CITY
COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
6:00 P.M.
I. Call to Order. (Mayor Jerry Goss)
II. Roll Call. (City Clerk)
III. Pledge of Allegiance
to the Flag of the United States of America. (Mayor Goss)
A. Minutes of April 3, 2012 Regular Meeting. (Councilor Verow)
B. Awards, Petitions and
Public Comments.
1. (2012-B018) RESOLVE, Keith A. Bradford for 30 Years of Service to the
City of
Brewer. (Mayor Goss, Councilors
O’Connell, Ferris, Verow and Doughty)
2. Monthly Update on
Bicentennial Activities- Gibran Graham
3. Public Comments.
IV. Recess for Public
Hearing.
1. Application for Lisa Welch d/b/a Timeout Restaurant, 30 Clisham Road for State of Maine
Restaurant Class I, II, III,
IV (malt, spirituous
and vinous) Liquor License.
2. Applications for City
Amusement Licenses.
V. Adjourn Public Hearing
and Continue with Regular Meeting.
C. Consent Calendar.
1. (2012-A073) ORDER, Issue
Amusement License to Cap’s Tavern, 494 So.
Main Street. (Councilor
Doughty)
2. (2012-A074) ORDER, Issue
Amusement License to Fraternal Order of Eagles
#3177, 22 Atlantic Avenue.
(Councilor Ferris)
3. (2012-A075) ORDER, Issue
Amusement License to Brewster’s Fine Food
& Drink, 359 Wilson
Street. (Councilor O’Connell)
4. (2012-A076) ORDER, Issue
Amusement License to Jeff’s Catering,
15 Littlefield Way.
(Councilor Verow)
5. (2012-A077) ORDER, Issue
Amusement License to City Side Restaurant/Jesters
Food &
Spirit, 393 No. Main Street.
(Councilor Doughty)
6. (2012-A078) ORDER, Issue
Amusement License to Between Friends Inc.
d/b/a Between Friends/Generations Theatre, 39 Center
Street. (Councilor Ferris)
7. (2012-A079) ORDER, Issue
Amusement License to Beef ‘O’ Brady’s,
688 Wilson Street. (Councilor
Doughty)
8. (2012-A080) ORDER, Issue
Amusement License to The Timeout Entertainment
Center, 30 Clisham Road.
(Councilor O’Connell)
9. (2012-A081) ORDER, Issue
Amusement License to Charlie’s at Bangor Brewer
Bowling
Lanes, 534 Wilson Street.
(Councilor Ferris)
10. (2012-A082) ORDER, Issue
Amusement License to Schooners, 5 So.
Main Street. (Councilor
Doughty)
11. (2012-A083) ORDER,
Authorize a Land Swap Between Linda Gallagher of
Brewer
and the City of Brewer to Facilitate the Green Point
Road/Elm Street Reconstruction
Project. (Councilor
Verow)
12. (2012-A084) ORDER, Accept
Donation to the Brewer Parks and Recreation
Department
for Special Events. (Councilor
O’Connell)
13. (2012-A085) ORDER,
Authorize the Purchase of New GPS Equipment.
(Councilor Ferris)
14. (2012-A086) ORDER,
Authorize the City Manager, or His Designee, to Sign
a Municipal/State Agreement with the MDOT For Work on Six Intersections.
(Councilor Doughty)
15. (2012-A087) ORDER,
Authorize Hiring Sewall Company to Locate Stormwater
Infrastructure. (Councilor Ferris)
16. (2012-A088) ORDER,
Authorize Change Order to T Buck for $132,964.32 to
Cover Additional Costs
Resulting From Unanticipated Subsurface Conditions on the
Bulkhead
Replacement Project. (Councilor
Verow)
17. (2012-A089) ORDER, Schedule
Special City Council Meeting on May 29, 2012.
(Councilor O’Connell)
18. (2012-A090) ORDER, Award
Contract for 2012 Street Line Painting Contract.
(Councilor Doughty)
19. (2012-A091) ORDER,
Authorize the Purchase of an Additional Strip of Property
Along Green Point Road from
Hughes Bros. Inc. for the Green Point Road Reconstruction
Project and Authorize its
Acceptance as a City Street. (Councilor Ferris)
20. (2012-A092) ORDER,
Authorize the Placement of Oak Hill Cemetery and North Brewer
Cemetery on
the Brewer Register of Historic Places. (Councilor Verow)
21. (2012-A093) ORDER, Accept
Deeds from the City of Brewer High School District Trustees
to the City of Brewer for the Former Capri Street School Property and a Portion Of the Former
State Street and Middle
School Properties that are no Longer Necessary for
Educational Purposes.
(Councilor Doughty)
22. (2012-A094) ORDER,
Authorize a Loan to Mackess, LLC for Sprinkler
Improvements at
5 South Main Street, Brewer, Maine to be Paid Back with Tax Increment
Financing Payment
for the 2013 Tax Year. (Councilor Verow)
23. (2012-A095) ORDER,
Authorize Purchase of Rock Salt. (Councilor O’Connell)
24. (2012-A096) ORDER,
Authorize Funding of Abatement Expense. (Councilor Verow)
25. (2012-A097) ORDER, Accept
Insurance Dividend from Maine Municipal Association.
(Councilor Doughty)
26. (2012-A098) ORDER,
Authorize Supplemental Funding to Support the FY2012 Budget.
(Councilor Ferris)
27. (2012-A099) ORDER,
Declare Property Surplus and Authorize Its Sale to Asperino
T. Dimarco.
(Councilor Verow)
28. (2012-B019) RESOLVE, Amend the Schedule of City Council Regular
Meetings to
Change the July Regular
Meeting Date. (Councilor O’Connell)
29. (2012-B020) RESOLVE, Approve Liquor License Application of Lisa Welch d/b/a
The Timeout Restaurant, 30 Clisham Road. (Councilor Doughty)
30. (2012-B021) RESOLVE, Ratify Authorization of Housing Authority of
the City
of Brewer. (Councilor Verow)
D. Monthly Reports. (Councilor Verow)
E. Nominations,
Appointments, Elections.
1. (2012-B022) RESOLVE, Accept Resignation of Nathalie
Perry as Health
Officer of
the City of Brewer. (Councilor
Doughty)
2.
(2012-A100) ORDER, Appoint Benjamin Breadmore as Health Officer of the City
of
Brewer and Stewart Brooks as Alternate Health Officer of the City of Brewer.
(Councilor
Verow)
3. (2012-A101) ORDER,
Reappoint Members to the Board of Commissioners of the Housing
Authority
of the City of Brewer. (Councilor
O’Connell)
4.
(2012-B023) RESOLVE, Confirm the City Manager’s Appointment of Dan Wellington
as
an
Assistant Code Enforcement Officer, Assistant Plumbing Inspector, Assistant
Electrical Inspector and Assistant Building Inspector for the City of
Brewer.
(Councilor Doughty)
F. Unfinished Business.
1. (2012-C005) Amend Chapter
1, Entitled “The City Council”, Article 5, City Boards,
Committees and Commissions,
Section 502.6 of the Charter Codes and
Ordinances
of the City of Brewer. (Councilor Ferris)(posted 04/04/12)
G. New Business.
1. (2012-C006) Amend Chapter
5, Entitled “Assessor”, Article 2, The Board of
Assessment
Review, Section 208-A, Item
D, Role of the City Clerk, of the Charter, Codes and Ordinances
of the City of Brewer. (Councilor Verow)
2. (2012-C007) Amend Chapter
14, Entitled “City Cemeteries”, Section 103.2. Clerk
and Section 105 Superintendent of the Charter, Codes and
Ordinances of the City of Brewer.
(Councilor Doughty)
3. (2012-A102) ORDER, Convene
in Executive Session Pursuant to Title 1, M.R.S.A.
§405(6)(A)
on a Personnel Matter. (Councilor Ferris)
H. New Items with Leave of Council.
I. ADJOURN.
Agenda as of Friday, April 27, 2012, 11:30 a.m. Items may be added prior to the meeting under suspension of the rules.
CITY OF BREWER, MAINE
IN CITY COUNCIL ASSEMBLED
2012-B021 May
1, 2012
TITLE: RESOLVE, RATIFY AUTHORIZATION OF HOUSING AUTHORITY
OF THE CITY OF BREWER.
filed April 25, 2012 by
Arthur Verow
EMERGENCY
PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, resolves adopted by
the Brewer City Council do not become effective until five days after approval
unless such resolves contain emergency preambles; and
WHEREAS, it is imperative
that the Housing Authority of the City of Brewer be authorized to transact
business and exercise its powers immediately upon adoption of this resolve; and
WHEREAS, these facts create
an emergency within the meaning of the Charter, Code and Ordinances of the City
of Brewer and require that the following resolve become effective immediately
upon its approval to protect the public health, common welfare and safety of
the citizens of Brewer; and
WHEREAS, the State of Maine, by provision in Maine
Revised Statutes Annotated, under Title 30-A Section 4721, there is created in
the City of Brewer a public body corporate and politic known as the “Housing
Authority of the City of Brewer;” and
WHEREAS, said Authority is not authorized to transact any
business or exercise its powers until or unless the Brewer City Council
declares by resolution that there is a need for an authority to function in the
City of Brewer; and
WHEREAS, on January 10, 1972, pursuant to the predecessor
of Title 30-A Section 4721 the Brewer City Council duly adopted a resolution
stating a need for an authority to function in the City of Brewer, thereby
authorizing the Housing Authority of the City of Brewer to transact business
and exercise its powers; and
WHEREAS, the Brewer City Council wishes to ratify the
actions of that original resolution and ensure that the Housing Authority of
the City of Brewer is authorized to transact business and exercise its powers
under the provision of the Revised Statutes Annotated above referred to, and to
reaffirm that it has authorization to take all actions, including the borrowing
of funds, permitted to Housing Authorities under the above-referenced statute;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Brewer City
Council, that there is a need for an Authority to function in Brewer and for
such Housing Authority to exercise the powers granted by the State of Maine in
its Revised Statutes Annotated, above referred to, as they are now or as they
may be amended from time to time, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Council finds that
there are insanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations or blighted
areas existing in the City of Brewer, and that further, there is a shortage of
safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in the City of Brewer available to
persons of low income at rentals or prices that they can afford.
CITY OF BREWER, MAINE
IN CITY COUNCIL ASSEMBLED
2012-A100 May
1, 2012
TITLE: ORDER, REAPPOINT MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS OF THE
HOUSING AUTHORITY
OF
THE CITY OF BREWER.
filed April 25, 2012
by Kevin O’Connell
EMERGENCY
PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, orders passed by
the Brewer City Council do not become effective until five days after approval
unless such orders contain emergency preambles; and
WHEREAS, it is imperative
that that members are sworn to office immediately to avoid delay in accepting
funds for a project; and
WHEREAS, these facts create
an emergency within the meaning of the Charter, Code and Ordinances of the City
of Brewer and require that the following order become effective immediately
upon its approval to protect the public health, common welfare and safety of
the citizens of Brewer;
ORDERED, that Alan Wilcox, Albert Gibson, Helen Bean,
Robert Zani, Constance Robichaud,
Allen Campbell and Frank Gallant are herewith reappointed to the Board of
Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the City of Brewer; and
FURTHER ORDERED, that each
member’s term shall begin immediately upon passage of this order and expire as
follows:
Alan Wilcox expires
March 31, 2013
Albert Gibson expires
March 31, 2014
Helen Bean expires
March 31, 2014
Robert Zani expires
March 31, 2015
Constance Robichaud expires
March 31, 2016
Allen Campbell expires
March 31, 2016
Fran Gallant expires
March 31, 2017