City Council Meeting Notice and Agenda for Monday, November 20th 2023

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November 9, 2023 in Agenda Notices, City Council Notices

MEETING NOTICE

 The regular monthly meeting of the Ellsworth City Council will be held on Monday, November 20, 2023 at 6:00 PM in the Ellsworth City Hall Council Chambers 

Meetings will be broadcast live on:

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Channel 7

Agenda

  1. Call to Order.
  2. Pledge of Allegiance.
  3. Rules of Order.
  4. Adoption of minutes from the following meeting (s) of the Ellsworth City Council:
  • October 16, 2023 Regular Council Meeting.
  1. City Manager’s Report.
  2. Committee Reports.
  • Appointment of Councilors to various City Committees by the Chairman of the City Council.
  • Appointment of Matthew Welch to the Appeals Board, acceptance of Mike Wight’s resignation.
  • Appointment of Jeff Gordon as an Alternate to the Harbor Commission
  • Approval of a Community Development Advisory Committee to help with the CDBG project
  1. Citizens’ Comments.
  2. Presentation of Awards.
  • Small Business Day Proclamation – November 25, 2023.
  • Special Presentation by the City Clerk
  • Presentation of the Downtown Project of the Year Award received in collaboration with the Heart of Ellsworth- Sponsored by Beal.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

  1. Discussion and potential action to enforce Chapter 56 via a consent agreement with Maine Organics
  2. Review of the FY 2022 Audit with RHR Smith

CONSENT AGENDA

CONSENT AGENDA:  All items with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion.  There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council member so requests, in which event, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the Agenda.

 NEW BUSINESS

11.  Public hearing and action on the following business licenses:

  • Stephen Curtin, DBA Steamy Buddha Café, 50 Church Street for a renewal State liquor license Class I, II, III and IV and upgrade to City Class C license from Victualer.
  • Ryan Lounder, DBA Strike N Slice, 25 Eastward Lane Suite 6, for a renewal City Class C license and State liquor license Class I, II, III, and IV
  • T.C. LLC, DBA Dyon’s, 35 Eastward Lane, for a renewal of State liquor Tennis Club class III and IV.

 

  1. Public Hearing and action on Council Order #112000 Request of the City Planner to approve amendments to Chapter 56.
  2. Discussion and action on Council Order #112001 Request of the Highway Foreman to award a bid for the Red Bridge Road culvert replacement.
  3. Discussion and Potential Action on Council Order #112002 to accept $32,000 from the Community Resilience Partnership grant program.  There is no required matching funds associated with this grant award and the scope of the grant is to fund an evaluation of Ellsworth’s pedestrian and bicycle transportation resources within the downtown area.
  4. Discussion and Potential Action on Council Order #112003 on applying for the MaineDOT’s Village Partnership Initiative Planning Phase for a planning study evaluating bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure and streetscape design in the City’s downtown area, with a 50% local match allocated from the Community Resilience Partnership grant, funding up to $10,000 from the FY24 Local Roads fund, and funding up to $15,000 from FY24 TIF funds.
  5. Discussion and action on Council Order #112004 to take over the care and maintenance of Juniper Ridge Cemetery at the request of the heirs of former association members.
  6. Discussion and action to approve the Arbor Commission applying for a Project Canopy Grant- Sponsored by Hanson
  7. Scheduling of workshops for the homelessness in Ellsworth and watershed/natural resources- Sponsored by Stein
  8. Councilor Comments.
  9.  Adjournment.

2023-11-20 Meeting Packet