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The Methuen City Council will meet on December 17, 2007 at 7pm in the Great Hall of the Searles Building. The following is the City Council Agenda.
1. Call to Order 2. Acceptance of Agenda 3. Invocation Pledge of Allegiance 4. Reading and Acceptance of Minutes of Previous Meetings: December 3, 2007 – regular meeting 5. Reading of Any Proclamation or Correspondence of a General Nature Not Related to a Business Item 6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 7. PUBLIC SERVICE A) Grants: P. S. Grant #652 Wingate Avenue (underground conduit) B) Licenses: Vinny’s Billiards – Billiard License/Amusement/Entertainment C) Contracts: Miscellaneous 8. OTHER OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS 9. OLD BUSINESS: Resolutions: 1. TR-07-98A Resolution Authorizing Expenditure from the Edwin J. Castle Fund (Marsh Grammar School and City of Methuen) Link to Proposed Resolution TR-07-98A 2. TR-07-101 Resolution Establishing the CPI Increase of an Exemption under Clause 17D, Section 5 of Chapter 59, Massachusetts General Laws Link to Proposed Resolution TR-07-101 3. TR-07-102 Resolution Further Amending TR-07-58 Reducing the Sewer Rate, Capping So-called Indirect Costs and Dedicating Certain Funds to Debt Reduction (remove from the table) Link to Proposed Resolution TR-07-102 4. TR-07-103 Resolution Further Amending TR-07-57 Reducing The Water Rate as Voted, Returning to the Five Tiered System, Dedicating Certain Revenues to Debt Reduction, Capping Those Fund Identified as Indirect Costs, Increasing the Senior Discount and Eliminating the So-called Early Pay Discount (remove from the table) Link to Proposed Resolution TR-07-103 5. TR-07-104 Resolution Accepting the Water and Sewer Task Force Report and Directing the City Solicitor to Draft Such Appropriate Documents Necessary to Implement Same, Other Than those Submitted, to Be Effective January 1, 2008, Most Particularly That Portion Which Transfers the Position of Water Registrar from the Department of Public Works to the Oversight Office of the City Auditor in Order to Enhance Transparency and Accountability and Restore a System of Checks and Balances (remove from the table) Link to Proposed Resolution TR-07-104 6. TR-07-105 Resolution Extending the Term of the Water and Sewer Task Force as Established by TR-07-82 to December 31, 2009 and Providing that Members Shall be Appointed by the Next City Council in the Same Manner No Later than January 15, 2008 (remove from the table) Link to Proposed Resolution TR-07-105 Ordinances: None Consideration of Appointments: 10. NEW BUSINESS Resolutions: 1. TR-07-106 Resolution Providing for the Quarterly Review of the City’s Budget (Req. of Clr. Andrew) Link to Proposed Resolution TR-07-106 2. TR-07-107 Resolution Amending the Rules and Procedures of the City Council of the City of Methuen (Req. of Clr. Lahey) Link to Proposed Resolution TR-07-107 3. TR-07-108 Resolution Accepting 2006 Citizen Corps Program Competitive Equipment Grant, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Link to Proposed Resolution TR-07-108 4. TR-07-109 Resolution Authorizing a Transfer of Funds from the Reserve Fund to the Unpaid Bills Account, Building Maintenance/Police Department (EPA REQUESTED) Ordinances: 11. ANY OTHER BUSINESS FOR THE GOOD AND WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY 12. REQUEST OF COUNCILORS ADJOURN STEPHEN N. ZANNI
COUNCIL CHAIRMAN
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