City of Belfast
Regular Council Meeting No. 6
Council Chambers - Belfast City Hall
 September 19, 2006
7:00 p.m. 

1) Call to order: 

2) Roll call:  Mayor Michael Hurley; Councilors Denis Howard, II, Rachel Brewster, Catherine Heberer, Robert Gordon, and James Roberts, Sr., City Manager Terrence St. Peter and City Clerk Roberta Fogg. 

3) Pledge of Allegiance 

4) Adoption of the agenda 

5) Communications 

6) Acceptance of the minutes
            September 5, 2006                                 

7) Open to the public
Please state your name and town you are from when addressing the City Council. 

8) Old Business           

9) Council Committee Reports 

10) Permits, Petitions and Licenses - Consent Agenda - Support Material
A) Request to approve the Belfast Area High School Student Senate parade permit for October 5, 2006, Homecoming Parade, from 2pm to 3pm. 

B) Request to approve the Alzheimer’s Association request to hold the Midcoast/Belfast Memory Walk on October 7, 2006, beginning at 9am.   

C) Request to approve the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine request to hold their “Walk for Wishes” on Thursday, September 21, 2006, beginning at 6pm. 

11) Business
A) Consent Agenda - Support Material
            1) Confirm the City Manager’s appointment of Jacob Gurney as a Reserve Police Officer as recommended by Chief Jeff Trafton. 

            2) Confirm the City Manager’s appointment of Victoria DePersiis Vona as part-time Library Assistant as recommended by Steve Norman, Library Director, Range 4, Step 1, beginning September 25, 2006. 

Manager's Report - Support Material
B) Discussion and action of the request by Belfast Maskers to use Steamboat Landing Park, from July 23^rd to August 5^th, 2007, for a production of a large musical. 

C) Discussion and action on Police Cruiser bid award. (tabled 9/5) 

D) Discussion and action on Cemetery Department mower bid opening. 

E) Discussion and action on proposed revision of the Swan Lake Avenue sewer “recapture” fees. (tabled 9/5) 

F) Discussion and action on Airport Committee recommendation regarding leasing of property F. 

G) Discussion and action on seeking a committee to review MSAD #34 budget using benchmarks. 

H) Presentation of existing municipal debt service. 

I) Discussion of an energy audit. (Mayor Hurley) 

J) Signing of Council Orders and house keeping items. 

12) Communications 

13) Open to the Public
Please state your name and town you are from when addressing the City Council. 

K) Executive session in accordance with Title 1, Section 405, Subsection 6E, to discuss a legal matter regarding Range Ways.   

14) Adjourn