City Council - Regular Meeting

New Appointment: Fitchburg Planning Board

(Term to expire on February 17, 2029) Erik Salmi

New Appointments: Fitchburg Conservation Commission

Abigail Wolf (Term to expire on January 1, 2027) Sabrina La Fave-Saletnik (Term to expire on March 3, 2029)

New Appointment letter

Ernest Martineau, as an Associate Member of the Fitchburg Planning Board, for a term to expire on March 17, 2028.

New Appointment letter

Brian Lipomi, as a Member of the Fitchburg Redevelopment Authority, for a term to expire on March 17, 2031.

New Appointment letter

Kerry C. Siomos, Jr., as a Member of the Fitchburg Redevelopment Authority, for a term to expire on March 17, 2031.

Re-Appointment letter

Richard Liberatore, as a Member of the Fitchburg Airport Commission, for a term to expire on July 1, 2028.

Re-Appointment letter

Elizabeth 'Liz' Murphy, as the Executive Director of Community Development and Planning, for a term to expire on December 12, 2028.

ORDER THAT: there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of FORTY-SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($46,100) same to be charged against RESERVE FOR OTHER MUNICIPAL PURPOSES - Expenses and credited to the following departmental accounts

PUBLIC WORKS - Labor $12,027, PUBLIC WORKS - Overtime $2,117, PUBLIC WORKS - Stipends $22,000, CEMETERY - Labor $2,380, CEMETERY – Overtime $445, CEMETERY – Stipends $4,000, PARKS – Stipends $3,000, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS - Other $131 (Be Adopted)

ORDER THAT: there be and hereby is transferred the sum of NINETEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($19,900) from within DPW Water Division PERSONAL SERVICES to the following accounts

LABOR $4,113, OVERTIME $751, BUYBACKS $36, STIPENDS $15,000 (Be Adopted)

ORDER THAT: there be and hereby is transferred the sum of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000) from within DPW Wastewater Division PERSONAL SERVICES to the following account

STIPENDS $5,000 (Be Adopted)

ORDER THAT: the City of Fitchburg hereby approves the expenditure of Massachusetts Vest-A-Dog, Inc. grant funds in the amount of TEN THOUSAND EIGHTY-SIX DOLLARS ($10,086) for the purchase of a cruiser insert and Ace K-9 system

(Be Adopted)

ORDER THAT: the City of Fitchburg hereby transfers the total sum of ONE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($191,000) from within the following Police Department accounts

From: POLICE PERSONAL SERVICES – Patrolmen $131,000, POLICE PERSONAL SERVICES – Professional Standards $28,000, POLICE PERSONAL SERVICES – Sergeants $20,000, POLICE PERSONAL SERVICES – Sick Time $12,000 To: POLICE PERSONAL SERVICES – Overtime $125,000, POLICE PERSONAL SERVICES – Clerical $35,000, POLICE EQUIPMENT & REPAIR – Contracted Services $20,000, POLICE EQUIPMENT & REPAIR–Recruit Academy Training $11,000 (Be Adopted)

ORDER THAT: the City of Fitchburg hereby approves the expenditure of grant funds from the Massachusetts Office of Disability in the approximate amount of SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($67,000) to fund the design of an ADA Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan

(Be Adopted)

ORDER THAT: the City of Fitchburg hereby approves the expenditure, by the Board of Health, of grant funds in the amount of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000) from the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts to support an overnight Winter Warming Center

(Suspension of Rules)

ORDER THAT: there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of ONE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND NINETY-NINE AND 20/100 DOLLARS ($195,099.20) from RESERVE FOR APPROPRIATION - PEG ACCESS Expenses to RESERVE FOR APPROPRIATION - PEG ACCESS Cable Franchise Fee for the purpose of remitting to FATV the fourth quarter 2025 franchise fee, and its share of annual capital grant proceeds

(Suspension of rules)

ORDER THAT: the City of Fitchburg approve the expenditure of grant funds from the Federal Aviation Administration in the approximate amount of ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT AND 03/100 DOLLARS ($119,768.03) for the purpose of improvements and deferred maintenance at the Fitchburg Municipal Airport

(Ref. Resolution 042-26)

ORDER THAT: there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($750,000) from Wastewater Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings, crediting Wastewater Enterprise Fund Expenses – Architectural & Engineering

ORDER THAT: the City of Fitchburg hereby appropriates the sum of ELEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTEEN AND 73/100 DOLLARS ($11,416.73) from Available Funds to cover the Fiscal Year 2025 Snow & Ice deficit

ORDER THAT: the City of Fitchburg hereby appropriates from Available Funds the sum of THREE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($318,000) to DPW CAPITAL – Equipment

ORDER THAT: the City of Fitchburg hereby appropriates from Available Funds the sum of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000) to COUNCIL ON AGING EXPENSES – Capital Improvements

ORDER THAT: the City of Fitchburg hereby approves the expenditure of MassDevelopment grant funds in the approximate amount of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000) to support the design of water, sewer, and storm drain upgrades, and a hotel study for the Airport land now designated as non-aviation

ORDER THAT: That the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into a Grant of Easement for the property located at the northeasterly side of Prentiss Hill Road and the southeasterly side of New Westminster Road owned by the City of Fitchburg described in a deed recorded at the Worcester South Registry of Deeds in Book 3595 Page 38 to Massachusetts Electric Company for the purpose of installing and maintaining an overhead and underground system as part of the City of Fitchburg pump station project located thereon all in accordance with the terms of the easement, and to execute any and all documents necessary to effectuate same

(Suspension of Rules)

AN ORDINANCE: by the City Council of the City of Fitchburg that the Code of the City of Fitchburg, Chapter 3, Article I § 3-5 titled Temporary Appointments is hereby amended as outlined in the enclosed Ordinance

(Ref. Petition 014-26) (Legislative Affairs)

RESOLUTION THAT: If the Site or any portion thereof is sold, conveyed, gifted, demised, ground leased, or otherwise transferred, or refinanced, and as a result of said transaction, the Recipient receives funds that exceed the aggregate amount necessary for repayment of existing monetary liens, mortgage loans, and other debt on the Project and all of the costs incurred by them in the acquisition, development, ownership, and sale of the Site or of the portion of the Site transferred (the “Net Proceeds”), then Recipient shall reimburse MassDevelopment the full amount of the Net Proceeds up to the amount of the Recoverable Grant that has been disbursed and has not already been repaid to MassDevelopment (the “Disbursed Funds”)

(Ref. Order 034-26)