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MINUTES FEBRUARY 8, 2007

A Regular Meeting of the City Council was held in the Council Chamber on Thursday,
February 8, 2007 at 7:00 P.M., for the purpose of transacting any and all business.  Notice of
this meeting was posted on February 1, 2007 at 6:36 P.M.


       All Councillors were present.

       Council President Matthew Veno presided.


 Councillor Corchado moved to dispense with the reading of the record of the previous meeting. It was so voted.


       President Veno requested that everyone please rise to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.


#110 – APPT. OF CHAD COLARUSSO TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Mayor’s appointment of Chad Colarusso to serve as a member of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board of Trustees with a term to expire February 1, 2010, was held under the rules until the next meeting.


#111 – APPT. OF KATHLEEN BURKE TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Mayor’s appointment of Kathleen Burke to serve as a member of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board of Trustees with a term to expire February 1, 2010, was confirmed under suspension of the rules, by a unanimous roll call vote of 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 absent. Councillor Sosnowski requested and received unanimous consent to suspend the rules to allow Kathleen Burke to speak.


#112 – REAPPT. OF RICHARD JAGOLTA TO THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS

The Mayor’s reappointment of Richard Jagolta to serve as a member of the Board of Assessors  with a term to expire February 1, 2010, was confirmed by unanimous roll call vote of 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 absent.




#113 – HOME RULE PETITION FOR 32 CHURCH STREET TO SELL BEER & WINE

        The following Home Rule Petition was received after the deadline of Tuesday noon.
Councillor Corchado requested and received unanimous consent to suspend the rules to bring the matter before the Council.

        The following Order recommended by the Mayor was referred to the Committee on Ordinances, Licenses and Legal Affairs.

        ORDERED: That the Salem City Council respectfully request that a Home Rule Petition be submitted to the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts notwithstanding Section 17 of Chapter 138 of the General Laws, to grant the licensing authority of the City of Salem the authority to grant a license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises under Section 15 of said Chapter 138 to David Halter for his business located at 32 Church Street.


#114 – URBAN STORM WATER MANAGEMENT GUIDE BOOK, ORDINANCE AND REGULATIONS

        Councillor Pelletier introduced the following Order, which was adopted.

        ORDERED: That the Urban Storm Water Management Guide Book, Ordinance regulations and draft Ordinance be sent to the Committee of the Whole for review. And that members of the Planning Board, ZBA, Conservation Commission Board, Conservation Commissioner, Mayor, Fred Votta, City Engineer or designee as well as Emily Scerbo the Engineer from Woodward and Curran Engineering Firm and any other interested parties be invited to the Committee of the Whole and at such time the president of the Council orders (preferably within 30 days) and at such time that Ms. Scerbo can make herself available.


#115 – ORDINANCE AMENDING TRAFFIC, STOP SIGN, ROSE STREET

        Councillor Furey co-introduced with Councillor Veno the following Order, which was adopted for first passage.

        In the year two thousand and seven

        An Ordinance to amend an Ordinance relative to Traffic, Chapter 32, Section 49, “Obedience to Isolated Stop Sign”

        Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Salem, as follows:

        
        
Section 1. Rose Street, at the intersection with Broadway, “Obedience to Isolated Stop Sign”

        Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect as provided by City Charter.


#116 – ILLEGAL DUMPING OF TOXIC MATERIALS ON CITY STREETS

        Councillor Sosnowski introduced the following Order, which was adopted.

        ORDERED: That the Committee on Public Health, Safety and Environment meet to discuss the short term and long term resolution to the illegal dumping of toxic materials on our city streets.


#117- HOME RULE PETITION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING

        Councillor O’Keefe introduced the following Order.

        Councillor Pelletier requested and received unanimous consent to allow the public to speak.

Michael Cane –from Mass. Housing Alliance in Jamaica Plane, requested that the Petition be sent to Senator Berry.
Mary Dennison a tenant of Fairweather apartments requested the Council pass this Home Rule Petition
Cynthia Carr the Manager of Fairweather Appartments submitted her phone number and stated that if the Council needed more information to contact Roger Brown of POUA or Stephen Roberts of M.B. Management for questions regarding Fairweather apartments.

Councillor Sargent’s friendly amendment to ask Senator Berry to consider putting forward legislation that states if rental property were built with tax payer money the rents shall stay affordable by state guidelines in perpetuity, or the maximum time period allowed by law, and this agreement shall apply to successors and/or assigns.

Councillor O’Keefe’s friendly amended to remove Representative Keenan’s name and replace with Senator Berry.

Adopted as amended by unanimous roll call vote of 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 absent.

ORDERED: That the City Council, by roll call vote, adopt the attached petition for Special Legislation, and that the City Council request that Senator Frederick Berry submit the attached petition to the Great and General Court for enactment, on behalf of the City of Salem.

        

Further, the City Council requests that Senator Berry consider putting forward legislation that states that if rental property were built with tax payers money the rents shall stay affordable by state guidelines in perpetuity, or the maximum time period allowed by law, and this agreement shall apply to successors and/or assigns.


Ordered:  That a petition to the General Court, accompanied by a bill for a special law relating to the city of Salem to be filed with an attested copy of this order be, and hereby is, approved under Clause (1) of Section 8 of Article 2, as amended, of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to the end that legislation be adopted as follows, except for clerical or editorial changes of form only:

AN ACT TO ADOPT PROTECTIONS FOR SALEM’S GOVERNMENTALLY INVOLVED HOUSING STOCK IN THE CITY OF SALEM

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1.      Whereas, a serious public emergency exists with respect to the housing of citizens in the City of Salem residing in governmentally involved housing, inasmuch as there is a threat that many low-income individuals and families residing in such housing, particularly those elderly and disabled persons, may be threatened with displacement as a result of prepayment of mortgage financing, loss of use restrictions, expiring subsidy contracts, and expected increases in rent, and there is a threat that affordable housing stock will be lost due to the expiration of use restrictions and subsidy contracts and such pre-payment, further exacerbating an extreme housing shortage within the City for low-income families and voters, and  whereas, in approving Chapter 40P of the General Laws, the voters did not exempt such housing from protection or regulation and, whereas it is the city’s policy to encourage owners of this governmentally involved housing to accept incentives to keep such housing affordable and avert displacement; that such emergency should be met by the City of Salem immediately; therefore, this act is declared to be in the public interest.
SECTION 2.      State rent regulation or preemption no longer exists. For purposes of this act, “governmentally involved housing” is defined as housing units which the United States, the Commonwealth or any authority created under the laws thereof (i) insures the mortgage thereon, or owns, operates, finances, or subsidizes such housing units,
and (ii) regulates the individual rents thereof, including without limitation housing units constructed or rehabilitated pursuant to Section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended (12 U.S.C. §1701q), Sect(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, including, without limitation, the provisions of

chapter forty P of the General Laws and chapter 282 of the Acts of nineteen hundred and ninety-four, for so long as the City Council of Salem shall determine that the circumstances described in section one hereof continue to exist, the City of Salem shall by ordinance regulate the rent for use or occupancy of governmentally involved or formerly governmentally involved housing to the extent such regulation is not preempted by federal law or by section six of chapter 708 of the Acts of nineteen hundred and sixty-six as amended, once the basis for federal or ion 221(d) and Section 236 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. §§1715l(d) or 1715z-1), Section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. §8013) or Section 13A of chapter 708 of the Acts of nineteen hundred and sixty-six, added by Section 10 of chapter 855 of the Acts of nineteen hundred and seventy, as amended (M.G.L. c. 23A App. §1-13A), or housing units financed or subsidized pursuant to project-based programs for low-income persons under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 1437f) or the project-based Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program, so-called (see line Item 7004-9004 of Section 2 of chapter 159 of the Acts of two thousand, as well as 760 C.M,R, Part 49.00), but not including the following;
(1) housing units owned or acquired by the City of Salem through tax foreclosure;
(2) housing units in a building or structure of fewer than one hundred units which are not  part of a larger housing development, whether on one or more sites:
(3) structures containing housing units subsidized with mobile tenant-based rental assistance that would not otherwise come within the definition of governmentally involved housing;
(4) public housing owned or operated by the Salem Housing Authority under chapter 121Bf of the General Laws, the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. §§ 1437a et seq.), or any successor act or public housing programs formerly assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937;
(5) housing units where the sole government involvement is the owners participation in federal, state, or municipal funded programs for home repairs, energy conservation, or lead paint abatement.
(6) housing units which become governmentally involved after January 1, 2002  

For the purpose of this act, “formerly governmentally involved housing” is defined as housing which was governmentally involved housing as of July 1, 1996, or which becomes governmentally involved housing

after July 1, 1996, but which then no longer is owned, operated, financed, subsidized, mortgage-insured, or rent-regulated by the United States, the Commonwealth, or any authority created under the laws thereof, provided that “formerly governmentally involved housing” shall include any housing receiving subsidy under Section 8(t) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. §1437f(t)).

For, the purpose of this act, "low-income" is defined as annual household income which is eighty per cent or less of the median income for the area as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, with adjustments for smaller and larger families.

The City of Salem shall by ordinance create an official body to establish as the maximum rent for the governmentally involved and formally governmentally involved housing units the rent in effect therefore on July 1, 1996, or six months before the basis for federal or state rent regulation or preemption lapsed, whichever is later, adjusted to insure such rent provides a fair net operating income as of the date of the official body’s decision, provided, however, said ordinance shall authorize the official body to make individual adjustments in such maximum rents as may be necessary to remove hardships or to correct other inequities. In making individual adjustments to remove hardships or to correct other inequities, the official body shall observe the principle of maintaining maximum rents for such housing units at levels that will yield to owners a fair net operating income from such housing units. In determining whether the maximum rent for such housing units yields a fair net operating income, due consideration shall be given to, among other relevant factors: (1) increases in property taxes; (2) unavoidable increases in operating and maintenance expenses; (3) major capital improvement of the housing units, distinguished from ordinary repair, replacement, and maintenance, (4) increases or decreases in living space, services, furniture, furnishings or equipment; and (5) substantial deterioration of the housing units, other than ordinary wear and tear, or failure to perform ordinary repair, replacement, or maintenance.
(B) Such ordinance shall provide that no person shall bring an action to recover possession of a governmentally involved housing unit, or of a formerly governmentally  involved housing unit, to the extent that such regulation is not otherwise preempted by federal law or section six of chapter 708 of the acts of nineteen hundred and sixty-six as amended, unless:
(1) the tenant has failed to pay the rent to which the owner is entitled;

2) the tenant has violated an obligation or covenant of tenancy not inconsistent with chapter 93A of the General Laws or this act other than the obligation to surrender possession upon proper notice, and has failed to cure the violation after having received written notice thereof;
(3) the tenant is causing, committing, or permitting a nuisance in, or substantial damage to, the housing unit, or is creating substantial interference with the comfort, safety, or enjoyment of the owner or other occupants of the same or any adjacent unit;
(4) the tenant has used or permitted use of a housing unit for illegal purposes;
(5) the tenant, who had a written lease or rental agreement which has terminated, has refused, after written requests or demand by the owner, to execute a written extension or renewal thereof for a further term of like duration on terms not inconsistent with or violative of any provision of this act;
6) the tenant has refused the owner reasonable access to the housing unit for the purpose of making necessary repairs or improvements required by law, or for the purpose of inspection as permitted or required by the lease or law, or for the purpose of showing the housing unit to any prospective purchaser or mortgagee;
(7) the tenant holding at the and of a lease term is a subtenant not approved by the owner; or,
(8) the owner seeks to recover possession for any other just cause not in conflict with the provisions and purposes of this act or chapter 93A of the General laws.
The provisions of this section shall be construed as additional restrictions on the right to recover possession of such housing units.
(C) Such ordinance shall also provide that no person shall remove any governmentally- involved or formerly governmentally involved housing accommodation from low  income rental housing use (including but not limited to sale, lease, or other disposition of the property which may have such an effect), or convert such property to a condominium or cooperative, without first obtaining a permit for that purpose from the official body, to the extent that such provision is not preempted by federal law or section six of chapter 708 of the acts of nineteen hundred and sixty-six as amended.  Such permit may be subject to terms and conditions

not inconsistent with the purposes and provisions of this act, including, without limitation, (a) incentives to continue in effect the low income restrictions previously in place for the property and (b) where sale, lease, or disposition of the property may result in the loss of all or a portion of the property for low income rental housing use, the right of an incorporated tenants association in such housing, the city of Salem, the Salem Housing Authority or non-profit community development corporations,  to negotiate for, acquire and operate such property on substantially equivalent terms and conditions as offered or available to a bona fide third-party purchaser.
(D) To the extent not preempted by federal law or section six of chapter 708 of the acts of nineteen hundred and sixty-six as amended, such ordinance shall require that owners of governmentally involved housing, or formerly governmentally involved housing, affirmatively seek out and accept any prospective governmental housing resources, whether tenant-based or project-based, which maximize affordability of the housing units consistent with the income character of the property and the owner's right to obtain a fair net operating income for the housing units, provided that the city shall assist owners by identifying such governmental housing resources.
(E) To the extent not preempted by federal law or section six of chapter 708 of the acts of nineteen hundred and sixty-six as amended, and so long as such regulation is consistent with the owners right to obtain a fair net operating income, such ordinance shall also provide that the city may establish local preferences, priorities, and income limits for admission to governmentally involved housing or formally governmentally involved housing upon unit turnover, consistent, to the extent practicable, with the income profile of the property twelve months prior to the date of the loss of rent preemption or the decision to not renew an expiring subsidy contract. The official body may approve an alternate plan requested by the owner, consistent with the provision of this Act. No ordinance or regulation shall require an owner to create a tenancy involving any person with a history of conduct which would, if repeated, be grounds for eviction from such housing.
(F) Such ordinance shall also provide that the official body may grant exemptions and exceptions to the general provisions of this act when such action would tend to maintain or increase the supply of affordable housing in Salem, including, without limitation, promoting the sale of properties to bone fide tenant


organizations or non-profit community development corporations under terms and conditions which would tend to maintain the income character of the property.
(G) Such ordinance shall provide that the official body may promulgate such rules, regulations and orders as it may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act and the ordinance. The board may hold hearings on any matters within its authority under this act and ordinance. Any hearings regarding matters related to regulation of rents or removal permits for governmentally involved or formerly governmentally involved housing or regarding compliance with other provisions of this act, or the ordinance, orders, rules, or regulations adopted or promulgated hereunder, shall be conducted by the official body in accordance with the provisions of section eleven of chapter thirty A of the General Laws except that requirements (7) and (8) of such section eleven shall not apply to such hearings.
(H) All decisions of the official body may be appealed to the housing court department of the trial court, Northeast Division, by any person aggrieved thereby, whether or not previously a party in the matter, within thirty calendar days after notice of such decision. Judicial review of adjudicatory decisions shall be conducted in accordance with section fourteen of chapter thirty A of the General Laws. Judicial review of regulations shall be conducted in accordance with section seven of chapter thirty A of the General Laws. The housing court department of the trial court, Northeast Division shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provision hereof and any ordinance, rule or regulation adopted hereunder, and on application of the board or any aggrieved person may restrain or enjoin violations of any such ordinance, rule, or regulation.  In the interests of justice, the court may allow any necessary parties to be joined in or to intervene in any action brought hereunder and may in its discretion allow or require an action to proceed as a class action.
SECTION 3.      It shall be unlawful for any person to do or omit to do any action in violation of this act, or any order, ordinance, rule or regulation adopted or promulgated hereunder.  Whoever willfully violates any provision of this act or any order, ordinance, rule or regulation adopted or promulgated hereunder or whoever makes a false statement in any testimony before the board or its agents, or whoever knowingly supplies the official body with false information shall be punished by a fine of not more than four hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days or both; provided however, that in the case of a second or subsequent offense, or where the violation continues after notice thereof, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
SECTION 4.      The provisions of this act are severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of such court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.
SECTION 5.      involved The provisions of M.G.L. c. 40P shall not apply to any ordinance adopted under this enabling authority.
SECTION 6.      This act shall take effect upon its passage.

        Councillor O’Keefe moved for immediate reconsideration in the hopes it would not prevail. Reconsideration was denied.


Councillor O’Keefe left the chamber.


#118 – CAMP NAUMKEAG

        Councillor Furey introduced the following Order, which was adopted.

        ORDERED: The Committee on Ordinances, Licenses and Legal Affairs meet with the following: Director of Park and Recreation and the Park Commission, City Solicitor, representative of the Mayor’s office, to discuss Camp Naumkeag to be under the jurisdiction of the Park Commissioner as a Park.

        
#119 – DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENTS BE A SALEM RESIDENT

        Councillor Sosnowski introduced the following Order, which was defeated.

        ORDERED: That the Committee on Ordinances, Licenses and Legal Affairs meet to discuss the creation of an ordinance that would require the director of any departments be a Salem resident.

        And that representatives from the following be invited: The Mayor’s office, Human Resources and City Solicitor.


#120 – HIGH CRIME RATE IN WARD THREE

        Councillor Lovely co-sponsored with Councillor Pelletier introduced the following Order, which was adopted.

        ORDERED: That Chief St. Pierre and Mayor Driscoll be invited to attend a meeting of the Public Health, Safety and Environment Committee to discuss the high crime rate in Ward 3 and allocations of resources to help remedy same and that a meeting be held within the next 21 days and said meeting to be co-posted with the Committee of the Whole to allow all Councillors to attend.


        Councillor O’Leary assumes the Chair.



#121 – RESOLUTION – MOTORCYCLE SAFETY MONTH

        Councillor Pelletier introduced the following Resolution, which was adopted.

        RESOLUTION:

WHEREAS: The last week of March through the last week in April, is the State’s Motorcycle Safety and Awareness month and;

WHEREAS: The need for cooperation among drivers of cars, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians for a higher awareness to reduce injuries and fatalities and;

WHEREAS: All citizens need to increase their knowledge regarding their responsibilities according to the Motor Vehicle Laws for use of operation of vehicles on all roadways and;

WHEREAS: By adopting this resolution and setting this time aside for Motorcyle Safety Awareness weeks, we inform or save one life then this has not been done in vain.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Salem City Council, urges the citizens of Salem to observe road safety for making our streets and highways safe for all who travel them.




AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this resolution be made a matter of record of these proceedings, and a copy be sent to Mr. Paul W. Cote of the Massachusetts Motorcycle Association.

#122 – ORDINANCE TRAFFIC, NO PARKING, FLINT STREET

        Councillor Prevey introduced the following Ordinance, which was adopted for first passage.

        In the year two thousand and seven

        An Ordinance to amend an Ordinance relative to Traffic, Chapter 42, Section 51, “Parking Prohibited, Certain Streets”

        Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Salem, as follows:

        Section 1. Mason Street, to #81 Flint Street, westerly side, no parking anytime. “Parking Prohibited”

        Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect as provided by City Charter.


#123 – ORDINANCE TRAFFIC, REPEAL HANDICAP PARKING, DUNLAP STREET

        Councillor Prevey introduced the following Ordinance, which was adopted for first passage.

        In the year two thousand and seven

        An Ordinance to amend an Ordinance relative to Traffic, Chapter 42, Section 50B, “Handicap Zone, Limited Time”

        Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Salem, as follows:

        Section 1. Repeal in front of #25 Dunlap Street for a distance of twenty (20) feet, “Handicap Parking, Tow Zone”

        Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect as provided by City Charter.









#124 – YEAR TO DATE BUDGET REPORT

        Councillor Prevey introduced the following Order, which was adopted.

        ORDERED: That the enclosed Year to Date Budget Report dated January 31, 2007 be received and placed on file.

        

#125 – (#102 - #105) – GRANTING CERTAIN LICENSES

        Councillor O’Keefe offered the following report for the Committee on Ordinances, Licenses and Legal Affairs. It was voted to accept the report and adopt the recommendation.

        The Committee on Ordinances, Licenses and Legal Affairs to whom was referred the matter of granting certain licenses has considered said matter and would recommend that the following be granted.

LIMOUSINE                       Tri-City Services, Inc., 55R Walnut St., Peabody

TAG DAY                 S.H.S. Softball, April 14, 2006 & May 12, 2006

TAXI CAB                        Tri-City Services, Inc., 55R Walnut St., Peabody

TAXI OPERATORS          Marc Birmingham, 7 Oak St., Peabody
                                Elizabeth Mullen, 2 Lowe St. #3, Peabody
                                Michael Castonguay, 335 Lafayette St., Salem
                                Dana McPhee, 52 Friend St. #24, Lynn
                                Paul Goyette, 224 ½ Canal St., Salem
                                David Dougherty, 116 Lafayette St., Salem
                                Marco Aleixa, 117 Tremont St., Peabody
                                James Costello, 15 Hines Court #3, Marblehead
                                Pedro Taveras, 100 Lafayette St., Salem
                                Raymond Fazio, 236 Lafayette St. #4, Salem









#126 – (#75) – AGREEMENT FOR GOLF CARTS

Councillor Prevey offered the following report for the Committee on Administration and Finance. It was voted to accept the report and adopt the recommendation.

        The Committee on Administration and Finance to whom was referred the matter of a four year contract agreement with Country Club Enterprises to provide golf carts to the City of Salem has considered said matter and would recommend approval.


#127 – REQUEST FROM DIRECTOR OF PARK, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

On the request from Doug Bollen, Director of Park, Recreation and Community Services to hold a Half Marathon Road Race on Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 7:00 A.M. was approved.


#128 – CONDUIT ON BOTT’S COURT

        A hearing was ordered for February 22, 2007 on the petition of National Grid for a conduit on Bott’s Court.


#129 - #142 – LICENSE APPLICATIONS

        The following license applications were referred to the Committee on Ordinances, Licenses and Legal Affairs.


JUNK DEALER             Fred Hutchinson, 15 Robinson Road, Salem

PAWNBROKER              Salem Loan & Jewelry, 33 New Derby Street, Salem

PUBLIC GUIDE            Carole Hartling, 37 Peach Highlands, Marblehead
                                Merrill Kohlhofor, 44 Beaver Street, Salem
                                James McAllister, 86 Federal Street, Salem
                                Herb Van Dam, 361 Lafayette Street, Salem

SECOND HAND             Compliments Resale Boutique, 132 Boston Street, Salem
CLOTHING                        

SECOND HAND             Filigree & Fancy, Pickering Wharf, Salem
VALUABLE                        Salem Loan & Jewelry, 33 New Derby Street, Salem
                        

LICENSES CONTINUED

TAG DAY                 S.H.S. Boys Lacrosse, March 10, 2007
                                S.H.S. Girls Track Team, March 24, 2007 & May 26, 2007
                                S.H.S. Baseball, April 28, 2007
                                S.H.S. Boys Lacrosse, May 5, 2007

TAXI OPERATOR           Jose Diaz, 7 Broad St. Apt. #2, Lynn
                                Alejandro Pena, 105 Congress St., Salem
                                David Beauchamps, 45 Endicott St., Salem
                                Milciades Pichardo, 146 Lafayette St., Salem
                                Alberto Guerrero, 9 Mason St., Salem
                                Juan Velez, 197 North St. #2, Salem
                                Scott Boyle, 73 High St. A-2R, Rockport


#143 - #144 – DRAINLAYER / CONTRACT OPERATOR LICENSES

        The following Drainlayer/Contract Operator License applications were granted.

                
                        J. Whyman Construction, 451 Broadway, Lynnfield
                        Lima Construction & Paving, 28 River Street, Middleton



#80 – SECOND PASSAGE, ORDINANCE AMENDING TRAFFIC, HANDICAP PARKING ENDICOTT STREET

The matter of second and final passage of an Ordinance amending Traffic, Handicap Parking Endicott Street, was then taken up.  The Ordinance was adopted for second and final passage.


#81 – SECOND PASSAGE, ORDINANCE AMENDING TRAFFIC, HANDICAP PARKING PALMER STREET

The matter of second and final passage of an Ordinance amending Traffic, Handicap Parking Palmer Street, was then taken up.  The Ordinance was adopted for second and final passage.




#81 – SECOND PASSAGE, ORDINANCE AMENDING TRAFFIC, OBEDIENCE TO STOP SIGNS, BARSTOW STREET

The matter of second and final passage of an Ordinance amending Traffic, Obedience to Stop Signs, Barstow Street, was then taken up.  The Ordinance was adopted for second and final passage.


(#860) – SECOND PASSAGE, ORDINANCE AMENDING SALARY & CLASSIFICATION, CREATING POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF INSPECTIONAL SERVICES

        The matter of second and final passage of an Ordinance amending the Salary and Classification by creating the position of Director of Inspectional Services, was then taken up. The Ordinance was adopted for second and final passage.

        Councillor O’Leary and Councillor Sosnowski were recorded as opposed.





On the motion of Councillor O’Keefe the meeting adjourned at 8:50       P.M.





ATTEST:                                         CHERYL A. LAPOINTE
                                                        CITY CLERK