League of Women Voters® of Newton

Docket Digest

A weekly summary of Board of Aldermen agendas and actions highlighting items of interest to the LWVN. Archive of previous weeks here.

Board and Committee Meeting Schedule

Extracted from full calendar. Links to full calendar and docket packet here.

Key to color coding: CPC, Planning, Environmental, CAG, Charter, Housing.

May 2010

Monday

17

7:45 pm

Board of Aldermen

Committee of the Whole--Budget Deliberations

Chamber

Tuesday

18

7:45

pm

 Land Use Committee Hearings (details in planning's Friday Report)

Chamber

Wednesday

19

7:00 pm

Budget-Committee of the Whole, Deliberations & Vote

Chamber

Thursday

20		 7:00 pm

Budget - Committee of the Whole (if needed)

 Chamber
 

Reports Docket:

Includes:

#242-03(6) ALD. ALBRIGHT requesting to amend Section 3-30 (as established by Ordinance Z-11) to create an off-leash dog areas ordinance. [04/26/10 @ 8:47 AM]
A. EXTEND ORDINANCE TO 9/30/10 APPROVED 6-1-0 (Sangiolo opposed; Merrill not voting)
B. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS HELD 7-0

#128-10 COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS requesting Board of Aldermen approval to remove the traffic island at the intersection of Beacon Street and Herrick Road. [04-27-10 @ 1:59 PM]
APPROVED 8-0

#83-10 THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE recommending that the sum of sixty three thousand, eight hundred forty five dollars ($63,845) be appropriated from the FY10 Community Preservation Fund’s historic resources and general reserves to be expended by the Public Buildings Department to complete the design of storage and accessibility improvements for the archives at the Jackson Homestead. [03/09/10 @ 4:20 PM]
COMMITTEE ON COMM. PRESERVATION APPROVED 7-0 ON 5/3/10
FINANCE APPROVED 6-0-1 (Salvucci abstaining) on 5/10/10
APPROVED 6-0-2 (Gentile and Salvucci abstaining)

#147-08 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE recommending that the sum of $359,400, including $2,000 for legal costs, be appropriated from the FY’08 Community Preservation Fund’s historic resources and general reserves, for a project to rehabilitate and expand storage space for the research library and archives at the Newton History Museum, to preserve the existing collections, and enhance public access to the collections. [04- 01-08 @ 4:10 PM]
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION APPROVED 6-0 on 4-29-08
(A) DESIGN FUNDS ESTIMATE $37,500.00 – BOA APPROVED ON 07/21/08
(B) BALANCE OF PROJECT ESTIMATE $321,900.00 – HELD FINANCE HELD 6-0 (Freedman not voting) on 5/10/10
PART B VOTED NO ACTION NECESSARY 8-0

#113-10 THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE recommending that $5,200 be appropriated from the FY10 Community Preservation Fund’s historic resources and general reserves and expended under the spending authority of the City Clerk, to preserve and restore the original
frame and 19th century portrait of James F. C. Hyde, Newton’s first mayor. [03/22/10 @ 4:58 PM]
COMMITTEE ON COMM. PRESERVATION APPROVED 7-0 ON 5/3/10
APPROVED 6-0 (Freedman not voting)

#121-10(2) HIS HONOR THE MAYOR submitting recommended FY2011 Water and Sewer Rates for implementation on July 1, 2010.

PUBLIC HEARING OPENED AND CLOSED
PROPOSED RATES:
WATER SEWER
0-20 $5.14 $7.28
21-70 $6.17 $8.74
>70 $7.40 $10.49
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE APPROVED 21 YEAS, 1 NAY (Fuller), 2 ABSENT (Salvucci & Sangiolo)

Docket:

Includes: Floor-area-ratio articles,

#141-10 INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT requesting revision of Section 22-22 Floodplain/watershed protection provisions of the City of Newton Ordinances in order to comply with updated FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) requirements.

#148-10 HIS HONOR THE MAYOR requesting a transfer of $8,000 from the Health Insurance line item to the Banking Services line item in the Treasury Department’s budget to cover fee increases in such services and fees associated with one month of collection/counting of parking meter coins.

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