Special Night - Wednesday - Special Night

City of Belfast
Regular Council Meeting No. 9
Council Chambers - Belfast City Hall
November 7, 2007
7:00 p.m. 

1) Call to order:                       

2) Roll call:  Mayor Michael Hurley; Councilors Larry Theye, Roger Lee, Catherine Heberer, Robert Gordon, and James Roberts, Sr., City Manager Joseph Slocum and City Clerk Roberta Fogg. 

3) Pledge of Allegiance 

4) Adoption of the agenda 

5) Communications 

6) Acceptance of the minutes
September 4^th, September 11^th, October 2^nd, October 5^th, 2007, October 16^th, October 22^nd and October 29^th, 2007.                                                 

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

11) Business
A) Consent Agenda - Support Material
            1) Approve the request by the Downtown Business Group to place four 2’x4’ signs at the following locations; Route 1 and Northport Ave., Route 1 on the east side of the Veterans Bridge, Route 3 at the Curling Club and on Route 137 by the Marsh Road; the signs would advertise shopping in the downtown.  The signs would be up from November 20^th to December 25^th.    

            2) Confirm the City Manager’s appointment of Joseph Davis and Kevin Littlefield as Firefighters for the Belfast Fire Department as recommended by Chief James Richards. 

            3) Confirm the City Manager’s appointment of Wesley Von Kres as an Ambulance Attendant for the Belfast Ambulance Service as recommended by Chief James Richards.           

Manager's Report - Support Material

B) Discussion and action on a request by the Public Works Director to waive the bid process and purchase a snow blower attachment for the trackless sidewalk machine. 

C) Discussion of an agreement with Verizon and Central Maine Power Company regarding future permission to attach items to their poles. 

D) Discussion of follow-up topics from the Belfast Leadership and Action Summit. 

E) Discussion and action of a financial plan, which includes a method to re-coop the related costs, in order to meet State requirements to bury electrical conduit at the existing airport hangars. 

F) Council consideration of revised first reading language (revised from October 29^th Council meeting) for amendments to City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 102, Zoning, Article IX, Performance Standards, Division 3, Nonresidential Development Standards – Route 3 Commercial.         Memo from City Planner Marshall                First Reading Language - Rte 3 Performance Standards

G) Signing of Council Orders and house keeping items
            1) Acknowledge the return of votes cast for the November 6, 2007 election.       

Nov. 6th, 2007 Election Results
Municipal Candidate Ballot
State of Maine Referendum Ballot 

2) Create a budget line item for Footbridge Maintenance from the Capital Projects Account.            

3) Council order to expend $27,500.00 for the Shepard Road culvert. 

4) Approve the Assessor’s abatement request in the amount of $121.59 against Gateway Technologies, Inc. for the 2006 Tax Year, because of an assessing error.           

5) Miscellaneous council orders.    

12) Communications 

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

14) Adjourn