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5/19/08 Agenda
The Methuen City Council will meet on Monday, May 19, 2008 at 7pm in the Great Hall of the Searles Building. The following is the City Council Agenda.

Amended 5-14-08

1.  Call to Order 

2.  Acceptance of Agenda 

3.  Invocation     Pledge of Allegiance 

4.  Reading and Acceptance of Minutes of previous Meetings: May 1, 2008 special meeting and May 5, 2008 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:      

B)  Licenses:     

C)  Contracts:

C-08-22  Sealcoating Inc 120 Industrial Park Road: Random Crack Sealing Amt- $153,750.00

C-08-23  Brox Industries Inc 1471 Methuen St Dracut MA.  Sand, Stone and GravelAmt- $121,875.00

C-08-24  John Hoadley & Sons Inc.  PVC Pipe& FittingsAMT - $174,615.00

C-08-25  P.J Keating, Inc. 998 Reservoir Rd, Lunenburg MA Bituminous Concrete Cold Patch.  Amt - $425,125.00

C-08-26  All States Asphalt Inc. 325 Amherst Road Sunderland MA.  Asphalt Pavement Reclamation.  Amt - $157,251.00

C-08-27 Brox Industries Inc 1471 Methuen St Dracut MA.  Bituminous Concrete Pavement Type 1-1, Bituminous Concrete Handwork Bituminous Concrete Berm Type –A.  Amt - $1,519,080.00

C-08-28  Sealcoating Inc 120 Industrial Park Road, Hingham MA.  Pavement Recycling/Road Sealing.  Amt - $1,703,500.00 8.

OTHER OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS 

9.  OLD BUSINESS    

Resolutions: 

1.TR-08-30 Resolution Authorizing Acceptance of Student Awareness of Fire Education (SAFE) Grant, Commonwealth of MA, Executive Office of Public Safety, Fiscal Year 2008  Link to Proposed Resolution TR-08-30

2.TR-08-31 Resolution Authorizing the Acceptance of the Title and Certain Monies from the Parish of the Immaculate Conception of the Polish National Catholic Church for the Perpetual Care of Said Cemetery by the City of Methuen Link to Proposed Resolution TR-08-31 

3.  TR-08-32 Resolution for the Acceptance of the Land and Structures Thereon Constituting the Polish National Cemetery from the Parish of the Immaculate Conception of the Polish National Catholic Church Link to Proposed Resolution TR-08-32 

4.  TR-08-33 Resolution Authorizing the Transfer of Certain Land Abutting the Elmwood Cemetery Link to Proposed Resolution TR-08-33  

5.  TR-08-34 Resolution Granting Utilities’ Easement to Massachusetts Electric Company and Verizon New England, Inc. Link to Proposed Resolution TR-08-34    

Ordinances:  None 

Consideration of Appointments:

Historic District Commission

Term to Expire, Steven Thornhill, 2  Foreside Street, Methuen MA, 9/17/11

Peter T. Cameron, 52 Union Street,  Methuen MA, 9/17/11   

10.  NEW BUSINESS     

Resolutions:

1.TR-08-35  Resolution Providing for the Adoption of the Fiscal Year 2009 General Government Budget Link to Proposed Resolution TR-08-35 

2. TR-08-36   Resolution Providing for the Adoption of the Fiscal Year 2009 Sewer and Water Enterprise Budget Link to Proposed Resolution TR-08-36 

3. TR-08-37  Resolution Providing for the Adoption of the Fiscal Year 2009 School Department Budget Link to Proposed Resolution TR-08-37

4. TR-08-38  Resolution Providing for the Adoption of the Fiscal Year 2009 Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical High School Budget. Link to Proposed Resolution TR-08-38 

5. TR-08-39 Resolution Submitting a Home Rule Petition – Municipal Group Insurance Committee (GIC) Legislation Link to Proposed Resolution TR-08-39 

Ordinances:  None      

11.  ANY OTHER BUSINESS FOR THE GOOD AND WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY 

12.  REQUEST OF COUNCILORS 

ADJOURN                                                                                           

PHILIP J. LAHEY, JR.                                                                                         

COUNCIL CHAIRMAN