Highlights
At a meeting discussing the Highland Ave road and curbing project, four Watertown residents raised issues regarding safety and access, calling for Tony Mancini's resignation and to prioritize road and sidewalk improvements, which the City Council is responding to with Amendment 2 to the fiscal year 2024 budget. In addition, there is also increasing discussions for donations of office furniture, hockey equipment, funding for the annual 2023 haunted joyride, and the appointment of Nancy Hammett and Janet Buck to the stormwater advisory committee. The council is then concluding the meeting discussing the new council analyst Doug Newton and the applications for ARPA Funds that will be reviewed on November 8th and 9th.
- Item 5: Four Watertown residents spoke at a meeting raising safety concerns with the Highland Ave road and curbing project and calling for Tony Mancini's resignation.
- Item 7 - Presidents Report: The City of Watertown is requesting a loan of up to $216,118,750 to fund its high school project, which has been re-budgeted to account for inflation and value engineering.
- Item 8B : The proposed amendment to the fiscal year 2024 budget includes adjustments to revenue and expenditures, funds for certain projects, and potential increases in real estate and property taxes.
- Item 8C: Proakis is proposing to transfer $436,000 from the collective bargaining stabilization fund to fund the firefighter contract for fiscal years 23, 24, and 25.
- Item 9A: The proposed rate change would shift the tax burden from residential to commercial property owners, resulting in an average residential tax bill decrease of 9-10%.
- Item 9B: The City Council has been asked to approve the acceptance of Athena's generous donation of office furniture to the city.
- Item 9C: The council has accepted a $250 donation from Peter Fuller to help fund the 2023 Haunted Joyride event.
- Item 9D: The Boston Bruins Foundation is generously donating hockey equipment valued at $2500 to SIDERIS - 9D.
- Item 9E: The city council reserve account is being transferred to various fire personnel accounts to fund the fire contract.
- Item 9F: The Council must pass a first reading and hold a public hearing to approve the ordinance for a 2.5% cost of living adjustment and 1.5% performance bonus.
- Item 10: The committee discussed climate and energy implementation, presented by Laura Schwab, ranging from year one to year two goals, such as an all-electric fleet and tree protection ordinance.
- Item 11: The Watertown Town Council is confirming the appointment of Nancy Hammett and Janet Buck to the stormwater advisory committee amidst many upcoming events in the town.
- Item 14: The new council analyst, Doug Newton, has joined the team and ARPA funding applications are being reviewed, with a full council review scheduled for November 8th and 9th at 5:30 pm.
- Item 15: Anne Marie Cloonen and Frederick from 1416 Winthrop Street expressed their concerns to the Watertown police department to address traffic, harassment, trash flow, and safety issues.
Watertown City Council
Tuesday October 24, 2023
The order of items in transcripts appear in the chronological order in which they were taken up. Some Agenda items may have been skipped.
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1963.28 SPEAKER11963.28 -1963.28 Can1963.28 I1963.44 get1963.61 a,1963.76 motion1964.24 to1964.64 approve1964.88 the1965.44 gift1965.61 of1965.85 funds?1966.01 1966.57 SPEAKER61966.57 -1966.57 So1966.57 moved.1966.88 1967.37 SPEAKER11967.37 -1967.37 Is1967.37 there1967.44 a1967.61 second?1967.76 2nd.1968.16 Any1968.88 discussion?1969.2 Roll1970.6 call,1970.84 please.1971.08 1976.68 SPEAKER21976.68 -1976.68 Councilor1976.68 Arasian?1977.16 Yes.1977.8 Councilor1978.28 Bays?1978.68 1979.16 SPEAKER41979.16 -1979.16 Yes.1979.16 1979.68 SPEAKER21979.68 -1979.68 Councilor1979.68 Feltner?1980.01 Yes.1980.48 Councilor1980.96 Gannon?1981.37 Yes.1981.92 Councilor1982.33 Gardner?1982.72 1983.21 SPEAKER121983.21 -1983.21 Yes.1983.21 1983.61 SPEAKER21983.61 -1983.61 Councilor1983.61 Izzo?1984.01 1984.48 SPEAKER41984.48 -1984.48 Yes.1984.48 1984.81 SPEAKER21984.81 -1984.81 Councilor1984.81 Palomba?1985.21 Yes.1985.68 Councilor1986.09 Piccherelli?1986.4 Yes.1987.13 President1987.58 Cedars.1987.98 1988.54 SPEAKER11988.54 -1988.54 Yes.1988.54 Thank1988.86 you.1989.02 1990.38 SIDERIS1991.26 -1991.26 9d1991.26 is1991.26 a1991.38 resolution1991.5 authorizing1992.3 the1992.86 acceptance1993.02 of1993.98 a1994.14 gift1994.3 of1994.54 tangible1994.78 personal1995.84 property1996.23 of1996.55 hockey1996.79 equipment1997.19 from1997.99 the1998.23 Boston1998.39 Bruins1998.88 Foundation.1999.28 2001.91 PROAKIS2001.91 -2001.91 Thank2001.91 you,2002.08 Mr.2002.63 President.2003.36 The2003.36 Boston2004.12 Bruins2004.44 Foundation2004.44 is2005.16 donating2005.4 assorted2005.88 hockey2006.36 equipment,2006.6 valued2007.56 at2007.88 $2500,2007.96 often2009.48 seen2009.8 in2010.04 conjunction2010.2 with2010.6 the2010.76 upcoming2011 Richard2011.32 Moxley2011.8 Field2012.2 Court2012.44 dedication2012.77 being2013.24 held2013.48 this2013.64 Wednesday.2013.88 I'll2014.29 share2014.44 a2014.57 bit2014.68 more2014.92 about2015.16 that2015.4 in2016.2 my2016.44 announcements2016.68 later,2018.92 and,2019.8 in2019.8 this2019.96 case,2020.2 a2022.39 bunch2023.03 of2023.27 hockey2023.43 equipment2023.75 to2024.15 be2024.31 used2025.91 and2026.39 kept2026.71 after2026.95 the2027.19 event2027.43 on2027.75 our2027.91 behalf.2028.07 It'll2028.47 be2028.63 utilized2028.79 at2029.27 the2029.43 event,2029.51 and2029.91 it2030.07 belongs2031.18 to2031.59 us2031.74 afterwards.2031.9 So,2032.38 seeking2033.51 the2034.07 council's2034.22 approval2034.7 on2035.18 this2035.27 with2035.51 thanks2035.66 to2035.9 the2035.98 Boston2036.14 Bruins2036.46 Foundation2036.87 for2037.27 this2037.66 donation.2037.9 Thank2038.38 you,2038.63 Mr.2039.03 SHOW NON-ESSENTIAL DIALOGUE
President.2039.7 2039.7 SPEAKER12039.7 -2039.7 Thank2039.7 you.2039.94 Can2040.18 I2040.42 get2040.5 a2040.66 motion2040.74 on2041.62 the2041.86 to2042.18 gift2042.5 of2042.82 tangible2042.98 personal2043.54 property?2043.94 2044.74 SPEAKER62044.74 -2044.74 So2044.74 moved.2044.98 2045.38 SPEAKER12045.38 -2045.38 Is2045.38 there2045.54 a2045.7 second?2045.86 2046.26 SPEAKER42046.26 -2046.26 2nd.2046.26 2047.12 SPEAKER12047.12 -2047.12 Any2047.12 discussion?2048.16 All2049.36 those2049.51 in2049.76 favor?2049.91 Aye.2050.47 Opposed?2051.2 The2052.23 ayes2052.47 have2052.8 it.2052.95 2054.55 SIDERIS2054.8 -2054.8 9e2054.8 is2054.8 a2055.03 resolution2055.11 authorizing2056.35 a2056.91 transfer2057.15 of2057.47 funds2057.71 in2058.27 the2058.43 amount2058.59 of2058.83 $1,157,0002059.07 from2062.19 the2062.35 fiscal2062.51 year2062.83 20242063.31 city2064.97 council2065.28 reserve2065.68 account2066.09 to2066.89 various2067.13 fire2067.68 personnel2068.09 accounts.2068.57 2070.49 PROAKIS2070.49 -2070.49 Thank2070.49 you,2070.64 Mr.2071.13 President.2072.14 As2072.14 noted,2072.38 when2072.94 we2073.18 were2073.34 discussing2073.82 the2075.18 item2075.42 before,2075.9 this,2077.98 takes2078.78 the2079.1 $460,0002080.03 that2080.51 we2080.76 removed2080.99 from2081.55 the2082.84 collective2083.47 bargain2083.88 stabilization2084.28 fund2084.84 in2085.16 addition2085.32 to2085.64 other2085.72 money2085.95 in2086.2 council2086.36 reserve2086.76 that2087.07 is2087.32 set2087.47 forward2087.72 for2088.11 the2088.88 purpose2089.12 of2089.44 settling2090.48 contracts2091.04 in2091.92 the2092.16 amount2092.24 of2092.4 $1,157,000.2095.2 That2095.44 total2095.44 is2095.92 designed2096.32 to2096.88 pay2097.04 for2098.99 fiscal2099.47 year2099.47 232099.78 retro2100.74 as2101.47 well2101.63 as2101.86 fiscal2102.26 year2102.66 242102.99 fire2104.03 department2104.34 salaries2105.46 over2106.1 time,2106.42 holiday2106.74 pay,2107.14 longevity,2107.38 EMT2109.38 pay,2109.86 career2110.26 incentive,2110.74 etcetera,2111.46 for2112.02 the2112.26 purpose2112.34 of2112.74 funding2113.39 the2113.72 fire2114.03 contract,2114.36 and,2116.11 I2116.99 seek2117.64 the2117.95 council's2118.2 support2118.68 so2118.99 we2119.16 can2119.24 be2119.39 fully2119.47 funded2119.72 on2120.03 this.2120.2 Thank2120.36 you,2120.52 Mr.2121.16 SHOW NON-ESSENTIAL DIALOGUE
President.2122.05 2122.05 SPEAKER12122.05 -2122.05 Thank2122.05 you.2122.13 Can2122.37 I2122.45 get2122.69 a2122.85 motion2122.93 on2123.25 the2123.41 transfer?2123.65 So2125.17 moved.2125.41 Is2125.89 there2126.05 a2126.29 second?2126.45 2nd.2127.09 Any2127.81 discussion?2128.13 Roll2129.74 call,2129.98 please.2130.3 2131.34 SPEAKER22131.34 -2131.34 Councilor2131.34 Feltner.2131.74 2132.55 SPEAKER92132.55 -2132.55 Yes.2132.55 2133.03 SPEAKER22133.03 -2133.03 Councilor2133.03 Gannon.2133.34 Yes.2133.82 Councilor2134.22 Gardner.2134.63 Yes.2135.18 Councilor2135.59 Izzo.2135.98 2136.55 SPEAKER42136.55 -2136.55 Yes.2136.55 2137.09 SPEAKER22137.09 -2137.09 Councilor2137.09 Palomba?2137.41 Yes.2137.97 Councilor2138.37 Piccherelli?2138.69 Yes.2139.41 Councilor2139.89 Oration?2140.37 Yes.2140.85 Councilor2141.41 Baez?2141.81 2142.29 SPEAKER42142.29 -2142.29 Yes.2142.29 2142.69 SPEAKER22142.69 -2142.69 President2142.69 Sedaris?2143.09 2143.65 SPEAKER12143.65 -2143.65 Yes.2143.65 Thank2143.81 you.2144.05 2144.86 SIDERIS2144.86 -2144.86 Next2144.86 item2145.09 is2145.41 a2145.57 first2145.66 reading2145.89 of2146.22 a2146.54 proposed2146.7 ordinance2147.09 amending2148.06 the2148.38 city2148.54 manager's2148.93 salary.2149.41 For2150.7 those2150.86 that2151.09 aren't2151.26 aware,2151.49 in2152.24 order2152.4 for2152.56 us2152.64 to2153.04 adjust2153.36 the2153.68 salary2153.92 of2154.32 the2154.48 city2154.64 manager2154.88 and2155.68 other2156 employees2156.48 that2157.04 work2157.2 for2157.36 the2157.52 city2157.68 council,2157.92 we2158.64 have2158.88 to2159.04 do2159.12 it2159.28 by2159.44 ordinance,2159.68 which2160.71 means2160.95 that2161.19 we2161.43 have2161.59 to2161.76 have2161.84 a2162.07 first2162.23 reading2162.47 and2162.95 a2163.11 public2163.28 hearing2163.68 at2164.07 a2164.23 subsequent2164.47 meeting.2164.95 I2165.91 reported2166.16 out2166.64 a2167.76 couple2167.76 of2168.07 meetings2168.23 ago2168.64 on2169.03 the2169.28 manager's2169.51 evaluation,2170.76 which2171.48 was2171.72 well2172.36 above2174.84 expectations,2175 it2175 was2175 excellent.2175.16 So2176.44 the2176.68 proposed2176.84 ordinance2177.4 that2177.88 we'll2178.04 be2178.28 voting2178.44 on2178.76 two2179.42 weeks2179.66 from2179.9 tonight2180.14 would2180.55 be2180.78 2.5%2182.22 cost2182.55 of2182.78 living2182.94 adjustment2183.26 and2184.22 a2184.39 1.5%2185.18 performance2185.59 bonus.2186.07 We2187.51 can2187.66 discuss2187.98 that2188.39 further2188.63 at2189.77 the2189.81 public2189.85 hearing2189.89 two2190.53 weeks2190.77 at2191.17 our2191.41 next2191.57 meeting.2191.81 Thank2192.45 you.2192.69 2194.21 Committee2194.21 reports,2195.41 and2195.65 we2195.65 have2195.81 one2195.97 committee2196.21 report,2196.53 which2196.85 is2197.09 a2197.17 committee2197.25 on2197.65 climate2197.81 and2198.21 energy2198.37 report2199.32 regarding2199.72 its2200.04 meeting2200.28 on2200.6 September2200.84 18th.2201.32 SHOW NON-ESSENTIAL DIALOGUE
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