ELLSWORTH — Three of about 17 substantive items on the agenda for the next City Council meeting are harbor-related.
Scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, July 19, at City Hall, the meeting will also address appointments to panels, and personnel and property issues.
Early in the meeting, the council will vote on whether to amend the waterfront ordinance so that terms of the harbor commission expire on June 30 instead of March 30. It will also appoint members to that commission.
Candidates for appointment to the harbor commission should be familiar with boats, moorings and floats, and have a general knowledge of marine functions. To be considered for an appointment, contact the city clerk’s office before 5 p.m. Monday, July 19.
The same deadline applies for those interested in appointments to the Route 3 Corridor Study Committee.
The harbor commission also has requested a transfer from the harbor reserve fund to purchase fueling equipment for the harbor. Harbor Master Hugh Goodwin said recently that the commission hopes eventually to offer complete fueling facilities if it can secure the necessary permits.
In personnel matters, the council will vote on setting salaries for city department heads and other nonunion personnel for fiscal year 1994, which began July 1.
An executive session will be held for discussion of collective bargaining, followed by action on a contract for police and dispatchers, who adopted buzzcut hairstyles several months ago in protest of failed contract negotiations.
A number of property-related issues will also be discussed at the meeting.
Ronald and Ann Jordan’s request that two lots they own be rezoned from Residential-1 to Commercial/Light Industrial will be considered in a public hearing followed by council action. Their request for rezoning of Water Street property was recently denied by the Ellsworth Planning Board.
The council also will act on abating personal property assessed to Charles Katsiaficas, and on a proposed property exchange between the city and Ellsworth Falls residents Richard and Glenda Whitney.
The land swap will satisfy the city’s need to exchange a portion of the Siondecine site purchased for the new high school project, with a parcel considered more suitable for part of the project.
Finally, the council will consider New England Telephone Co.’s request for a permit to bury conduit on School Street in the area of the Park Street intersection.
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