January 22, 2008 City Council Meeting Minutes

 

                                                                                                          

       City Council Meeting 
January 22, 2008
Minutes
 Beaver Meadow Golf Course Club House
40 Sewalls Falls Road, Concord, NH
 

  1. Mayor Bouley presided and called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
  2. Roll Call.  Councilors Bennett, Black, Blanchard, Bouchard, Mayor Bouley, Councilors Coen, Keach, Lemieux, McClure, Nyhan, Patten, St. Hilaire, Shurtleff, Stetson and Werner were present. 
  3. Mayor Bouley’s City Council Committee appointments.

a.       appointments listed by committee.

b.      appointments listed by councilor.

c.       Listing of deleted committees.  

Action:  Councilor Nyhan moved approval of Mayor Bouley’s City Council committee appointments.  Councilor Shurtleff seconded the motion.  Mayor Bouley encouraged members of City Council to contact him if they had any questions and/or wished to be appointed to additional committees.  Councilor Nyhan’s motion to approve the proposed appointments passed with no dissenting votes. 

Items to be set for February 11, 2008 Public Hearings

  1. Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinance, Title V, Administrative Code, Chapter 30, Boards and Commissions, Section 30-30-15, Airport Advisory Committee. 
  2. Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Title I, General Code; Chapter 4, City-Owned Property; Article 4-5-3, City Forest Advisory Committee. 
  3. Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Title I, General Code; Chapter 5, Public Works, Article 5-7, Solid Waste Removal District. 
  4. Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Title V, Administrative Code; Chapter 30, Boards and Commissions, Section 30-3-17, deleting the Downtown Solid Waster Removal Commission and establishing a Solid Waste Advisory Committee.
  5. Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Title V, Administrative Code; Chapter 30, Boards and Commissions, Article 30-3, Section 30-3-16, Economic Development Advisory Council. 
  6. Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Title V, Administrative Code; Chapter 30, Boards and Commissions, Article 30-3, Section 30-3-18, Golf Course Advisory Committee. 
  7. Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Title V, Administrative Code; Chapter, 30 Boards and Commissions, Article 30-3, Section 30-3-7, City Parking Committee. 
  8. Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Title V, Administrative Code; Chapter 30, Boards and Commissions, Article 30-3, Section 30-3-25, Public Safety Board. 
  9. Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Title V, Administrative Code; Chapter 30, Boards and Commissions, Article 30-3, Section 30-3-14, Public Transportation Advisory Committee. 
  10. Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Title V, Administrative Code; Chapter 30, Boards and Commissions, Article 30-3-1, Transportation Policy Advisory Committee.
  11. Resolution establishing an Energy and Environmental Policy Committee. 
  12. Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 30, Administrative Code; Article 30-3, Boards and Commissions, Utility Appeals Board. (12-13)
    (1-39d; 1-43)  

Action:  Councilor McClure moved to set items 4 through 15 for public hearings to be held on February 11, 2008.  The motion was duly seconded by Councilor Werner and passed with no dissenting votes. 

At 7:10 p.m., there being no further Council business, Councilor Nyhan moved to adjourn the  City Council and begin the City Council Priority Setting Session.

 

City Council Priority Setting Session DRAFT Meeting Minutes
January 22, 2008
 Beaver Meadow Golf Course Club House
40 Sewalls Falls Road, Concord, NH

 

  1. Mayor Bouley presided and called the meeting to order at 7:15 p.m.
  2. Roll Call.  Councilors Bennett, Black, Blanchard, Bouchard, Mayor Bouley, Councilors Coen, Keach, Lemieux, McClure, Nyhan, Patten, St. Hilaire, Shurtleff, Stetson and Werner were present. 

3.      Members of City Council met with City Manager Tom Aspell to discuss and set priorities for 2008-2009. Council members came up with the following list of priorities, in ranking order, as goals to focus on over the next two years. 

 
FY2008-FY2009 Priorities
(Listed in order of priority ranking; final number of votes received also noted)

Responsible Fiscal Management is the guiding principal pertaining to all priorities listed below.

  1. Tax Base Expansion.                                        (10)

·        Downtown/2nd Floor Development

·        Opportunity Corridor

·        Redevelopment Authority

·        Tannery

  1. Neighborhood Traffic                                       (10)

3.   Library                                                             ( 7)

4.   Solid Waste                                                      ( 7)

5.   City Hall Campus Study                                    ( 6)

6.   Langley Parkway North                                    ( 6)

7.   Airport Terminal                                               ( 5)

8.   Master Plan Implementation                              ( 5)

9.   Fire Training Facility                                         ( 4)

 10.   Parks Master Plan Implementation                    ( 4)

 11.   Loudon Road                                                   ( 4)

 

A true copy; I attest:

Thomas J. Aspell, Jr. , City Manager