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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - 12/18/1989CITY COUNCIL 18 DECEMBER 1989 The South Burlington City Council held a regular meeting on Monday 18 December 1989, at 7:30 pm, in the Conference Room, City Hall, 575 Dorset Street. Members Present Paul Farrar, Chairman; Michael Flaherty, John Dinklage, James Condos Also Present Charles Hafter, City Manager; Margaret Picard, City Clerk/Treasurer; Bruce O'Neill, Recreation Dept; Albert Audette, Street Department; Ethel Schuele, Amy Spokes, Library Board of Trustees; Steve Crowley, Solid Waste District; Peter Jacob, James Thibault, Betty Merrill, Edward Merrill, Kimberlee Stough, Greg Trombley; Sid Poger, The Other Paper 1. Comments & Questions from the Public (not related to Agenda Items No issues were raised. 2. Read & present Resolutions Honoring: a) Peter Jacob, Planning Commission Mr. Farrar read the Resolution. Mr. Flaherty moved that the Council sign and present the Resolution to Mr. Jacob. Mr. Dinklage seconded. Motion passed unanimously. b) James Thibault, Zoning Board Mr. Farrar read the Resolution. Mr. Dinklage moved that the Council sign and present the Resolution to Mr. Thibault. Mr. Flaherty seconded. Motion passed unanimously. c) Betty Merrill, City Manager's Office Mr. Farrar read the Resolution Mr. Dinklage moved the Council sign and present the Resolution to Mrs. Merrill. Mr. Flaherty seconded. Motion passed unanimously d) Lillian Ferrier, Assessors Office Mr. Farrar read the Resolution. Mr. Condos moved that the Council sign and present the Resolution to Ms. Ferrier. Mr. Flaherty seconded. Motion passed unanimously 3. Capital Equipment Refunding Notes Mr. Dinklage moved to waive reading of the notes. Mr. Flaherty seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Farrar indicated the first note is for $85,000 for the compactor, at 6.9% from the Chittenden Bank. Mr. Flaherty moved the Council sign the note for the compactor. Mr. Condos seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Dinklage moved to waive reading of the second note. Mr. Flaherty seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Farrar indicated this note is for $16,000 for the snowplow, at 6.9% from the Chittenden Bank. Mr. Flaherty moved the Council sign the note for the plow. Mr. Condos seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 4. Consider making appointments to the Library Board of Trustees and the establishment of a Trustee Emeritus position(s) Mrs. Schuele said there are a number of people who cannot serve full time but whose expertise and interest are valuable to the Library. She felt these people deserved an emeritus position. Mr. Dinklage said he supported that concept. Mr. Flaherty moved to request the City Manager and Library Board to create appropriate language to create the position(s) of Trustee Emeritus to the Library Board of Trustees. Mr. Condos seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Mrs. Schuele then recommended that Jean Menard be appointed to the Emeritus position and be given a Resolution of gratitude for her service to the Library. Mr. Dinklage moved that when the by-laws are in place for an Emeritus Trustee Jean Menard to appointed to that position and be given a Resolution of Gratitude for her service. Mr. Flaherty seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Dinklage moved that the Council appoint Lynne Heckman to the Library Board for the longer term, if the expiration dates are different. Mr. Flaherty seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Dinklage moved that Anne Leavitt be appointed to the other opening on the Library Board. Mr. Flaherty seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 5. Set Special Meeting to review Draft of land use plan for Southeast Quadrant Mr. Hafter noted that the Planning Commission has set 1/29/90 for the meeting. Mr. Flaherty moved to set 29 January 1990 for a special meeting to review the draft of the land use plan for the Southeast Quadrant. Mr. Dinklage seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 6. Review and discuss Solid Waste District FY 90-91 Budget Mr. Audette noted a meeting scheduled for this coming Wednesday. Mr. Farrar noted the District seems to be spending a lot of time on communities who are not members. Mr. Audette said the District is hoping these towns will join. Mr. Crowley added that the Burlington Aldermen are voting tonight to put the item on the ballot. Mr. Farrar said he would expect that the inclusion or exclusion of those 2 communities might determine the parameters for the choice of a site and felt that if the District could get past the legal and political situations, they might be able to move ahead. Mr. Dinklage commended the District for the grants it has applied for and received. The question was asked whether in the short term proposal the District would aim for use fee revenues to go back to the Solid Waste District. Mr. Crowley said it might be too early to say but that was their original intent. Mr. Audette said he still believes in that policy. Both Mr. Farrar and Mr. Dinklage questioned whether Chittenden County is getting its money's worth. Mr. Audette said he felt in the long run they are. Mr. Condos felt that if the other communities don't decide to join soon, that recycling plans within the district should be looked at. Mr. Audette agreed. Mr. Farrar asked how recycling projects will be monitored to see that they really work. Mr. Dinklage said he had the feeling there may be more projects underway that can be managed. He said he would like to see what it would take to allow the McNeil plant/to burn trash in addition to wood chips. Mr. Audette agreed but felt that scare tactics were being used against it. Mr. Hafter noted that one incentive for recycling is that if a community has a recycling operation, they won't be required to close the landfills till they reach capacity. 7. Review and discuss additions to the 10 year operating budget Members supported the creation of a Planning/Zoning Technician. Regarding park maintenance, Mr. Dinklage complimented Mr. Audette and Mr. O'Neill for their proposal. Mr. O'Neill felt the key part of the proposal is that the Dept. is being given more resources for park maintenance. Mr. Hafter noted this will now be a separate line in the Street Dept. budget. Mr. Dinklage felt staffing of the Shelburne Rd. Fire Station should be kept to a minimum. He said it wasn't needed 24 hours a day but felt it should be staffed at times when traffic might make it difficult to reach that area. Mr. Hafter felt there has to be an effort to get more volunteers in that area of the city. Mr. Hafter said there are several things driving up the budget. The main one is medical insurance which is going up about 20%. Mr. Dinklage suggested a formal request to VLCT for help with an analysis of medical insurance costs. Mr. Hafter will look into this. 8. Review Planning Agenda 12/19/89 No issues were raised. 9. Minutes of 4 December 1989 Mr. Flaherty moved the Minutes of 4 December be approved as written. Mr. Dinklage seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 10. Sign Disbursement Orders Disbursement orders were signed. 11. Liquor Control Board Mr. Flaherty moved that Council adjourn and reconvene as Liquor Control Board. Mr. Dinklage seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Hafter presented a request for a second class license for D & S Variety, 150 Dorset St. Mr. Flaherty moved to approve the second class license for D & S Variety, 150 Dorset St. Mr. Dinklage seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Executive Session Mr. Dinklage moved the Board adjourn and reconvene as City Council in Executive Session to discuss contract negotiations and appointments to committees and to resume regular session only to make appointments to committees and/or adjourn. Mr. Condos seconded. Motion passed unanimously. The Board convened in regular session. John Dinklage moved the appointment of Maureen Bouchard to the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Mike Flaherty seconded and the motion passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 10:00 pm. Clerk Published by ClerkBase ©2019 by Clerkbase. No Claim to Original Government Works.