Committee on Rules, Orders, Appointments, & Ordinances

Councilor David A. Murphy
Councilor Maureen T. Carney
Councilor Ryan R. O’Donnell

 

Meeting Date:  March 9, 2015
Meeting Time:  5:00 pm
City Council Chambers, 212 Main Street
Northampton, Massachusetts

Meeting Agenda

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1.
Announcement of Audio/Video Recording of Meeting
2.
Meeting Called to Order
3.
Members Present/Absent
4.
Public Comment
5.
Approve Minutes of the Previous Meeting
A.
Meeting Minutes of Feb. 18, 2015
Date Referred to Committee
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Documents: roao-min.2-18-2014.pdf
6.
Orders and Ordinances for Review
A.
15.370 Ordinance Pertaining to Car Sharing in Central Business
(Referred from City Council Meeting of February 19, 2015)

Note:  This item is currently under review by the City Solicitor
Documents: 15.370_Car_Sharing.pdf
B.
15.373 Ordinance Pertaining to Campaign Spending Limits
Date Referred to Committee
March 5, 2015
Documents: 15.373_CampaignFinance.pdf
C.
15.375 Ordinance Pertaining to Lost Parking Ticket Fine
Date Referred to Committee
March 5, 2015
Documents: 15.373_CampaignFinance.pdf
D.
14.229 & 14.245 Solid Waste Reduction Ordinances-Plastic Bag & Non-Criminal Penalties / Enforcing Officers
(Referred by City Council on September 18, 2014)

Note:  the Document Plastic_Bag_Ordinance below is a revised version approved by the Comm. on Economic & Community Development, Housing & Land Use on Dec. 17, 2014. 
The Original document is labeled Original_Solid_Waste.
Documents: 14.229_Plastic_Bag_Ordinance.pdf, 14.245_Enforcing_Officers_Penalties.pdf, 14.229_Original_Solid Waste.pdf
7.
Appointments for Committee Approval
A.
15.372 Appointment of Kristina Hodges the the Energy & Sustainability Commission
Referred from City Council on February 19, 2015

Ms. Hodges of 6 Ahwaga Ave., #5, if approved, will serve a term from March, 2015 - June 2018 and will move from associate member to full voting member to replace Bryan Bruce
Documents: 15.372_Kristina_Hodges_Memo_to_Council.pdf, 15.372_Appointment_Kristina_Hodges_Energy_Sustainability.pdf
B.
New Appointment to the Agricultural Commission
15.354 Timothy Smith of 13 River Road:  Mr. Smith, if approved, will fill the unexpired term of Margaret Gifford.  The term of this appointment will expire June, 2017. (Referred from City Council January 15, 2015)
Documents: 15.354_Smith_Agricultural_Appointment.pdf
8.
New Business
A.
The next meeting is scheduled for April 13, 2015 at which time the following will be discussed:
15.378 Appointments to Committees

 Public Shade Tree Commission
-    Marilyn Castriotta, 79 West Street – term March 2015 – June 2016.
-    Todd Ford, 78 Fern Street – term March 2015 – June 2016.
-    Jay Girard, 158 Ryan Road – term March 2015 – June 2017.
-    Lilly Lombard, 39 Munroe Street – term March 2015 – June 2017.
-    Robert Postel, 44 Washington Avenue – term March 2015 – June 2018.
-    Andrew Smith, 10 Myrtle Street – term March 2015 – June 2018
-    Jennifer Werner, 16 Winthrop Street – term March 2015 – June 2018.
 
Northampton Housing Authority
-    Jeffrey Jones, 76 Woods Road – term March 2015 – June 2018 (Reappointment).

Board of Health
-    Donna Salloom  83 Pomeroy Terrace - term March 2015 - June 2018 (Reappointment)
 
 
Date Referred to Committee
March 5, 2015
Documents: 15.378_Donna_Salloom.pdf, 15.378_Andrew_Smith.pdf, 15.378_Jen_Werner.pdf, 15.378_Marilyn_Castriotta.pdf, 15.378_Lilly_Lombard.pdf, 15.378_Robert_Postel.pdf, 15.378_Jay_Girard.pdf, 15.378_Todd_Ford.pdf, 15.378_Jeff_Jones.pdf
9.
Adjourn

Contact:  Pamela L. Powers
Clerk to the City Council
powers@northamptonma.gov
(413) 587-1210