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Cam
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Posted - 06/10/2009 : 6:19:26 PM
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tetris
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Posted - 06/18/2009 : 12:04:35 PM
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REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2009, 7:00 PM, PETER J. MCCARREN MEMORIAL CHAMBERS, EVERETT, MA
PUBLIC HEARINGS
1.
A0181-09 Petition
To all parties interested in the petition for a Repair Shop-Body License from George's Auto Refinishing Inc., 69 Norman Street, Unit 21A, Everett, MA.
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A0182-09 Petition
To all persons interested in the petition for a Repair Shop-Mechanical License from Good Deal Auto Repair, LLC, at 35 Garden Street.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM HIS HONOR THE MAYOR
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A0180-09 Order/s/Alderman L. Charles DiPerri, as President
Subject to confirmation by the Honorable Board of Aldermen, I hereby re-appoint Everett Police Officer Joseph Gaff as a Sworn Weigher for the City of Everett's Police Department Truck Inspection Unit. This re-appointment shall be for an unpaid term of one (1) year, expiring August 1, 2010.
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A0189-09 Order/s/Alderman L. Charles DiPerri, as President
To transfer $2,500,000 from the Special Revenue Account-Sale of Real Estate into the Fund Balance Stadium Renovation Project. This is for the rehabilitation of the Everett Memorial Stadium.
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A0190-09 Order/s/Alderman L. Charles DiPerri, as President
Home Rule Petition to Place Liens on Properties for Unpaid Code Enforcement Tickets and Appoint Hearing Officer.
PAPERS FROM THE COMMON COUNCIL
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C0123-09 Order/s/Councilor Millie J. Cardello, as President
To accept the donation of $50.00 from Mrs. Patricia Garofano to the Vietnam Veterans Association to the Department of Veterans Services Gift Account to be used by the Veteran's Department to supplement their gift account. (Passed sent up for concurrence)
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C0112-09 Ordinance/s/Councilor Millie J. Cardello, as President
That Chapter 7, Section 7-164 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Everett, "Amounts for Administrative Officers" is hereby amended by authorizing the salary ranges of Administrative Officers effective July 1, 2010. (Amended by deleting "July 1, 2010" and inserting "July 1, 2009") (Ordained, as amended, sent up for concurrence)
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C0117-09 Resolution/s/Councilor Lorrie Bruno
Effective July 1st, the City of Everett will be taking control of the old Everett High School. Due to residents concerns of a vacant building, it is being requested that the Police start, as soon as possible, beginning July 1st, at least a minimum of two directed patrols per night seven days a week, around the entire perimeter of the school to prevent any vandalism or groups loitering around at the present structure. (Passed sent up for concurrence to send to the Police Department)
PETITIONS AND LICENSES
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A0185-09 Petition
Petition for new Awning from Antonietta Germano at 187 Main Street.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
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A0144-09 Committee Report/s/License Committee Report
Resolution/s/Alderman Jason Marcus and Councilor Lou Sierra-To request that the Code Enforcement Task Force go down to Ferry Street Motors in regards to complaints of automobiles parking in the rear of the building, in light of a car fire in the rear a few years back, and also clean up the area.
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A0112-09 Ordinance/s/Alderman Robert J. Van Campen
Rules & Ordinances Committee Report- That the City of Everett enact an ordinance requiring owners and proprietors of all rooming houses, halfway houses, and other similar facilities, to conduct a CORI check on all tenants prior to renting a unit; no quorum present, the meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
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A0165-09 Resolution/s/Alderman Michael K. Marchese
Rules & Ordinances Committee Report-That the City consider adopting Lynn, Massachusetts Law regarding pit bulls, rottweilers, and all breeds similar that pose threat to citizens of Everett; no quorum present, the meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
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A0152-09 Ordinance/s/Alderman Michael K. Marchese
Rules & Ordinances Committee Report-To add new subsection to Section 21A. Adult Entertainment Land Use to include Tattoo Parlors and Gun Shops; no quorum present, meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
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A0004-09 Ordinance/s/Aldermen L. Charles DiPerri, Alderman Robert J. Van Campen, Alderman Sal Sachetta, Councilor Millie Cardello, Councilor Lorrie Bruno, Councilor Sal DiDomenico
Rules & Ordinances Committee Report-That the Revised Ordinances of the City of Everett Chapter 13 Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions is hereby amended by adding Section 13-1.1 Public consumption or use of marihuana or tetrahydrocannabinol; no quorum present, meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
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A0140-09 Ordinance/s/Aldermen Robert J. Van Campen and Michael K. Marchese
Rules & Ordinances Committee Report-That Section 13 "Violations and Penalties" of the Zoning Ordinances of the City of Everett be amended by increasing fines from $20.00 to $300.00; no quorum present, meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
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A0166-09 Resolution/s/Alderman Michael K. Marchese
Rules & Ordinances Committee Report-That the City of Everett consider closing all 24 hour stores at 1:00 o'clock a. m., to be off premises at 1:30 a.m., and re-open at 6:00 a.m., excluding drive-thru; no quorum present, meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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A0154-09 Resolution/s/Alderman Wayne A. Matewsky
Invite Mr. Cameron of Keyspan Electric and Mrs. Lyman from Comcast to appear this meeting relative to large number of double poles inundating the City of Everett and explain what process is for removal of the double poles; as well as, to have all the streetlights throughout the City made to be in working order, especially in the Glendale Square area. Resident brought to my attention that there were at least five street lights out in this area.
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A0158-09 Resolution/s/Alderman Wayne A. Matewsky
That the Building Inspector or a representative from the Building Department appear this meeting to explain the six foot device on the telephone pole in front of the Golden Age Circle on Union Street.
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A0179-09 Resolution/s/Alderman Michael K. Marchese
That the Building Department, Code Enforcement Task Force and Fire Prevention reply back in two weeks regarding the piles of dry wood behind Charleston Chew building, and to let us know how much in fines were assessed to owner of the building/property. (6/8 Referred to building, code enforcement and fire departments for written response back this meeting 6/22)
NEW BUSINESS
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A0183-09 Resolution/s/Alderman Jason Marcus
Director of City Services appear this meeting relative to condition of Hall Ave and Baker Road, street and sidewalks.
21.
A0184-09 Resolution/s/Alderman Wayne A. Matewsky
That Massport be advised that the plane noise level was very excessive on Saturday, June 13th, 2009 in the City of Everett, and many complaints have been received.
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A0186-09 Resolution/s/Alderman Wayne A. Matewsky
That the Code Enforcement Task Force do surveillance of illegal trash disposal on Ferry Street, between Chelsea and Union Streets, on the odd side, due to resident's reports of violators disposing of trash along that area.
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A0187-09 Ordinance/s/Alderman Wayne A. Matewsky
To place a stop sign on Vernal Street, at the intersection of Morris Street, coming up from Ferry Street, in the interest of public safety.
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A0188-09 Resolution/s/Alderman Wayne A. Matewsky
Police Traffic Division place speed safety radar in front of 53 Vernal Street due to many complaints of speeding vehicles at that vicinity.
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A0191-09 Resolution/s/Alderman Robert J. Van Campen
That the Mayor, and his designated Personnel Director, appear this meeting of the Board of Aldermen to explain the protocol and procedures when hiring non-union administrative employees and department heads, which includes the recent hiring of a new Code Enforcement Director for the City of Everett.
Adjournment
Respectfully submitted:
Everett City Council Office
council@ci.everett.ma.us
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makemelaugh
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Posted - 06/18/2009 : 12:39:32 PM
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A0179-09 Resolution/s/Alderman Michael K. Marchese
That the Building Department, Code Enforcement Task Force and Fire Prevention reply back in two weeks regarding the piles of dry wood behind Charleston Chew building, and to let us know how much in fines were assessed to owner of the building/property. (6/8 Referred to building, code enforcement and fire departments for written response back this meeting 6/22)
SHOULD BE TWO MONTHS CORRECT
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A0112-09 Ordinance/s/Alderman Robert J. Van Campen
Rules & Ordinances Committee Report- That the City of Everett enact an ordinance requiring owners and proprietors of all rooming houses, halfway houses, and other similar facilities, to conduct a CORI check on all tenants prior to renting a unit; no quorum present, the meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS OR DID IT DIE.
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A0191-09 Resolution/s/Alderman Robert J. Van Campen
That the Mayor, and his designated Personnel Director, appear this meeting of the Board of Aldermen to explain the protocol and procedures when hiring non-union administrative employees and department heads, which includes the recent hiring of a new Code Enforcement Director for the City of Everett.
WHAT PERSONNEL DIRECTOR, SHOW ME THE MONEY AND I WILL MAKE YOU IN CHARGE
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tetris
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Posted - 06/21/2009 : 09:00:58 AM
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Just so many questions. Why wait until the very last minute for this? What about all the other things that this money could be used for? What about the efforts that were supposed to be made to raise money for this project? $2.5 million plus the $.5 million grant potentially makes this a $3 million project. Isn't this more than we had been led to believe in the past. I don't want to to hear that if they don't spend it, they'll give the rest back. If the money is transferred, they'll use it. Can anyone say sidewalk sweeper? All that said, I can't see how this doesn't pass. I can't see how anyone would want to get in the way of this and risk the fury of FFF in an election year. Probably haven't seen the last of the Common Council either before the summer break. One would have to assume that they would have to have a special meeting before the June 30 deadline to secure the funding for this project as required by the grant.
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I'm not necessarily against this piece but I just don't know enough about it. One would have to think that there would be more to a Home Rule petition that just one sentence.
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I hope that someone did their homework and found out that they weren't given the right answers about this piece two weeks ago. Probably too much to hope for though.
11./12./13./14./15./16.
R & O, no quorum? Sounds like summer vacation started even earlier than they said. It's too bad that the promise to post minutes from committee meetings on the city web site hasn't been followed thru on so that we could see the list of those who blew off the meeting.
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To answer Make Me Laugh's question, this item was added under suspension two weeks ago for an answer at this meeting. However, if they don't like the answers that they receive, they will indeed have to wait two months for a further update.
20./21./22./23./24.
Obviously, Aldermen Marcus and Matewsky didn't have any opportunity to read the editorial in last week's Leader-Herald before they submitted these items for the meeting. While I didn't agree with all of the points in that piece, I certainly agreed with the main thrust of it. These pieces are perfect illustrations of the point that the article was attempting to make. These items just don't belong on the agenda.
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While some might not agree, I think that this item also flirts with the line of what's the responsibility of the City Council and what's the responsibility of the Administration. With that said though, I don't have a problem with the piece, especially as it is written. It's only asking the Administration to explain the process that they use in hiring decisions. But even if you feel that the item crosses the line, I don't think that any of us can deny that the specific issue that the piece is trying to get at is one that the general public has more than a passing interest in and would like some more answers about. |
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Tails
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Posted - 06/21/2009 : 8:38:11 PM
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Tails
Administrator
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Posted - 06/21/2009 : 8:44:12 PM
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| I agree items 20./21./22./23./24. do not belong on the agenda but, oh my goodness, the planes have been flying VERY low. I called Massport, they took the report and the house is still shaking when the planes go by. June 13th was the worse, I have no idea what was going on that day. |
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massdee
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Posted - 06/22/2009 : 8:41:51 PM
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When did the city's share for the stadium go up to two million dollars? I thought we were told it was going to be matching funds for the five hundred thousand grant money. Am I remembering wrong?
Also we now find out the money from the sale of city properties do not have to be used for capital improvements only. Someone didn't do their homework.
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scamore
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Posted - 06/22/2009 : 9:43:44 PM
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| no not at all massdee, the city is being sold down the river and no one is getting it, gil dellisola and dave rav are back in town guess why, bond brothers get it people through your skull, THE CITY IS BEING SOLD DOWN THE RIVER AND NO ONE IS GETTING IT |
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Tails
Administrator
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Posted - 06/22/2009 : 10:35:19 PM
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| Oh, I get it and I also remember a few months back the question was asked can this money be used to purchase a fire truck (since they are in deplorable condition) and if I recall correctly we were told NO.........but it's okay for a stadium? I just don't see where the priorities lie. |
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tetris
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Posted - 06/22/2009 : 11:53:01 PM
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Give me $2,500,000 and you can’t ask any questions about it; the Mayor really needs to lose the chip that he has on his shoulder. I can somewhat understand the need for having enough money in place to cover the grant if it is not received when they need it. But if you have a $2 million cap on your budget, you’ll more likely live within your budget if you don’t over allocate funds to it. And if the state is able to come thru, they’re going to have $2.5 million to work with. The BOA did the right thing by reducing the amount of the transfer.
How did $3.5 million for the Old City Yards become $3.1 million? And now this money can be used for anything? Can we make up our minds? I guess we also found out that the building study still isn’t complete. The questions now are why and when.
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I was glad to hear that there was a draft of the home rule position. The city really needs to come up with a way to share all of the information pertaining to the agenda each week with the public. It was the right move to send it to committee; but, no regular meetings also means no committee meeting for two months.
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It’s too bad that no one on either the BOA or the CC took the time to track down the truth about this piece.
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I’m glad that I’m not the only one who wanted to know why what’s happening in the area of the Old High School is going to change after June 30th. Can’t say that I’m against them looking out for the city’s investment though.
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For the life of me, I can’t understand why Alderman Matewsky had to take these items collectively. Absolutely ruined any flow that the meeting had. Sounded like Next G is going to be an on going problem but Matewsky probably isn‘t the person to be dealing with them either. Don’t think that any real headway was made on either item tonight and the number of poles they were quoting just seemed to be low for what I see as I make my way around the city. I think that a copy of the list needs to get made public so that people can check to see if their double poles are on the list.
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It’s good to hear that the Building Department is handing out fines when they identify violations. Now, if they can only collect them. Sends us back to item 5, I guess.
20./21./22./23./24.
No more new episodes of the “Marcus and Matewsky Show” until the fall. And if we get really lucky, maybe they won’t get renewed for the next year.
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This discussion went about as I expected it would. I can’t imagine that the administration was happy that some of the information that managed to find its way out into the light during the discussion surfaced.
26. How dumb can the owner of the repair shop be? |
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massdee
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Posted - 06/23/2009 : 08:05:52 AM
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Tetris,
I was wondering the same thing. How did 3.5 become 3.1? Why didn't any of the Board members ask about it?
I guess some of that money could have been used for a new fire truck after all.
Was it just me, or did the mayor seem angry when Alderman Marchese was asking him questions about the stadium?
Another thing that bothered me, why did the Administration wait until now to ask for the money for the stadium. They have known about this for 7 to 8 months and they didn't come before the BOA until 8 days before the deadline. So the BOA had to pass it last night or forfeit the grant money.
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Tails
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Posted - 06/23/2009 : 10:07:59 AM
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What was said about the sale of the city yards was 200 thousand was put aside for settlements so we should have had 3.3 million.
And all of a sudden we are blaming Frank Champi for the additional tonnage with Capitol Waste? The mayor is out of his mind, for the past 18 months that he’s been in office, its been okay, but now that he wanted to hire someone as a favor and dump Frank….AND IT’S FRANK’S FAULT.
I guess that fundraiser (tradeoff) that Capitol Waste had for Mayor Carlo at the Winthrop Arms had nothing to do with his decision. Yea right.
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tetris
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Posted - 06/23/2009 : 12:02:20 PM
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I believe, but have no hard evidence of such, that it's likely that the city was the one that paid the $200,000 that it took to settle Harley Davidson's claim as an abutter on half of Fourth Street. As for the other $200,000, no clue.
Tails, I agree Frank Chiampi was being used as a scapegoat last night. Hasn't it always been said by the City Council that the Code Enforcement Director needs to use some discretion in enforcing those laws so that they aren't overly punitive. It's OK if the administration wants to change that. But even they want to move to having a hearing officer for these offenses. I know that is probably more of an effort to collect the fines without going to court. But isn't it likely that some fines will still get waived by the hearing officer? And just a personal observation. Last week on my street, there were a couple of neighbors who threw out things that, in my opinion, shouldn't be picked up. We had a Code Enforcement drive by. But they didn't stop. Capitol picked up the pieces without questioning them. Maybe it going to take a while to change things but, in my experience any way, new rules have a better chance of being enforced right after they are put in place and get relaxed as time goes by.
And just who bring someone into their building to start the employment process BEFORE they do final background checks on the prospective candidate. Sorry, that just doesn't make sense. |
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dadoo
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BOA 2009
Posted - 06/25/2009 : 12:27:54 PM
