City Council - 1.21.2025

City Council Meeting - 1.21.2025

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Chapters

Meeting Open (00:00:00)
Meeting Open
Public Forum (00:01:26)
Public Forum
Announcements (00:01:50)
Announcements
Report of the Committee on Records - Through January 7, 2025 (00:07:42)
Report of the Committee on Records - Through January 7, 2025

+ Minutes from the Organizational City Council meeting January 6, 2025 + Minutes from the Regular City Council meeting January 7, 2025 + Minutes from the Council as a Whole Committee meeting January 7, 2025
Communication: K-9 Atlas as a member of the Fitchburg Police Department (00:08:29)
Communication: K-9 Atlas as a member of the Fitchburg Police Department

IV. COMMUNICATION Her Honor the Mayor 1. K-9 Atlas as a member of the Fitchburg Police Department
Communication: New Appointment letter (00:08:40)
Communication: New Appointment letter

New Appointment letter: Brittney Fish, to the position of Human Resources Director for the City of Fitchburg, to fill the vacancy of Ms. Susan A. Davis. This temporary appointment is valid until a qualified permanent appointment is submitted and confirmed by your honorable body or in six (6) months, whichever occurs first.
Communication: Promotion Letters (00:09:01)
Communication: Promotion Letters

1. Promotion letter: Lieutenant Jeffrey J. Howe to the rank of Police Captain 2. Promotion letter: Sergeant Christopher Bellofatto to the rank of Police Lieutenant 3. Promotion letter: Police Officer Michael Faucher to the rank of Police Sergeant 4. Promotion letter: Police Officer Daniella Lopez to the rank of Police Sergeant
Communication: Amend Date of City Council Meeting of Sept. 16, 2025 to Sept. 17, 2025 (00:09:28)
Communication: Amend Date of City Council Meeting of Sept. 16, 2025 to Sept. 17, 2025

V. COMMUNICATION City Clerk Amend the dates of the regular meetings of City Council for the Year 2025. Tuesday, September 16, 2025 to Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Report of the Public Safety Committee Meeting: January 21, 2025 (00:11:22)
Report of the Public Safety Committee Meeting: January 21, 2025

006-25. ORDER THAT: Authorizing the Mayor to execute a Memorandum of Agreement between The City of Fitchburg and The Fitchburg Police Union as outlined in the attached Order
Orders-Finance (00:12:24)
Orders-Finance

+ 008-25. ORDER THAT: the City of Fitchburg hereby approves the expenditure of funds from the Department of Conservation and Recreation in the approximate amount of FIFTY THOUSAND and 00/100 DOLLARS ($50,000) for the installation of a concrete slab for the Outdoor Fitness Park and Fitness Studio in Coolidge Park. + 009-25. ORDER THAT: the City of Fitchburg hereby approves the expenditure of funds from the Department of Conservation and Recreation in the approximate amount of FORTY THOUSAND and 00/100 DOLLARS ($40,000) for the installation of a new digital scoreboard at Nikitas Field. + 010-25. ORDER THAT: the City of Fitchburg hereby approves the expenditure of Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) grant funds in the approximate amount of SEVENTYTHREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE AND 70/100 DOLLARS ($73,951.70) for the purpose of continuing the Police Department Civilian Domestic Violence Advocate program. + 011-25. ORDER THAT: the City of Fitchburg hereby approves the transfer of SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($7,000) from the CDBG Year 49 Crocker Field Broad Street Entry project, to Year 50 Crocker Field Restoration project.
Order-Other: 012-25 - Indenture of Lease By and Between the City of Fitchburg and Rockin Horse Enterprises LLC (00:13:30)
Order-Other: 012-25 - Indenture of Lease By and Between the City of Fitchburg and Rockin Horse Enterprises LLC

012-25. ORDER THAT: This instrument is an indenture of lease (?Lease?) by and between the CITY OF FITCHBURG by and through the FITCHBURG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT COMMISSION, a public agency duly created by the City of Fitchburg, acting pursuant to the statutory powers set forth under Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 90, Sections 51D through 51N, and having its usual place of business at the Fitchburg Municipal Airport, Fitchburg, Massachusetts (?Landlord?) and Rockin Horse Enterprises LLC, a Massachusetts Foreign Limited Liability Company (LLC) with a business address of 43 Vaine Street, Winchendon, MA 01475 (?Tenant?).