2026-08-17 - City Council

0:01One, I'll call the city council to order

0:03at 8:00 on Monday evening, August 17,

0:062026. This meeting is being recorded.

0:09Please join me in the pledge of

0:10allegiance.

0:13>> Algiance to the flag of the United

0:15States of America and to the republic

0:18for which it stands, one nation under

0:21God, indivisible, with liberty and

0:24justice for all.

0:25>> Thank you.

0:26So, we have 26 items on this evening's

0:29agenda. And I'll ask the clerk to please

0:31read agenda item number one.

0:33>> Minutes of the city council meeting July

0:3520th, 2026.

0:36>> Council of idle.

0:37>> Mr. President, I'd like to accept and

0:38place on file the minutes.

0:40>> Motion's made in second to accept and

0:41place on file the minutes. Any

0:43discussion on the motion? Seeing none,

0:45all those in favor? Opposed. The minutes

0:48are filed and the vote is 10. Agenda

0:50item number two. Now is the time for the

0:51public hearing on the petition of Mass

0:52Electric and Verizon to install one

0:54joint own pole on Hildra Street

0:56beginning at a point approximately 276

0:58ft west of the center line of the

0:59intersection of Hildra Street and Church

1:01Street and continuing approximately 14

1:03ft in the north direction. National Grid

1:05is proposing to install a new 45 ft

1:07midspan pole mid midspan pole class H1

1:10on Hilder Street. The pole to be labeled

1:12P850 order number 26-1009796.

1:16And in addition, we have a communication

1:18from city engineer Thomas Dersio

1:19regarding questions and a potential

1:21redesign of the project on Hilda Street.

1:23>> All right, councils. After discussion

1:24with the city engineer, I'm going to

1:26open the public hearing and then ask for

1:28it to be continued until September 14th

1:32until the city engineer and mass

1:35electric and national grid work out uh

1:37the city engineers comments. So, the

1:39public hear and look for a motion to uh

1:42continue the public hearing to September

1:4514th. Councelor Fillo.

1:46>> Thank you, Mr. President. Move to

1:48continue the public hearing until

1:49September 14th.

1:50>> Motion made and seconded to continue the

1:52public hearing until September 14th. Any

1:54discussion on the motion? Seeing none,

1:57all those in favor? Opposed? The public

1:59hearing is continued until September

2:0114th and the vote is 10-0. Agenda item

2:03number three. Now is the time for the

2:05public hearing on the petition of

2:06Massachusetts Electric and Verizon to

2:07install one joint owned pole on Steven

2:09Street beginning at a point

2:10approximately 192 ft northeast of the

2:13center line of the intersection of

2:14Pemroke Street and Steven Street and

2:16continuing approximately 13 ft in a

2:17northwest direction. National Grid is

2:19proposing to install a new 45 ft midspan

2:22pole class H1 on Steven Street. The pole

2:24to be labeled P-5250 order number

2:2726-1009797.

2:29In addition, we have a communication

2:30from city engineer Thomas Dersio with

2:33recommended conditions for the petition.

2:35>> Okay. This public hearing will be taken

2:36up in four stages. First, with the

2:38public speaking in favor, second,

2:39questions from the public. Third, public

2:42speaking opposition. And fourth,

2:44questions from the city council. So,

2:45I'll open the first part of the public

2:47hearing with the public speaking in

2:48favor. Starting with the applicant.

2:50Please come on up. State your name and

2:52address, please.

2:56>> Yeah. My name is John Rupia. I'm coming

2:58from um 145 South Main Street in

3:02Hopedale.

3:05I'm here to

3:07hear any questions regarding Pemrook

3:10Street and Steven Street.

3:13The pole which you're going to install.

3:16>> Is this another midspan pole with the

3:18breakers?

3:18>> Yeah, this is the midspan pole which uh

3:21we're going to install the recloser

3:23which is um automatic high voltage

3:26electrical switch.

3:28And this P is going to be 45 ft high.

3:32And it's we call it H1 because it's

3:35thick. And the P is going to be CO

3:3852-50. It's a midspan P between P 50 and

3:42P 52 and P 51 and 52.

3:47>> Okay. Anything else, John?

3:49>> No.

3:50>> Anyone else speaking in favor?

3:53>> Anyone else speaking in favor? Anyone

3:55else speaking in favor? Hearing none, I

3:58close that portion of the public

3:59hearing. Any questions from the public?

4:02Any questions from the public? Any

4:05questions from the public? Hearing none,

4:07I close that portion of the public

4:09hearing. Any members of the public

4:11speaking in opposition?

4:14Members of the public speaking in

4:15opposition. Members of the public

4:18speaking in opposition.

4:20Hearing none, I close that portion of

4:21the public hearing. questions from the

4:24city councilors. Councelor Ducet.

4:29>> Thank you very much, Mr. President. Uh

4:30just a excuse [clears throat] me, simple

4:32question. Is there going to be an

4:34anchoring to this uh poll or is it just

4:36going to be freestanding?

4:38>> Um

4:41this pole is not going to have anchor.

4:43Is a straight pole. That's why I put H1.

4:45>> Straight pole.

4:46>> Yes.

4:46>> Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Council

4:48Ducet. Council Orum.

4:50>> Thank you, Mr. President curious um how

4:54long will this take? Is this a day

4:56project or more than that?

4:58>> Uh it depends because we have to

5:00petition

5:02like what we have right now. So I don't

5:04know the process how long it takes for

5:06petition to go through

5:07>> and that's understandable and I've never

5:10asked that question before but right on

5:12that side of the neighborhood in the

5:14Upland Road Cullen Drive Elgosi they're

5:17doing other work. They're doing gas line

5:19construction and I think they may be

5:22doing some out in Steven Street and I as

5:24well as the wad counselor as well as the

5:27president have received concerns about

5:29staging. So what I would be concerned

5:32about is if it's longer than one day or

5:34even one day that you stage in an

5:37approved area so you don't interfere

5:39with driveways and other people's

5:41parking as noted in the conditions.

5:43>> I would just ask to adhere to that. It's

5:45already noted in the conditions.

5:47>> Yeah. The job is only one day. It's just

5:49a That would be nice.

5:49>> Yeah, it's just a one day job.

5:51>> But be aware you're already in a

5:52construction area, so you may have to

5:54work around the util the company doing

5:56the gas line changes. So, but thank you

6:00very much.

6:00>> Hey, thank you, Mr. President.

6:01>> Thank you, Council Orum. Any other

6:03questions from the counselors? Any

6:05questions from the counselors? Any

6:08questions from the counselors? Hearing

6:09none, I close that portion of the public

6:11hearing and the entire public hearing.

6:13Council Fillo.

6:14>> Thank you, Mr. President. Move to

6:15approve the petition with the conditions

6:17submitted by the city engineer.

6:18>> Motion made and seconded to approve the

6:20petition with the conditions identified

6:22by the city engineer. Any discussion on

6:24the motion? Seeing none, all those in

6:26favor? Opposed. The petition is approved

6:29with the conditions identified by the

6:31city engineer and the vote is 100. Thank

6:33you, John.

6:34>> Thank you. Good night.

6:36>> Agenda item number four. Now it's time

6:39for the public hearing on the proposed

6:41zoning ordinance amendment to chapter

6:42650 zoning section 23 flood plane

6:45protection district. Order number

6:4726-1009791.

6:50Again this public hearing be taken up in

6:52the same four stages. First with the

6:54public speak in favor. Second questions

6:56from the public. Third public speak in

6:58opposition. And finally fourth questions

7:00from the city council. I'll open the

7:02first part of the public hearing with

7:04the public speaking in favor. Please

7:06state your name and address for the

7:07record.

7:09Thomas Deersio, 157 Cook Lane, Malro,

7:12city engineer.

7:15Councilors, uh, thank you for taking

7:17this up tonight. Um, thanks also to

7:21Priscilla who did a lot of the leg work

7:23on this update and to Jeremy at the

7:25legal department who, um, got it into

7:27good form for us.

7:30So section 23 of the zoning code is

7:33currently the wetlands and flood plane

7:35protection overlay district. Um it's an

7:38overlay district the the boundaries of

7:40which are the wherever we have FEMA

7:43flood areas and currently wherever we

7:46have mapped wetland areas. [snorts] Um

7:50uh most cities and towns have a flood

7:52plane ordinance. It's actually required

7:55by FEMA in order for the community to

7:57participate in the National Flood

7:59Insurance Program. So, in order for our

8:02residents to have, if they need it,

8:04flood insurance, federally backed flood

8:06insurance, you have to participate in

8:08the program and you have to have

8:10regulations that govern development in

8:13flood areas. And so, that's what the

8:14district does. [snorts]

8:17um our um

8:21let's see as part so to participate

8:25we're required to have the regulations

8:26and keep them updated um to current FEMA

8:31standards and FEMA recently

8:34updated their requirements. the maps

8:36have been updated and they've introduced

8:38a condition that the local regulations

8:42um have specific requirements for the

8:46development more specific than the kind

8:48of the general requirements that have

8:50been in our ordinance to date. Um

8:56you can go to the next slide, Steve.

9:00So,

9:02our ordinance hasn't been updated since

9:051982. And the map you see on the left

9:08is uh still currently the map that goes

9:12with our ordinance. And that was done

9:14obviously by hand by tracing the old

9:17FEMA maps at the time and the federally

9:19and the and the statemapped wetland

9:21areas. Um

9:26the map on the right you see is the new

9:29flood plane protection district map. So

9:33one thing you'll note is that it's no

9:35longer the wetlands and floodplane

9:37protection district. Um the new map is

9:41uh actually so today uh NAT can actually

9:45get the geospatial data from the state.

9:47So, so FEMA's actual data is in our GIS

9:52and and um that's what you see uh

9:55mapped. So, you can turn on those layers

9:57and you can you can kind of get a lot

9:58more granular with that with those

10:00locations.

10:02I will note that with with the map, the

10:04map is only sort of a general location.

10:06All the actual locations

10:09are uh defined by elevations, surveyed

10:12elevations. So that's just one thing to

10:14keep in mind when you're when you're

10:16using the maps.

10:18Um, next slide, Steve.

10:22So why were the wetland why was the

10:24wetlands protection taken out of this

10:26district? Well, really it's because um

10:29changes in local and state regulations

10:31have really tightened up around

10:32wetlands. The wetlands protection act um

10:36is much more uh

10:40defined than it was in 1982. So

10:43currently in the wetlands protection act

10:45there's already protection for uh 200

10:47feet from river areas, 100 ft from

10:50wetland areas. Um and then locally the

10:53conservation commission has some uh

10:56local uh buffers that really it it kind

10:59of made the wetland part of the overlay

11:03district not needed or even less

11:05protective than um the wetlands

11:08protection act is now.

11:13Uh,

11:13>> you'll get your turn.

11:14>> Next slide.

11:18>> What's that?

11:19>> Next slide.

11:22>> You go back on slide. The imagery shows

11:24a light green in that slide which isn't

11:27represented here. So, is that light

11:30green the actual wetlands?

11:32So that was put uh that is put in there

11:36to kind of show the on the wetland side

11:38of things how you can you um can get

11:42that kind of data through our GIS as

11:43well.

11:44>> But th those are not part of this

11:46ordinance.

11:47>> Okay. It just wasn't clear what that was

11:49because that didn't get represented

11:50here. But thank you for the

11:51clarification. Appreciate that.

11:54>> Uh so this slide just shows um how our

11:57city GIS maps incorporate the

12:00information from the FEMA map. So FEMA's

12:03got uh some really good um online

12:07available data that shows uh the

12:09mapping. Um one of the things that the

12:12the new overlay district does is it gets

12:16into all the different types of flood

12:19areas that are in the FEMA maps. Whereas

12:21our old ordinance was pretty

12:23generalized, now there's specific

12:25requirements for being in the mapped

12:27floodway areas, for being in the

12:29designated elevation designated zone

12:32A's, and then the zone A's that don't

12:34have have elevations, those are

12:36specifically spelled out in the new

12:38ordinance.

12:43Next slide.

12:45So there's really nothing substantial in

12:48terms of uh you know there's nothing no

12:51new regulations per se in the ordinance.

12:53It's really just uh we had to use kind

12:57of the model ordinance language to make

13:00sure that uh we were specific enough

13:02with how regulation in flood areas is is

13:05going to happen. So, in other words, we

13:07had to reference the current FEMA flood

13:09plane maps, the updated maps. Um,

13:13permitting is is sort of more defined

13:16and spelled out. It it's still a special

13:18permit to do anything in the overlay

13:20district. Um, but there's a little more

13:23uh specificity in the new ordinance as

13:25to how that goes. Um, as far as

13:28variances, same thing. you have to show

13:31that you've got all your other uh state

13:34and federal permits before you apply for

13:36a variance and a special permit under

13:38the ordinance. Um

13:41it designates the city engineers the

13:43point person for the FEMA maps uh and

13:46any questions about elevations.

13:49Um

13:52yeah, so one important note is that we

13:54actually don't have a lot of flood plane

13:57areas that are developable in Malbor. Um

14:00so we really don't since I've been here

14:03there's been maybe one or two small

14:05projects that have been proposed in

14:07flood plane areas. So we're lucky as far

14:10as that goes. Some of the lowlying towns

14:12along the Subbury River, for example,

14:14the the huge parts of their towns are

14:16are in the flood plane. So they they

14:18have to deal with it a lot more than we

14:19do.

14:21Um and so the last two slides are just

14:24blowups of the maps that uh you saw, the

14:26old map uh and the new map.

14:30So that's the presentation. I can take

14:33questions now.

14:34>> Okay. Thank you, Tom.

14:37Any other members of the public speak in

14:38favor?

14:40Any other members of the public speak in

14:42favor? Any members of the public speak

14:44in favor? Hearing none, I close that

14:46part of the public hearing. Questions

14:48from the public? Any questions from the

14:51public? Any questions from the public?

14:55Hearing none. Close that part of the

14:57public hearing. Public speaking in

14:59opposition.

15:01Any members of the public speaking in

15:03opposition. Members of the public

15:05speaking in opposition.

15:07Hearing none, I close that portion of

15:09the public hearing. Questions from the

15:11city councilors. Councelor Ducet.

15:14>> Thank you very much, Mr. President, uh,

15:15just for clarification purposes, is it

15:18the orange spaces on the map that are

15:20parts of the flood plan?

15:22>> So, the orange ones, that's called zone

15:24X. So, that's actually the 500year

15:27flood.

15:28>> Um,

15:28>> okay.

15:29>> Those are uh less regulated, but they're

15:32part of the FEMA maps. Um the blue

15:37>> is the 100red-year flood areas

15:39>> and those include ones that where FEMA

15:42has determined the flood elevation, the

15:44base flood and areas where it has not

15:47been determined.

15:49>> So the flood that happened a couple of

15:50years that wiped out the culvert on farm

15:52road was a 100red-year flood event.

15:56>> More?

15:57>> No. So that was more of a that was an

16:00intense thunderstorm. That wasn't that

16:01wouldn't really be considered a

16:03100red-year event. it that was probably

16:05three inches of rain, but because it

16:07happened in like

16:09>> less than two hours.

16:10>> Yeah.

16:11>> Um so that happened in areas that are

16:15designated as flood areas.

16:16>> Mhm.

16:18>> Right.

16:18>> Um but it didn't it was uh what happened

16:21there was different from the

16:23>> okay

16:23>> the models that FEMA uses to do this.

16:26>> Thank you for the clarification on that.

16:27I appreciate that. That's all.

16:29>> Thank you, Council Ducet. Council Orum.

16:31>> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh Tom, the

16:35letters down near Route 85 going into

16:38South Bro, it's in that blue area. What

16:41are those letters for? They

16:43>> Yeah, right there. And in fact, you

16:45highlighted that and enlarged it to show

16:47some more overlay.

16:48>> Yeah. So, all of them all the blue areas

16:50are either A or AE. So, that just means

16:52it's a 100red-year flood area. And in

16:56the in the A areas, FEMA has determined

17:00what that base flood elevation is in the

17:01100-year event. in an AE. They don't

17:05have a specific elevation. They have a

17:07mapped area. And so if you were going to

17:09develop in one of those areas, you your

17:13engineer would have to use judgment to

17:14come up with that base flood elevation

17:16at that location.

17:18>> And if I can add, these maps will be

17:20helpful for other departments like the

17:22fire department. I remember back in the

17:2590s when I was a ward counselor, we had

17:28a gas leak that went right down the

17:30drainage all the way down Maple Street.

17:32Started up on Route 20

17:35>> and uh I think a manhole cover popped

17:37off too. It was that bad.

17:39>> But so [clears throat] this is also also

17:41beneficial to have these mappings for

17:44other departments.

17:45>> Yep. Yeah. These so these are available

17:46on your GIS.

17:47>> Yeah. No, thank you so much. Appreciate

17:49it.

17:50>> Thank you, Council Orum. Council Fillo.

17:53>> Thank you, Mr. President. Just one quick

17:55question and uh Mr. Engineer, thank you

17:57and thank you to Porcilla for taking a

17:59look at this, right? 1982 is a long time

18:01to not have something updated, but um on

18:03that note, my question was had we not

18:05updated this, would we have been in

18:07jeopardy of losing our flood insurance

18:09eligibility?

18:10>> Yes.

18:11>> Okay.

18:12>> Yeah. So the it at the state level the

18:14DCR was the one that was sort of uh

18:16managing this and they were they they

18:19were proactive in making sure we got

18:21this done.

18:22>> Amazing. Amazing. Well, thank you.

18:24Appreciate it. That's all. Thank you,

18:25Mr. President.

18:26>> Thank you, Councelor Villo. Any other

18:28questions from the counselors?

18:30Any questions from the counselors? Any

18:33questions from the counselors? Hearing

18:35none, I close that portion of the public

18:36hearing and the entire public hearing.

18:38And this is in urban affairs.

18:41>> Thank you,

18:41>> Tom. Thank you very much.

18:44Agenda item number five,

18:48>> communication from President Osing

18:50regarding proposed amendment to the sign

18:51ordinance chapter 526 signs to add

18:53information in section 52612

18:56administration and penalties regarding

18:58variances.

18:59>> Council Naven.

19:00>> Thank you very much, Mr. President. Move

19:01to refer this to the legal and

19:03legislative affairs committee and to

19:04advertise.

19:05>> Motion made second to refer this item to

19:07legislative and legal affairs and to

19:09advertise. Any discussion on the motion?

19:12Seeing none, all those in favor?

19:13Opposed? The items go to LNL and we'll

19:16advertise and the vote is 10-0. Agenda

19:18item six, communication from the mayor

19:21regarding gift acceptance the amount of

19:22$3,500 awarded to the fire department

19:24from Shaw Star Market for in the amount

19:26of $2,500 and from for an American flag

19:29and from Digital Federal Credit Union

19:30for $1,000 for employee welfare and

19:32recognition programs.

19:34>> Councilor Irish.

19:35>> Thank you, Mr. President. Motion to

19:36approve the gifts, please. Motion made

19:38and seconded to approve the gifts and

19:40thank Shaw and DCU for their generous

19:42donations. Any discussion on the motion?

19:45Seeing none, all those in favor?

19:47Opposed? The grant the gifts are

19:49approved and the vote is 100. Agenda

19:52item seven.

19:52>> Communication from the mayor regarding

19:54grant acceptance, excuse me, in the

19:56amount of $16,585

19:59from the Department of Justice awarded

20:00to the police department to be used for

20:02annual service fees for software used

20:03for police detail and shift scheduling.

20:06Council Irish.

20:07>> Thanks for the motion to approve the

20:08grant, please.

20:09>> Motion made, seconded to approve the

20:10grant. Any discussion on the motion?

20:13Seeing none, all those in favor?

20:14Opposed? The grant is approved and the

20:16vote is 100. Agenda item number eight,

20:19>> communication from the mayor regarding

20:20grant acceptances in the amount of

20:22$149,040

20:24from the age executive office of age and

20:27independence awarded to the council on

20:28aging to provide essential funding

20:30funding for staffing including partial

20:32salary support for the executive

20:33director as well as enrichment programs

20:35and events at the senior center.

20:37>> Councelor Irish.

20:38>> Thank you, Mr. Motion to approve the

20:40grant, please.

20:40>> Motion made and seconded to approve the

20:42grant. Any discussion on the motion?

20:45Seeing none, all those in favor?

20:46Opposed? Grant is approved and the vote

20:48is 10-0. Agenda item number nine,

20:51>> communication from the mayor regarding

20:52request to increase the spending limit

20:53for the public safety revolving fund

20:55from $143,520

20:57to $182,672.35.

21:01Order number 26-1009753D.

21:04Councelor Iris.

21:05>> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh motion to

21:07refer this back to the mayor for further

21:09information regarding this.

21:11>> Motion made in second refer this back to

21:13the mayor. And just for clarification,

21:14council is it needs an order to you

21:16can't just do it with a letter and the

21:18mayor knows that and we'll have that on

21:19our next agenda. So motion made and

21:22seconded to refer this item back to the

21:24mayor. Any discussion on the motion?

21:26Seeing none, all those in favor?

21:28Opposed? The item's going back to the

21:29mayor and the vote is 100. Agenda item

21:32number 10.

21:32>> Communication from the mayor regarding

21:34proposed order for the acquisition of 40

21:36lock drive.

21:37>> Council Irish.

21:37>> Thank Motion to refer to the finance

21:40committee. Please

21:40>> motion made second. refer this item to

21:42the finance committee. Any discussion on

21:44the motion? Seeing none, all those in

21:46favor? Opposed? The items go to finance

21:48and the vote is 100. Agenda item number

21:5211.

21:52>> Communication from the mayor regarding

21:54the reappoint of Chief David Georgie as

21:55keeper of the lockup for a one-year term

21:57effective upon date of council

21:58confirmation.

22:00>> Council or Thank you, Mr. President. I

22:02would recommend approval of this

22:04position as the keeper of locks and what

22:07is it? Keeper of locks and lockup.

22:10keeper of the lockup. Hopefully I'll

22:12never have to visit that person.

22:14>> We don't want that happen to us.

22:15>> But I recommend approval of our police

22:17chief for that position and accept and

22:18place the communication on file. Thank

22:21you.

22:21>> Motion made in second to approve Chief

22:23Georgie as a keeper of lockup. Any

22:25discussion on the motion? Seeing none,

22:28those in favor oppose. The motion is

22:31approved to approve the chief and the

22:33vote is 100.

22:35Agenda item 12. Communication from the

22:37mayor regarding the reappointment of

22:38Jonathan Freriedman to the commission on

22:40disabilities for a three-year term from

22:42the date of council confirmation.

22:44Council Orum.

22:45>> Thank you, Mr. President. I would

22:46recommend approval of this position for

22:48Jonathan Freriedman and also to accept

22:50and place on file the communication.

22:52>> Motion made in second to approve the

22:54appointment reappoint of Jonathan

22:56Freriedman to the Council on

22:57Disabilities. Any discussion on the

22:59motion?

23:01>> Council Deter.

23:04>> Thank you very much, Mr. President.

23:05Since I'm on the Council of

23:06Disabilities, I have worked with uh Mr.

23:09Freriedman very often. He's very active

23:11in the committee and works with the make

23:13sure the website's organized and I thank

23:15him for his service.

23:17>> Well done. Thank you, Council Ducet. Any

23:19discussion on the motion? On the motion

23:21to approve the reappoint. All those in

23:23favor opposed. The reappoint is approved

23:26and the vote is 10-0. Agenda item 13.

23:29Communication from the mayor regarding

23:31the regarding the appointment of Lynn FA

23:32to the zoning board of appeals as a

23:34permanent member for a three-year term

23:35to expire from the date of council

23:36confirmation. She is replacing Ralph

23:38Loftton who has recently resigned after

23:4012 years of service.

23:42>> Council or

23:43>> Thank you, Mr. President. I'm going to

23:44recommend that this be referred to our

23:46September 14th meeting. Uh and also, uh

23:50Ralph Loftton, I know we'll have another

23:52communication, has not been officially

23:54retired, so we'll wait for that to

23:56happen as you've not so noted as well.

23:58So, uh, to accept and place on file the

24:00communication and to refer it to our

24:03September 14th meeting

24:05>> postpone it to our

24:06>> motion made in second to postpone this

24:08item to our September 14th meeting. Any

24:11discussion on the motion? Seeing none,

24:13all those in favor opposed. The item is

24:16postponed to September 14th and the vote

24:19is 100. Agenda item 14,

24:22>> communication from the mayor regarding

24:24proposed job description pursuant to

24:26chapter 125 personnel section 5,

24:28preparation of classification

24:29descriptions for the position of

24:31principal clerk of the department of

24:32public works.

24:33>> Councelor Oram,

24:34>> Mr. President, I would recommend we

24:36approve this job description as so

24:38presented in this communication.

24:40>> Motion made and seconded to approve the

24:42job description. Any discussion on the

24:43motion? Seeing none, all those in favor?

24:46Opposed? Job description is approved and

24:48the vote is 100. Agenda item 15,

24:51>> communication from city solicitor Jason

24:53Gfield regarding the approval of the

24:54home rule petition chapter 159 of the

24:56acts of 2026 relative to amend section

24:5959A of the charter filling vacancies in

25:01the office of mayor and in city council

25:04specifically for the procedure to fill

25:05the vacancy in the ward counselor

25:07position.

25:08>> Councel.

25:09>> Thank you very much, Mr. President. Uh I

25:10would like to move to accept and place

25:12on file the communication. Also to thank

25:14Representative Gregoire for ushering

25:16this bill through the legislature and to

25:18our legislative delegation for their

25:20support. Motion made in the second to

25:22accept and place on file the

25:24communication. Any discussion on the

25:25motion? Seeing none, all those in favor

25:28opposed. The communication is filed and

25:30the vote is 100. Agenda item 16.

25:32>> Communication from city clerk Steven

25:34Carrian regarding state primary election

25:36call. Council Haven.

25:38>> Thank you very much, Mr. President. I'd

25:39like to ask the city clerk to please

25:41read the letter.

25:44A warrant for the 2026 state primary.

25:46The city clerk is hereby directed to

25:47notify and warn the inhabitants of the

25:49city of Malro who are qualified to vote

25:50in primaries to assemble in polling

25:52places as designated by the city council

25:54as follows. Ward one, precincts 1 and

25:56two, Francis J. Kane School, 520 Farm

25:58Road. Ward two, precincts one and two,

26:00Francis J. Kane School, 520 Farm Road. W

26:02three, precinct one, the Senior Center,

26:0440 New Street. W three, precinct 2,

26:06Raymond J. Richard School, 80 Foley

26:08Road. Ward four, precincts 1 and two,

26:10the Senior Center at 40 New Street. Ward

26:12five, precincts 1 and two at the Masonic

26:14Lodge, 8 Newton Street. Ward six,

26:15precincts 1 and two at the First

26:16Lieutenant Charles W. Wickham School, 25

26:19Union Street. Ward 7, precincts 1 and

26:21two at the Hilder School, 85 Sawin

26:23Street. on Tuesday, September 1st, 2026.

26:26Then and there for the purpose of

26:27casting their votes in the state primary

26:28for candidates of political parties for

26:30the following offices. Senator in

26:32Congress for this Commonwealth, Governor

26:34for this Commonwealth, Lieutenant

26:35Governor for this Commonwealth, Attorney

26:37General for this Commonwealth, Secretary

26:39of State for this Commonwealth,

26:40Treasurer for this Commonwealth, Auditor

26:42for this Commonwealth, Representative in

26:44Congress for the third district,

26:45counselor for the third district,

26:47Senator and General Court for the Middle

26:48Sex and Worcester District,

26:50representative in the General Court for

26:51the fourth Middle Sex District,

26:52representative in the General Court for

26:54the 13th Middle Sex District, District

26:56Attorney for the Northern District,

26:57Register Probate for Middle Sex County.

26:59It is for f further ordered that the

27:01polling place is legally determined by

27:02the city council be open at 7:00 in the

27:04for noon and be closed at 8:00 in the

27:06evening. The city clerk be is hereby

27:07authorized to cause notice to be given

27:09by publication of this order in a local

27:10newspaper and by posting a copy of the

27:12same in a conspicuous place in the

27:13office of the city clerk.

27:14>> Council nan.

27:15>> Thank you very much Mr. President. Thank

27:16you Mr. Clerk. Want to make sure people

27:18are paying attention as uh primary day

27:20is a little early this year. We want to

27:21make sure that everybody knows it is on

27:23its way. With that motion to accept and

27:26place on file.

27:26>> Motion made and second to accept and

27:28place on file. Any discussion on the

27:29motion? Seeing none, all those in favor?

27:32Opposed? Communications filed and the

27:34vote is 10-0. Agenda item 17.

27:36>> Communication from city clerk Steven

27:38Carrian regarding early voting hours for

27:39the state primary.

27:40>> Council Naven.

27:41>> Thank you very much, Mr. President.

27:42Since there is no special permit on the

27:44agenda tonight, it is always nice to

27:46[laughter] hear the clerk speak. I would

27:47like to ask him to read this

27:49communication as well. Honorable

27:51President Osan council as I'm writing to

27:53remind the council and residents small

27:54brother that we have we will be having

27:55inerson early voting for one week prior

27:57to the state primary schedule for

27:58Tuesday September 1st 2026. In person

28:01early voting will begin on Saturday

28:03August 22nd 2026 and be available daily

28:06ending on Friday August 28 2026. It it

28:09will take place at city hall 140 main

28:10street for the hours listed below.

28:12Residents have until Saturday August

28:1422nd 2026 to [clears throat] register to

28:15vote or change their party to be

28:17eligible to vote in this election. And

28:19the hours uh early voting hours are

28:21Saturday, August 22nd from 9:00 am to

28:225:00 pm. Sunday, August 23rd from 9:00

28:25am to 3 p.m. Monday, August 24th from

28:278:30 a.m. to 5. Tuesday, August 25th

28:30from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday,

28:32August 26th from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

28:35Thursday, August 27th from 8:30 a.m. to

28:375:00 p.m. and Friday, August 28th from

28:397:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. We encourage the

28:41residents of Malro to come out and

28:42exercise the right to vote. Sincerely,

28:45Steven Carrian, city clerk.

28:46>> Council Naven.

28:47>> Thank you very much, Mr. President.

28:48Thank you, Mr. Clerk, once again. Um,

28:50special thanks to you and your office um

28:52for the work that they put in to run

28:54early voting. It is not an easy task.

28:55Um, but it is an effort well worth

28:57doing. So, I want to thank you and your

28:59team and then also remind people um what

29:01you just said in the letter. They have

29:02until August 22nd uh to register to vote

29:05in the primary.

29:06>> With that, move to accept and place on

29:08file.

29:08>> Motion made and second to accept and

29:10place on file the communication. Any

29:12discussion on the motion? Seeing none,

29:14all those in favor? Opposed?

29:16Communication is filed and the vote is

29:17100. Agenda item 18.

29:20>> Communication from Ralph Loftton of the

29:22zoning board of appeals regarding

29:23notification of resignation effective

29:25August 20th, 2026.

29:27>> Councilor.

29:28>> Thank you, Mr. President. I recommend we

29:30accept and place this communication on

29:31file.

29:32>> Motion made second to accept and place

29:34on file the communication.

29:35>> And Mr. President, and thank Mr. Loftton

29:37for his service. Thank you.

29:39>> And thank He's not done yet. We're going

29:40to make it work one more time.

29:42>> I know.

29:42>> I know. Thank you, [snorts] Ralph. Nice

29:44job. [clears throat]

29:44Uh motion made and second to accept and

29:46place on file a communication. Any

29:48discussion on the motion? Seeing none,

29:50all those in favor? Opposed?

29:52Communication is filed in the vote is

29:54100. Agenda item 19.

29:57>> Communication from Central Mass Mosquito

29:59Control Project regarding personnel be

30:00community responding to residents

30:02concerns about mosquitoes on various

30:04dates in August 2026.

30:06>> Council Orum.

30:07>> Thank you, Mr. President. Since our

30:08clerk posts these notices, I don't think

30:11I'll ask him to read the notice, but uh

30:14you can request either by phone or by

30:17logging into their website uh mosquito

30:20control activities from the central mass

30:22mosquito control program. Uh be aware

30:25the mosquitoes are out there and they're

30:26being tested and we're starting to find

30:29uh westnau virus in many pools of

30:31mosquitoes. So, uh, as noted by the

30:34clerk, this will be posted on his

30:36website and if residents need to contact

30:38the central mass mosquito control

30:40program. All that information is in

30:42here. So, I would recommend we accept

30:44and place this document on file.

30:46>> Motion made in second to accept and

30:47place on file a communication. Any

30:49discussion on the motion? Seeing none,

30:51all those in favor? Opposed?

30:53Communications filed and the vote is 10.

30:55Agenda item 22 uh 20

30:57>> petition of Comcast to install new

30:59underground conduit system on Donald

31:00Lynch Boulevard to provide Comcast

31:02service on Donn Lynch Boulevard.

31:04>> Council Fillo.

31:05>> Thank you, Mr. President. Move to refer

31:07to the city engineer and set a date for

31:08public hearing on September 14th.

31:10>> Motion made and seconded to set a public

31:12hearing for September 14th and refer

31:14this item to the city engineer. Any

31:16discussion on the motion?

31:18Seeing none, all those in favor?

31:20Opposed? Uh, the item will have a public

31:23hearing on September 14th and be

31:25referred to the city engineer and the

31:27vote is 100. Agenda item 21,

31:30>> application for special permit from

31:32attorney Christopher Flood on behalf of

31:33Boston Bruins LLC to construct, own, and

31:36operate a drive-through only coffee shop

31:38in an existing building at 2 Mount Royal

31:41Avenue.

31:42>> And it's not the Boston Bruins, just

31:44saying. Council Roby

31:47>> would be a nice way to raise some money.

31:49Um move to refer this to urban affairs

31:51to set a public hearing for September

31:5314th and to advertise.

31:55>> Motion's made and second to refer this

31:57item to the Urban Affairs Committee.

31:58We'll set a public hearing for September

32:0014th and we will advertise. Any

32:02discussion on the motion? Seeing none,

32:04all those in favor? Opposed? Motion

32:07carries. This is going to urban affairs

32:08with a public hearing on September 14th

32:10and advertise and the vote is 10. Agenda

32:13item 22,

32:14>> application for a special permit from

32:16attorney Brian R. Faulk on behalf of 36

32:18Jefferson Street LLC to construct four

32:21townhouse units in a four and a fourcar

32:23garage uh to the site's existing single

32:26family house to include a total of 18

32:28spaces garage and surface at 36

32:30Jefferson Street. Councelor Roby.

32:32>> Thank you, Mr. President. Again, refer

32:33this to urban affairs. Set a public

32:35hearing for September 14th and

32:37advertise.

32:38>> Motion made in second refer this item to

32:40urban affairs. We'll set a public

32:41hearing for September 14th and

32:43advertise. Any discussion on the motion?

32:46Seeing none, all those in favor opposed.

32:49This item will be going to urban affairs

32:50with a public hearing on September 14th

32:53and advertised and the vote is 100.

32:56Agenda item 23

32:58>> minutes of boards, commissions, and

32:59committees.

33:00>> Mr. President,

33:01>> council Duset.

33:02>> Mr. President, motion to accept and

33:04place on file the minutes of the boards,

33:06commissions, and committees.

33:07>> Motion made second to accept and place

33:08on file all the minutes. Any discussion

33:10on the motion? Seeing none, all those in

33:12favor? Opposed? The minutes are filed

33:14and the vote is 100. Agenda item 24

33:17>> claims

33:18>> council

33:19>> said

33:20>> motion to send the claims to the legal

33:21department.

33:22>> Motion's made and seconded to send the

33:24claims to the legal department. Any

33:26discussion on the motion? Seeing none,

33:29those in favor opposed. The claims are

33:32going to legal and the vote is 100.

33:35Reports of committees

33:38council.

33:39>> Thank you, Mr. President. The city

33:42council's public services committee met

33:43on August 10th, 2026 at 6:32 p.m. Voting

33:48members were chairillo, council vital,

33:50and council Irish. Non- voting members

33:51there were council president Oing and

33:53councelor Ducet. We opened the meeting

33:56and took our agenda items up in reverse

33:58order of how they appeared on the

33:59original agenda. Starting with order

34:01number 26-1009780,

34:04an application for a junk dealer

34:05secondhand license for Paulo Dumont DBA

34:09Amigold Financial LLC located at 257

34:12Simano Drive, Sweet 150. Mr. Dumont was

34:15present for the discussion. The chair

34:17highlighted that police chief Dave

34:18Georgie had received Mr. Dumont's quarry

34:21form and was without objection to the

34:23license. Mr. Mr. Dumont provided

34:25background information about his

34:26business and noted that he'd been in the

34:28jewelry business for 30 years and

34:30operates a wholesale and ma

34:31manufacturing office at 257 Simono Drive

34:34in suite 107.

34:37He's looking to open Amigold Financial

34:38LLC as an extension of his existing

34:41business uh due to a high number of

34:43customers looking to sell their jewelry.

34:45Council Irish asked if Mr. Dumont would

34:47be selling jewelry at the same location.

34:49He clarified that only unit 107 has the

34:52existing wholesale office which sells

34:53jewelry to retailers. There is no

34:55storefront. Uh Mr. Dumont has a strong

34:58client base and operates on a

34:59business-to business basis uh without

35:01advertising his services. Council Irish

35:04followed up by asking about any

35:05safeguards to identify uh fake and scam

35:07jewelry and Mr. Dumont confirmed that

35:09they do have those safeguards in place.

35:12Council Ducet inquired if Mr. Dumont

35:13will resell the jewelry sold to him or

35:15melt it down. Mr. Mr. Dumont confirmed

35:17he'll be melting that down. Council

35:19Vital asked about the hours of operation

35:20and Mr. Dumont said that it is by

35:22appointment only. Council Vital followed

35:24up by asking about security measures to

35:26which Mr. Dumont responded that there is

35:28an alarm system at the existing business

35:30over at unit 107 and that they have

35:32security cameras and there will be a

35:33vault. On a motion by councelor Irish,

35:35second by the chair, the committee

35:37recommends approval of the application

35:38for a junk dealer secondhand dealer

35:40license. The vote was 320.

35:43Uh, also on our agenda was order number

35:4626-1009757,

35:48an application for taxi delivery license

35:49from Nirande Gerard, DBA Nurand's

35:52Private Transportation LLC, 88 Essex

35:55Street. The applicant was not present

35:57for that discussion and no discussion

35:58was had on that item. We adjourned at

36:006:39 p.m. That is the end of my report.

36:03>> Thank you, Council Fill. Any other

36:05reports of committees? Council Ducet.

36:07>> Thank you very much, Mr. President. I

36:09actually have two uh minutes for two

36:11meetings. First is July 7th, 26, the

36:14climate resiliency committee. Uh the

36:16meeting convened at 7:07 p.m. in the

36:19council chamber was open to the public.

36:20The meeting was televised on WMCTV.

36:23Um the me voting members present was

36:26chair dous council vital and fill. Other

36:29councils present was a naven. Also

36:32present uh Audrey Shman from Black Sworn

36:35Labs and Karen Kout from Black Black

36:37Swan Labs. Uh this is discussing the

36:39order 26-109726

36:43communication with more councelor David

36:44Ducet regarding request for the city to

36:46investigate geothermal entity energy. Uh

36:50first is the committee agreed to the

36:51next meeting on July 21st. Uh Black Swan

36:54Labs worked on practical solutions to

36:56solve and reduce climate change. They

36:58are funded by the our foundation

37:00including developing thermal networks

37:03and the very first one installed ever in

37:04the world uh is in framing here where

37:08showman uh m showman was lucky enough to

37:10be one of the major people to make it

37:11happen. Uh to give a better idea what a

37:13thermal network is, it is a network of

37:15water pipes running around a

37:17neighborhood where buildings can connect

37:18to the network using heat pumps in their

37:20buildings to deliver heating or cooling

37:22for the building. Uh basically the heat

37:25pumps act like air conditioners and is

37:27actually common to use heat pumps now

37:28with splits. So um and the thermal

37:32exchange uh network delivers water at a

37:34temperature which is generally between

37:3640 and 90° Fahrenheit. The water is kept

37:38at temperature by running water through

37:40bore holes and getting that temperature

37:42from wastewater. Uh there is

37:44installations at Syracuse that's owned

37:46by National Grid. Um

37:49and uh the city of Syracuse is selling

37:52the wastewater temperature to natural

37:54national grid which then sells it to the

37:56customers.

37:59Uh there's also mass many Massachusetts

38:02municipalities are interested in thermal

38:03networks and then that's partially

38:05because the investment tax credit uh

38:07still exists not for solar wind but it

38:10does for thermal exchange networks. Uh

38:12this ITC tax credit is 30 to 50% of the

38:16cost with funding available to 2035.

38:19Uh while discussing more details about

38:21this network, it was agreed to ask the

38:23conservation commissioner and the

38:24department head of DPW to attend the

38:26next meeting to discuss these issues in

38:28more detail since their expertise

38:30expertise would be beneficial at this

38:31point. If you're following the notes,

38:34I'm skipping. Um Miss Shman also pointed

38:37out having emergency backup heating and

38:39cooling is worthwhile. Uh there is a

38:41backup gas boiler for a thermal exchange

38:43network at Colorado Mesa University that

38:46they've never had to use in the 15 years

38:48of operations, but it's good to have a

38:50backup. Um there's also discussion of

38:53how Salman Pond could be use an upgraded

38:56HVAC system now and there could be an

38:58opportunity to for a thermal exchange

38:59network with them. U also President

39:02Osing stated clearly they do not allow

39:04the city to commit funds on something

39:06that he does not understand. the climate

39:08resiliency committee can decide what

39:10they want, but there's still work that

39:11needs to be done before any municipal

39:13resources are committed to something

39:15that's not well understood. Uh on a

39:17motion by council vital, second by the

39:19chair, council recommends the

39:21exploration of funding resources for

39:23wastewater energy recovery with a vote

39:25of 300. There's also agreement to reach

39:27out to the head of DPW and conservation

39:29officers, see what additional

39:31information could be available for the

39:33720 meeting on a motion council vital

39:36second by chair ducet. The meeting

39:37adjourned at 8:05 p.m.

39:41The next meeting minutes is for July

39:4421st, Climate Resiliency Committee. Um,

39:47councelor continued that that we are in

39:50a dilemma and he wanted to publicly make

39:52that statement. Um,

39:55oop, sorry, where'd that come from? Hold

39:57on. Sorry. Um, voting members present

40:01were Chair Ducet, Council Vider, and

40:03Fuchello. The other vote councilors

40:05present was counciling arriving at 7:30

40:07and council Oram. Also present was

40:10Priscilla Ryder, city of Malber, Ted

40:12Scott, uh Audrey Shman and Karen Kraut

40:15also from Black Swan Labs and Mayor

40:18Christian Dumis. Again, this is

40:20continuing review of item number

40:2226-1009726

40:26uh communication for thermal exchange

40:28geothermal network. Um when black swan

40:32lab joined the c meeting most of the

40:34discussion was how the sewer main was

40:36going that goes under route 20 near mo

40:38square and how it could be used for a

40:40thermal source for the countryside

40:42apartment which is an ideal situation so

40:44it's also low-income housing [snorts]

40:46chair stated this location is a

40:48microcosm of what the proposal is trying

40:50to do because basically you have the

40:52landowner who owns the building owns the

40:53property an attendant who's running a

40:55unit in the building and the opportunity

40:58is using state and federal grants

41:00to all structurally the payments to fund

41:02it. So at the end the landlord land

41:04lawyer land owner pays for the system

41:07that delivers thermal services to their

41:09client and creates a new revenue stream

41:11for the tenants. The utility is a broker

41:14between the two and uh the landlord

41:18basically is the thermal source which

41:20operates to make the money. Uh in case

41:22of the affordable housing the states

41:23provided a lot of incentives to do this

41:25under the mass D wastewater recovery

41:28grants. So hence the opportunity.

41:35So other discussions about the cost in

41:37retrofitting older buildings with new

41:39plumbing. Um the cost of the retrofit uh

41:42also be taken into account. As far as

41:44the state grants goes, the feasibility

41:46study would be up to $15,000. The design

41:49would be up to $100,000 and the

41:51installation up to $750,000. That's just

41:54state grants. Uh some of the state

41:56grants are rolling funding with caps in

41:58total project funding and there's no

42:00commitment to make the steps next steps

42:02in the process. We also had some

42:04discussion that the city could not offer

42:06tiffs since there's no jobs involved. Um

42:11DPW director Scott discussed moving

42:14forward the plan and black swan lab did

42:16express interest in going forward to

42:17help write the grant. Seems there are a

42:19lot of models out there with different

42:20approaches and director Scott was

42:22questioning the role the city the role

42:25of the city in this process. Uh the

42:27energy source is the sewer which is

42:29actually the property of the city and

42:31the wastewater heat exchange may be

42:32owned by someone else then the energy is

42:35sold to the utility. Uh, Miss Shman

42:39explained that the Syracuse model may be

42:40the closest proposal where the city owns

42:42the wastewater treatment plant, captures

42:44the waste and leaves the as it leaves

42:46the treatment and sells the thermal

42:47energy to national grid. There are other

42:50examples throughout the country and the

42:52city needs to look what the city role

42:53will be also taking into account

42:55different modular ownership models where

42:58fin and different financial models. So

43:00how it gets paid for is really

43:02important. Keeping an open mind in the

43:04right of ways to best suit Malboro.

43:07So the mayor stated he watched the first

43:10meeting and now here for the second one

43:12he has a lot of questions and he thought

43:14we weren't there yet. Mayor's concerned

43:16that the job is to protect the city. If

43:17we go out to this countryside villa and

43:20start talking about them before we have

43:22any answers, it's not going to look good

43:24for the city at all overall. And that's

43:26the questions need to be and the biggest

43:29issues are the costs. We really don't

43:31know what the cost is but that's what

43:32the feasibility is supposed to attempt.

43:34Um

43:36the chair has some general questions

43:37about the grant black swan labs labs.

43:40How long would it take to write a grant?

43:42Maybe about a week once it gets

43:43approved. Uh how long to review the

43:46proposal is about a month. Uh is there a

43:48deadline for the grant? Mrs. Shman

43:50explained that she was on a call about

43:51the grants and they're going to do a

43:53collection of grants at the same time

43:55because they want to compare them and

43:56have them in different parts of the

43:57state and so far they haven't gotten any

44:00grants. So, no one has submitted grants

44:01yet. So, we're not yet late and that's

44:03good news because it's very limited

44:05money and we are on the early side. So,

44:09the committee just got into the process

44:10of grant applications in general.

44:12Usually departments pursue their own

44:14grants which get submitted and come back

44:16to the city for acceptance. Because of

44:18this and since there's already a general

44:20agreement to move forward with the

44:21grant, the Black Swan Lab will work on

44:23the grant proposal to get whatever

44:24information be needed from the city to

44:26propose the grant. We can expect a

44:29following climate resiliency committee

44:31meeting if a grant is approved for the

44:32feasibility study by the council in the

44:35futures. Uh council vital completed uh a

44:38motion to adjourn at 8:23 p.m. uh and

44:42seconded by the chair. The meeting

44:43adjourned at 8:23 p.m. Thank you very

44:45much, sir. Thank you, Council Ducet. Any

44:47other reports of committees?

44:51Hearing none, we'll move on. Agenda item

44:5325.

44:55Ordered that the Malboro City Council

44:57review information from the Malbor

44:58Cultural Council on its proposal for a

45:00public art project known as the Malro

45:02Walks Phase 2. Phase one was created in

45:052024 when an artist received a grant to

45:07create three two three-foot tall

45:09bootshaped sculptures which were

45:10displayed at various community events

45:12and now and are now on display in the

45:14window of 262 Main Street. Phase two is

45:17proposed

45:18uh as a long-term art initiative to

45:20install eight to existing and six new

45:22artist designed boot sculptures

45:24throughout the city. Funding is proposed

45:26to come from a combination of grant

45:27funding, business sponsorships, and

45:29independent fundraising efforts.

45:30Submitted by councelor Roby.

45:32>> Councelor Roby. Thank you, Mr.

45:34President. So, the city council had

45:35received a communication from the

45:37cultural council back in July. Um, I

45:40talked to the cultural council chairman.

45:44I talked to the mayor and um have been

45:47emailing with the legal department. I

45:49felt like before we did anything, the

45:53council really needed to have a

45:54discussion on if we even want these

45:57sculptures because we would be the one

45:59who would probably be involved in any

46:01kind of easements. um potentially

46:03fundraising um and knowing the grant

46:07information. So, I put this order on

46:10there. I would move to refer it to

46:11legislative and legal to have a

46:13discussion, learn more about what they

46:15want, and to see if it's something we

46:17want to endorse.

46:19>> Motion made second, refer this item to

46:21LNL. Any discussion on the motion?

46:25Hearing none. All those in favor?

46:28Opposed? Items going to LNL and the vote

46:30is 100. Agenda item 26.

46:32>> Order number 26-100 9778A proposed

46:36ordinance amendments to the city code

46:37chapter 125 personnel section 5

46:39preparation of classification

46:40descriptions and to chapter 125

46:42personnel section 6 salary schedule

46:44relative to the position of recreation

46:46coordinator. The recommendation of the

46:47finance committee is to approve.

46:49>> Councelor Irish.

46:50>> Thank you Mr. President. Move the

46:51recommendation of committee to approve

46:52the salary schedule and the job

46:54description. Please.

46:55>> Okay. So we'll take them up one at a

46:57time. A motion made and seconded to

46:59approve the job description. Any

47:01discussion on the motion? Seeing none,

47:04all those in favor? Opposed. The job

47:06description is approved and the vote is

47:07100.

47:11On the second on the motion to approve

47:13the salary ordinance. All right. This is

47:15a salary ordinance and needs to go

47:16through the four stages. There any

47:18discussion on the motion?

47:21Seeing none, all those in favor of

47:23suspending the first reading and

47:25approving the second. And all those in

47:26favor, please signify. Opposed. First,

47:28that is approved and the vote is 100.

47:31All those in favor of the passage to be

47:33enrolled. All those in favor? Oppose. It

47:37is enrolled and the vote is 100. All

47:39those in favor of the passage to be I

47:41did it out of order. Ordained.

47:43>> That's okay.

47:43>> Is it? No, I didn't. I got it right.

47:44Ordained. I'm following right. Yeah,

47:47sometimes. All those in favor of the

47:49passage to be ordained. All those in

47:51favor? Opposed? That carries. Is there

47:54any objection to passage in one evening?

48:00Seeing none, the ordinance is approved

48:03and the vote is 100.

48:07Councelor Fill.

48:09>> Thank you, Mr. President. Move to

48:10adjurnn.

48:11>> Motions made and seconded to adjurnn.

48:13All those in favor? Opposed. We are

48:16adjourned at 8:48. Thank you, everyone.