COUNCIL
CHAMBER
Convened: 6:02 p.m.
Adjourned: 8:10 p.m.
Present were:
Chairperson
Councillor Michael C. Perotto
Councillor
Joseph M. Petty
Also: Assistant
City Manager Paul LaCava
Police
Chief James M. Gallagher
Deputy
Fire Chief Timothy Gray
Deputy
Police Chief Gary Gemme
Police
Captain John Harrington
Deputy
City Solicitor Michael Traynor
Neighborhood
Services Dennis Hennessy
City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk
Communications
of the City Manager
1.
Relative to
Information Collected under the State’s Sex Offender Registry.
#20B CM January 15, 2002
Recommend Hold
2. Relative
to the Number of Citations Issued in Most Recent Period Relative to Clearing
Snow from Sidewalks.
#20A CM February 12, 2002
Recommend Hold
3.
Relative to the
Number of Vehicles Towed in Last Five Years.
#20A CM February 26, 2002
Recommend Hold
Petitions
4. Kevin
Ksen request Public Safety Committee review problems and delays with towing of
abandoned vehicles.
#15
CC August 21, 2001
Recommend
Hold
5. Kevin
Ksen et al request City Council Public Safety Committee adopt written
guidelines governing police department surveillance of labor unions, community
groups, students and others involved in free speech activities.
#6
CC January 29, 2002
Recommend Hold
Speakers:
1.
David
Coyne, 121 Glendale Street, Worcester
2.
Gary
Dusoe, 224 Belmont Street, Worcester
3.
Larry
Laverdure, 8 Hobson Avenue, Worcester
4.
Dianne
Rocheleau, 45 Hollywood Street, Worcester
5.
Kevin
Ksen, 5 Shawmut Street, Worcester
6.
Ron
Madnick, 12 Pine Tree Drive, Worcester
7.
Dan
Margolis, 20 West Street, Worcester
8.
Sandy
Ellis, 12 County Street, Worcester
9.
Sarah
Walkowiak, 14 Lancaster Street, Worcester
10. Bill
Sweet, 31 Dunbar Street, Worcester
11. Brian
Boynton, 35 Stone Street, Auburn
12.
Scott
Schaeffer-Duffy, 52 Mason Street, Worcester
13.
Susan
Stepp, 45 Claridge Road, Worcester
14.
John
R. Bradford, 8 Ashland Street, Worcester
15.
Steven
Bayer, 46 Browning Pond Circle, Spencer
16.
Joe
O’Brien, 17 Oread Place, Worcester
17.
Mary
Bennett, 46 Browning Pond Circle, Spencer
18.
Gordon
Davis, 416 Lake Avenue, Worcester
19.
Rick
Cipro, President IBPO Local 378
20.
James
Martin, 3 Hacker Court, Worcester
21.
Dana
Mitchell, 21 Oberlin Street, Worcester
Chairman’s Order request the City Solicitor provide the City
Council with a report detailing any situations under which the Police would be
disallowed from photographing people in public spaces.
Chairman’s Order request the Police Chief provide the City
Council with a report concerning photographing protestors in public spaces.
Chairman’s Order request the Administration recommend a
policy concerning surveillance and photographing the public at-large by the
police department.
Chairman’s order request the City Solicitor provide the City
Council with a comment on ordinances in place in Seattle, Denver and San
Francisco concerning photographing protestors in public spaces.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Communications
of the City Manager
6. Relative to the Webster Square Fire
Station.
#7N CM August 21, 2001
Recommend File
Chairman’s Order
request the Fire Chief provide the City Council with a
punch list of items
remaining to be completed at the new Webster Street Fire
Station and the timing
for the installation of the previously funded traffic
signal at the entrance
to the station.
7. Relative to a report regarding the
status of the Webster Square Fire Station.
#7F CM February 26, 2002
Recommend File
8. Report of the Committee on Commerce &
Development upon the petition of Thomas W. Wharton request the City Council
prepare a series of recommendations to the City Manager and his administration
to develop a Telecommunications Master Plan within 120 days.
#51 CC September 18, 2001
In Committee for informational purposes only.
Recommend Hold
Communications of the City Manager
9. Relative to U.S. Department of Justice
FY01 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Funding Recommendations.
#18B CM February 12, 2002
Speakers:
1.
Nathan
Peterson, Whitins Road, Sutton
2.
Janet
Warren, American Red Cross, Worcester
3.
Teri
Charpentier, 196 West Main Street, Millbury
4.
William
Breault, 4 Hathaway Street, Worcester
5.
Kevin
Ksen, 5 Shawmut Street, Worcester
6.
Rick
Cipro, IBPO President, Local 378
7.
Timothy
Gray, Deputy Fire Chief, Worcester Fire Dept.
8.
Mary
Keefe, 10 Oxford Street, Worcester
9.
John
Bradford, 8 Ashland Street, Worcester
Chairman’s Order Request the Administration prioritize the
recommendations provided to City Council February 12, 2002 for the use of Round
VI of the FY 01 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant.
Chairman’s Order Request the Administration set forth for
the City Council the procedures that are adhered to for submission to the U. S.
Department of Justice concerning the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant.
Chairman’s order Request the Administration provide the City
Council with a recommendation to allocate $25,000.00 for Worcester Police
Department radios and for the Main South Alert Center.
10. Relative to the Executive Office of
Neighborhood Services’ (EONS) assistance to city-wide Neighborhood Crime Watch
Groups and Neighborhood Associations.
#18H CM February 12, 2002
11. Regarding recommendations relative to the
eligibility of CDBG funds for the boarding up and demolition programs.
#18A CM November 13, 2001
In Committee February 11, 2002 – Held