. Madam City Clerk. Matthew Cain. Yes. Meow. Yes. Marelli? Yes. Ky? Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Allie? Yes. Bean?
Yes. Yes. Burns, burns, Burns. Oh, he gave thumbs up. That's a yes. Fanon. Yes. Biggie? Yes. Harris? Yes. Thank you. Item 12, Councillor Matthews. Kane. Thank you Mr. President. I'd like to make a motion for the city clerk to read items 12 and 13 and refer to license second. Again, You made it seconded. Madam City Clerk 12. Jamie Daugh. 19 Meadowbrook Lane submitting an application for an annual Fortune teller license
for Sacred Ember Healing Arts. Number 13, Sean Flaherty submitting an application for junk dealer's license for Eco. A-T-M-L-L-C of San Diego, California to be exercised at 3 0 3 East Main Street, which is price. Right. Thank you. We need discussion on sending it to license. Seeing none. Roll call please. Matthew Skain. Yes. Meow. Yes. Morgane? Yes. Ky? Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Allie? Yes. Bean. Yes. Belt. Randy? Yes. Burns? Yes. Fanon? Yes.
Peggy? Do, do We need public hearings on these? Yes. Yes. Yes. Oh, thank you. Schedule. Um, ask city clerk to schedule a public hearing at the earliest convenience. So amended. So amended it on the floor. Continue with the roll call. And Harris? Yes. Thank you. Item 14 is Councilor Beltran submitting a petition for street acceptance for Cardinal Lane. Second, I'd like to, uh, send to DPW, uh, the DPW board and, uh, who else law already had it.
Planning. Planning. Board. Planning. L and O. L and O. Everybody. Anybody Else? I think that's enough. Yeah. Can do. Engineer. Do you need engineer engineering department? Yeah. There we go. There We, And there's Brett B, There's Constable Ky. All right. That's roll call. Madam City Clerk. Kathy Kain. Yes. Meow. Yes. Marelli? Yes. Oniskey? Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Allie? Yes. Dean? Yes. Randy? Yes. Burns? Yes. Ion? Yes.
Fike? Yes. Harris? Yes. Thank you. Item 15. Councilor Figgy. Thank you Mr. President. Council Figgy submitting a petition for petition for Street acceptance of Maplewood Avenue. Referred to l and o Board of Public Works Planning Law and Engineering. Second. Motion made it second. And any discussion? Seeing none. Roll call Madam City Clerk Matthew Kane. Yes. Meow. Yes. Marelli? Yes. Oniskey? Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Allie? Yes. Bean. Yes. Beltran?
Yes. Burns? Yes. Ion? Yes. Fige? Yes. Harris? Yes. Thank you. Reports of committees. Finance committee of the whole Item 16. Councilor Figgy. Thank you Mr. President. I can make a motion to transfer $50,056 and 51 cents from the reserve. A future salary increase to various American Federation of State County Municipal employees. Chapter 35. Clerical unit council fulfilled contracts in accordance
with the ratified successor agreement. Second, You made it seconded. Further discussion, counsel? Yes, Mr. President? I'd like to make an amendment to the amount of money from fifty thousand fifty six thousand fifty one cents to $31,193 and 71 cents. Second Motion made it seconded. Uh, discussion on that, sir? Yeah. This is the money that is due to the various employees. There's a list on the shared drive of the positions and the amount of money they each get. Uh, this was put into committee, uh, so that the,
we could get an accurate accounting and that has come forward as a lesser amount than was originally requested. Very good. Any further discussion? Seeing none. Roll call Madam City Clerk. Matthew Kain. Yes. Meow. Yes. Morgan Ally? Yes. Kyki? Yes. Yeah. I, I just don't get back there. Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Ally, we'd like to know what he is doing. Um, yes. Bean. Bean. My bad. Sorry. Thank. Yeah. Yes, please. Bel Andy? Yes. Burns? Yes. Fanon? Yes.
Biggie? Yes. Harris? Yes. Thank you. Zoning Planning and development. Item 17. Councilor Fanon. Thank you Mr. President. Item 17 is a zone change petition submitted by Christopher Bard for zone change at 44 Tannery Road. The zoning planning and development c committee had a meeting scheduled for this evening at six, but it was canceled due to the fact that Mr. Beck submitted a letter on behalf of his client. Christopher Bard requested to withdraw the application for the zone change at 44 Tannery Road without prejudice.
And I motion that the withdrawal without prejudice be accepted. Second Motion made it seconded to withdraw without prejudice. Any further discussion? No. Seeing none. Roll call Madam City Clerk. Sca. Yes. Mellow? Yes. Morgane? Yes. Ky? Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Allie? Yes. Bean? Yes. Yes. Burns Yes. Ion? Yes. Peggy? Yes. Harris? Yes. Thank you. Natural Resources Committee. Item 18.
I'm assuming that is gonna be Councilor Melo. Thank you, Mr. President. Um, number 18 is, uh, we're gonna amend it as we go. Review of local regulations regarding sewer availability and septic systems refer. We're gonna strike legislative and ordinance 'cause we're gonna keep it in NRC, but we're referring out to Health Department Board of Health and Department of Public Works Director Second. So is amended Should Made and seconded. Any further discussion? Councilor Melo? Uh, yes. Thank you, Mr. President. Um, so back in 2021, the Board of Health rescinded their regulation for, um,
the connecting to sewer. When you had a septic system and you were selling your house, um, that was rescinded in August of 2021. And so we brought it into natural resources to see, uh, what if anything could be done about it. Um, because at the time, I guess, uh, city Council had told them that we were gonna make an ordinance, but it turns out you can't make an ordin a zoning ordinance about this. In retrospect, only health regulations can do that. Um, and we can make an ordinance that requires people on septic to connect to sewer, uh, but only for, you know, protecting the water
and for the public good. And if you do that, if you institute a fee, it must be based on actual costs from the departments. So, uh, we're referring out to Board of Health and Health Departments so that they can consider whether or not they wanna reinstate, uh, their previous regulation, and if so, how, and to send it out to the new Public Works director because previously, in order for this to move forward and for us to get those numbers, uh, DPW had to update their list of people who could connect to sewer but didn't. And the list we had was not up to date, not accurate,
and you couldn't get good financial numbers off it, but it was not a priority in the department to make that list. So now that we have a new director and things may be getting reorganized over there, uh, we're sending it out to please ask for those numbers. And if we do it officially and on paper, um, perhaps it will move a little more quickly in life. That's all. I got. Good Idea. If, if I may. It's a good idea because, uh, there's a number of areas that we've spent a considerable sum of money putting soars in, and people are not connecting to the source. Uh, even though they told us that it was critical that they get done because their systems are failing.
And some of these projects are 10, 15 years old and they're still not connecting. So thank you for the work that you're doing on this. You're welcome. Thank you. Uh, councilor Burns. Uh, thank you Mr. President. It list on who isn't connected. Um, it was sent to me last year. Um, I, I cannot hear him. I, Yeah. Can you hear me? No, No. Now I can you keep cutting out Hybrid. So we're gonna have to call him tomorrow morning. Um, isn't connected and dry Well, so, um, I can share that.
Yeah, you're, you're breaking up. Uh, counselor, if You turn off your video, sometimes the audio works better If it helps. Mr. President, I believe he's trying to offer us information. I'm glad to take it into NRC to help us update our information, if that's what he's saying. It seems that he is. So why don't we just assume that he's gonna send that to you. I'm happy to take it. Thank you so much. Okay. Anything further? I can just ask what one comment, Mr. President? Sure. Uh, I'll, I'll just, I'll just send a reminder to everybody that we have a lot to do with the priorities of the city. And it's, yes, the department heads have stuff
to say about it, but this is a, this is a priority. This is a big deal. There's a lot of sewer lines that need to be extended out there. There's a lot of individuals that need promises to hook up to those sewers. Um, I'm not convinced that we're getting legal advice, the proper legal advice on this issue. So we might wanna think about getting an outside counsel on the matter. Um, this, this has been talked about way too long and we need to make some decisions on this and start creating some revenue so that we can hook up existing neighborhoods that have been promised for years. Thank you. And, and I think that if I may Councillor Figi go, go ahead.
Uh, I just would like to say that expansion of the system is all well and good. However, we have an ancient infrastructures in Ward two and three that are in desperate need of replacement. So before any, any new goes in, I would encourage us to look at replacing the, an antiques that are in the ground in two and three. That's, and again, just a quick comment about the sewers. You know, some of these places are, are looking for paving projects that have gotten sewers over the last 10 years. And the city engineer and I had a discussion
and she's pretty adamant about the fact that she doesn't want to pave these streets unless these people are gonna hook up to the sewers and to just, you know, because we've got one area where we're not even gonna getting enough flow to operate the pump properly. So it's something that we really gotta look at. And Council. Meow. Thank you again. You're welcome. Roll call please. Madam City Clerk. Matthew Kane. Yes. Meow. Yes. Morgane? Yes. Ky? Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Allie? Yes. Dean? Yes. Yes. Burns? Yes. Okay. Dan, Chuck. Yes. Piggy?
Yes. Harris? Yes. Okay. Any announcements from anybody? Councilor Figi. Thank you. I'd just like to encourage the public to be very cognizant of those yellow buses that are soon to be on the streets. And when the lights are red, please stop. Watch out for the kids and wish everyone a very successful school year. Thank you. Anyone else have an announcement? And seeing none. Councillor Harris. Motion to adjourn. Second Motion made it seconded. Roll call. Madam City Clerk. Matthew Skain. Yes. Mellow? Yes. Morgan Elli. Yes.
Oniskey? Yes. Sullivan? Yes. Allie? Yes. Bean? Yes. Spelled handy? Yes. Burns? Yes. Tanya? Yes. Gy? Yes. Harris? Yes. All right. Thank you everybody and uh, everybody. See you the next meeting.