Source: http://www.worcesterma.gov/agendas-minutes/city-council/2008/20080129.htm
Timestamp: 2019-04-18 11:09:33+00:00

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Recessed to Finance Committee: 8:14 P.M.
Adjourned from Finance Committee and Reconvened to Regular Session: 9:05 P.M.
Councilor William J. Eddy request that street lighting be installed in Howe Avenue between the parking lot of the Congregational Church and the terminus of this new street.
Councilor Paul P. Clancy Jr. request to repair the sidewalk and piping that is protruding from the sidewalk in the vicinity of 17 Euclid Ave.
Mayor Konstantina B. Lukes on behalf of Shyam Sharma request to change the name of Institute Rd., running from 45 to 65 Institute Rd., to Institute Road Way.
Scott Babbitt request the sidewalk be reconstructed and widened on Belmont St., from Bell Pond to the entrance to Seabury Heights.
Henry Rouba request that the City of Worcester implement a snow ban violators accounting system.
Marion Moriarty request to remove handicap parking space at 34 Florence St.
Laura Shugart request one of the handicap parking signs in front of 51 Beaver St. be removed.
Mayor Konstantina B. Lukes on behalf of Shyam Sharma request to exempt the horseshoe portion of Institute Rd. from the mandates of the winter parking ban.
Paulette Lacoste request to build an ice skating rink in Crompton Park.
NATIONAL GRID & VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC. for joint or identical pole relocation in: WEST BOYLSTON ST.
Hearing set for February 12, 2008 - 7:00 P.M.
James A. DelSignore, City Auditor, transmitting communication relative to Worcester's DCU Center Fund - the Arena Component and Convention Center Component financial statements with supplemental schedules for the years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 plus the independent auditor's report.
Elizabeth A. Early, Executive Secretary, Worcester Retirement Board, transmitting letter of notification that the City of Worcester Retirement Board will consider granting Cost of Living increases to all eligible retirees at a Board Meeting on February 21, 2008.
Michael V. O'Brien, City Manager, respectfully recommend transfer of One Hundred Seventy Two Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty One Dollars And Eighty Three Cents ($172,781.83) for Budgeted Pay Raises for Non-Represented Employees.
Michael V. O'Brien, City Manager, request City Council adoption of Salary Ordinance Amendment to Implement the Fiscal Year 2008 Non-Bargaining Unit Employee Wage Package Effective January 1, 2008.
Michael V. O'Brien, City Manager, transmitting informational communication relative to a Plan to SAVE our Neighborhoods.
Michael V. O'Brien, City Manager, respectfully request City Council�s adoption of a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to File and Accept Applications for Assistance and to Take Any and All Actions Necessary to Implement an Interdepartmental Strategy for Foreclosure Education, Prevention, Management, and Enforcement.
Michael V. O'Brien, City Manager, recommend that Sixteen Thousand Dollars And No Cents ($16,000.00) be Transferred from Account # 900-92000, City Manager's Contingency, and be Appropriated to Account # 280-92000, Code Enforcement Ordinary Maintenance, to Fund Relocation Costs Associated with the Displacement of Families Due to Inadequate Heating and Other Utilities.
Michael V. O'Brien, City Manager, recommend that Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars And No Cents ($8,700.00) be Transferred from Account # 14S48526, Code Enforcement, and be Appropriated to Account # 14S43626, Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance, to Fund Housing Placement Services.
Michael V. O'Brien, City Manager, respectfully request City Council Review, Consideration, and Adoption a Reorganization of the Departments, Boards, and Commissions of the City of Worcester.
RECESSED TO FINANCE COMMITTEE - 8:14 P.M.
RECONVENED TO REGULAR SESSION - 9:05 P.M.
Communication of the City Manager transmitting the City's Five Year Capital Improvement Program.
Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget.
Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication regarding the adoption and implementation of Chapter 32B, Section 18.
Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to a legal opinion as to the City Council's legal jurisdiction and powers regarding the City budget for FY 2008 which has been previously voted by City Council.
Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication regarding a Financial Update of the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget.
Communication of the City Auditor transmitting communication relative to the City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007.
Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication regarding an update on the City's Five Year Plan and Quarterly Report.
Communication of the City Auditor transmitting communication relative to the November 2007 Auditor's Report.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS Upon the Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication regarding Union Station Parking Garage: recommend Communication be placed on file.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS Upon the Communication of the City Manager transmitting information communication regarding the Union Station Garage Memo that was submitted to the City Council and approved on December 5, 2006: recommend Communication be placed on file.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS Upon the Order of Councilor Frederick C. Rushton - Request City Manager consider outsourcing the management of Worker�s Compensation issues similar to the program used by the City of Springfield, where the overall Worker�s Compensation costs were reduced by 47%, and in the City of Methuen where a savings of more than $4 million was realized: recommend Order be placed on file.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS Upon the Communication of David J. Rushford, City Clerk, transmitting communication relative to the type and extent of information filed with the City Clerk concerning businesses operating in the City of Worcester: recommend Communication be placed on file.
COMMUNICATION - Michael V. O'Brien, City Manager, transmitting informational communication regarding the Five Point January 2008 Financial Plan Update.
COMMUNICATION - James A. DelSignore, City Auditor, transmitting communication relative to a financial analysis of the City's General Fund and Enterprise Funds.
Motion Lukes @#8f CC - Request City Manager verify all qualifications and medical status of this particular firefighter and request the City Auditor give a comparison as to the benefits of section 100 IOD and what would be the financial outcome and what any other medical or legal issues that need to be addressed.
Motion Rosen @ #8g & 8h CC - Request City Manager consider including language in the new contract that would allow subscribers to purchase cable TV converter boxes rather that rent them from the franchise holder.
Motion Petty @ #8g & 8h CC - Request City Manager provide City Council with a report explaining the rules for converting from analog to digital and how Charter plans to implement the changes and provide the rights of the subscribers and associated costs for this conversion.
PETITION - Councilor Barbara G. Haller on behalf of Quat Tran, Representative of the Vietnamese Community of Greater Worcester, request to display and hang the Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag during the Vietnamese New Year in front of City Hall February 4, 2008 through February 11, 2008.
PETITION - Councilor Gary S. Rosen on behalf of Jeannine Gemme request sidewalk repair in front of 772 Pleasant St.
PETITION - Councilor Joffrey A. Smith on behalf of the Hanover Theater for the Performing Arts request to install private directional signs on public ways.

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