City Council - 12.16.2025

City Council Meeting - 12.16.2025

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Report of the Public Safety Committee - December 16, 2025 (00:02:58)
Report of the Public Safety Committee - December 16, 2025

Public Safety Committee Meeting of December 16, 2025 Oral Report Committee Review and Approval of the 2026 Dealer License Renewal. Aldrich Auto Body & Repair A & R Automotive Group Auto Pro Sales and Services, LLC B & D Auto Repair - PENDING Boudreau's Service Station Colonial Chevrolet West, Inc. Desilets Auto, Inc. Dufour Truck & Equipment Fitchburg Tire & Service, Inc. Fleetwood Motor Intercar Motors Group - PENDING Ron's Auto Restoration & Sale - PENDING Johnny's Service Station One Stop Auto Group, LLC Froshow Customs Ron Bouchard Dodge, LLC (Class I) Ron Bouchard Dodge, LLC (Class II) Sasha Automotive, LLC TSI Tank Services, Inc. (Class I) TSI Tank Services, Inc. (Class II) Union Auto Repair Whitney & Son, Inc. - PENDING
Orders-Finance (00:05:12)
Orders-Finance

IV. ORDERS - FINANCE + 211-25. ORDER THAT: the City of Fitchburg hereby transfers within the sum of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($180,000) to FIRE PERSONAL SERVICES - Overtime from: ++ FIRE PERSONAL SERVICES - Firefighter $100,000 ++ FIRE PERSONAL SERVICES - Incentives $80,000 + 212-25. ORDER THAT: the City of Fitchburg hereby approves the expenditure of E911 Support and Incentive Grant funds from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security in the approximate amount of TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR DOLLARS ($219,594) for the purpose of supporting dispatch salaries and to provide enhancements to the E911 service system. + 213-25. ORDER THAT: the City of Fitchburg hereby approves the expenditure of grant funds from the Mass DEP Sustainable Material Recovery Recycling Program - Recycling Dividends Fund, in the approximate amount of TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($24,000) to implement programs and policies to maximize the reuse, recycling, and waste reduction of curbside and drop-off disposal in Fitchburg.
Ordinance: 214-25 - To Amend Ch. 169, Sect. 54(C)(1) to Add a Part of Salem Street to the List of Permit Required Parking Areas (00:05:43)
Ordinance: 214-25 - To Amend Ch. 169, Sect. 54(C)(1) to Add a Part of Salem Street to the List of Permit Required Parking Areas

214-25. AN ORDINANCE: Amending Chapter 169, ? 54(C)(1) titled Vehicles and Traffic is hereby amended as follows: That the General Ordinances of the City of Fitchburg, Chapter 169, Section 54(C)(1), as most recently amended, be further amended by adding the following location to the list of streets, or parts thereof, which have been designated as permitted parking areas for only those with resident parking permits: + NAME OF STREET Salem Street + SIDE Northeast + LOCATION From the intersection of Heywood Street and Salem Street, northwest for 100 feet (First Reading)
Ordinance: 092-23 - To Amend Ch. 3, Art. IV, Sect. 3-43 O to Add a CPI Adjustment Factor Formula for Advisement (00:06:52)
Ordinance: 092-23 - To Amend Ch. 3, Art. IV, Sect. 3-43 O to Add a CPI Adjustment Factor Formula for Advisement

092-23. BE IT ORDAINED THAT - Chapter 3, Article IV, section 3-43 O. shall be amended as follows by adding to the end: Attached to said petition shall be a communication from the City Auditor indicating what each salary would be if increased by the ?CPI Adjustment Factor? as defined below, which communication shall be read out or summarized by the Chair at any session in which the Council or a subcommittee thereof debates or votes on such petition. For the purposes of this subsection, the CPI Adjustment Factor shall be defined as the lesser of five percent (5%) or the result of the following calculation: [(CPI-U for January December of the then current fiscal year minus the January December CPI-U for the preceding fiscal year) divided by the previous fiscal year's January December CPI-U] multiplied by 100 equals the CPI Adjustment Factor. But in no case shall the CPI Adjustment Factor be less than zero percent (0%). CPI-U shall mean the Consumer Price Index Boston-Cambridge-Newton MA-NH (1982-84 = 100) as published by the New England Information Office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (www.bls.gov/regions/new-england/data/ConsumerPriceIndex_Boston_Table.htm). After a review of the proposed increase the City Council shall then vote on the Mayor's salary and the City Councilors' salary. (First Reading)
Petition (00:07:48)
Petition

VI. PETITION 215-25. Councilor Fleming on behalf of Eduard Gukasov, the current owner of 185 High Rock Rd is requesting a modification to the claw back provision of the property deed as outlined in the enclosed petition. (City Property)