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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - 10/17/2005CITY COUNCIL 17 OCTOBER 2005 The South Burlington City Council held a regular meeting on Monday, 17 October 2005, at 7:30 p.m., in the Conference Room, City Hall, 575 Dorset St. Members Present: J. Condos, Chair; M. Boucher, S. Magowan Also Present: C. Hafter, City Manager; D. Gravelin, Asst. City Manager; D. Kinville, City Clerk; Chief D. Brent, and Firefighters, Fire Department; P. Taylor, Board of Civil Authority; A. Parent, The Other Paper 1. Comments & Questions from the Audience, not related to Agenda Items: No issues were raised. 2. Announcements and City Manager's Report: Mr. Magowan: The formation meeting for the Finance Committee of the Steering Committee will be held on 1 November. Mr. Magowan noted that he keeps hearing from taxpayers that they feel they are being assessed "thousands of dollars" for the stormwater utility. He felt the city needs to address the misinformation that is being circulated. Mr. Condos: Annual MPO meeting, Wednesday, 6 p.m. at Double Tree Hotel. Bill Knight, retiring Executive Director, will be honored. Scott Johnstone is the new Executive Director. Mr. Hafter: Introduced Fire Chief Doug Brent to report on a recent event. Chief Brent: Reported that a week ago, the city welcomed back Firefighters Micah Genzlinger and Trevor Poor from their work in the south following Hurricane Katrina. Micah told members that they had been told FEMA was looking for 2-man professional teams, and when they agreed to serve, they became part time federal employees. They went to Baton Rouge as part of a 240 member task force and were then deployed to New Orleans. They did a lot of surveying, door-to-door contacts with residents, and worked with a Fire Department much like South Burlington's. They worked 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They also triaged patients, helped with food drops, and assisted local firefighters with cleaning up their homes. When Hurricane Rita arrived, they helped with sandbagging. Both Firefighters felt they had gained a lot of experience compressed into 3 weeks. Mr. Hafter noted that FEMA paid the Firefighters' salary while they were in Louisiana. Contracts were amended to allow for redoing of shifts. Mr. Hafter: Thursday night, the city will host an open house at the Emergency Operations Center, 7 p.m. This will be followed by a forum on emergency preparedness. All Department Heads and representatives of the Red Cross will be present. Those attending will get a South Burlington disaster kit check list. The Correctional Facility Liaison Committee will meet, Wednesday, 4 p.m. The CCTA Board will meet on 26 October 5 p.m. 3. Request from Peter Taylor, Chair, BCA, and Donna Kinville, City Clerk, for Appropriation of a maximum of $2000 to purge the voter checklist: Mr. Condos noted that the city has been doing this on an on-going basis, but it is a national problem. Ms. Kinville noted they take the voter checklist very seriously but also don't want to take away a person's right to vote. Since the last presidential election, 2000 names have been purged, but there are still about 5,000 names of people who haven't voted since before the last presidential election. The intent is to be proactive on this and challenge those names. The money in the budget does not cover the scope of what they want to accomplish. Mr. Taylor added that it takes 2 elections of a person not voting before they can be removed from a check list. This required first class notification. Mr. Condos noted that the Vermont Secretary of State has said the "motor voter" option has been a real contributor to the problem. There will be a possibility of doing away with this. Mr. Magowan moved to approve up to $2000 for purging the voter checklist. Mr. Boucher seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 4. Consideration of First Reading of Amendments to Sign Ordinance; schedule public hearing for same, 21 November 2005: Mr. Magowan moved to waive reading of the amendments. Mr. Boucher seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Condos expressed concern with allowing a 40 sq. ft. sign in a residential zone. Mr. Magowan moved to approve the first reading and set a public hearing for 21 November. Mr. Boucher seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 5. Request for Entertainment License: Mr. Hafter presented a request for an entertainment license for the Walk for Diabetes, 29 October, from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. This has been approved by the Recreation Dept. Mr. Magowan moved to approve the entertainment license request for the Walk for Diabetes, as presented. Mr. Boucher seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 6. Review Development Review Board Agenda for Tuesday, 18 October 2005: No issues were raised. 7. Review and Approve Minutes of 4 October 2005: The Minutes of 4 October could not be acted upon as there was not a majority of those present at that meeting. 8. Sign Disbursement Orders: Disbursement Orders were signed. As there was no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 8:05 p.m. Clerk Published by ClerkBase ©2019 by Clerkbase. No Claim to Original Government Works.