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Minutes and appointments
The council approved minutes of the Feb. 18, 2025 regular meeting; the motion carried 8–0. Several mayoral appointments and reappointments were referred to committee for review: Daniel Allen to the Economic and Community Development Committee (order 69), Suzanne Lamont to the Historic District Commission (order 70) and Stanley Mangold as a constable (order 71); each was referred to the Committee on Legal Affairs.

Budget transfers and public hearings
The council's Committee on Finance and Property set multiple public hearings to consider transfers from the city's certified free cash balance:
- Order 72: transfer of $628,693 to the Beverly Public Schools operating budget — public hearing set for March 17 at 8:15 PM.
- Order 73: transfer of $1,071,390 to the city's stabilization fund — public hearing set for March 17 at 7:45 PM.
- Order 73 (second item): transfer of $214,278 to the city's OPEB trust fund — public hearing set for March 17 at 7:30 PM.
- Order 74: transfer request of $800,000 to cover repair and replacement costs for the city's fuel depot on the DPW campus — public hearing set for March 17 at 8:00 PM.

Donations and leases
The council approved a $1,000 donation from Karen and Jay Trepp to benefit the Beverly Public Library (order 75). The Committee on Finance and Property recommended approval and the council accepted the recommendation; committee and council records show the acceptance carried 8–0.

The council also approved a request from the Beverly School Department to enter into a lease-to-purchase for a new postage machine valued at $5,946.60 (order 76); the committee recommended approval and the council approved the item.

Committee business and scheduling
Committee chairs arranged follow-up meetings: the Committee on Finance and Property scheduled additional meetings and public hearings on March 17; Legal Affairs and Committee of the Whole will meet on March 10 for a Q&A on specialized code orders; Public Services and other committees were assigned other referred items, such as parking and traffic recommendations for Charnock Street.

No substantive policy votes on ordinances or spending were adopted at the March 3 meeting beyond authorizing public hearings and approving routine donations and leases; several items will return to the council following scheduled hearings.

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Councillor Spegg asked whether the planned work would affect the fire station and observed the distance looked to be about 22 feet from a manhole in Hale Street to the fire station; Cozzati confirmed the measurement. Councillor Bowen asked that National Grid coordinate traffic management with the fire department so vehicle movements from the station would not be impeded during work days.

After the public hearing, councilors closed the hearing and referred the petition to the Committee on Public Services for further action. The committee later recommended that the petition be granted with a request that National Grid coordinate directly with the fire department; the full council accepted that recommendation later in the meeting.

No residents signed up to speak during the public hearing. The record shows the committee asked National Grid to work with the fire department on an alternate plan if work in the street could affect emergency-vehicle egress.

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Hannafin said the airport received just under $1.3 million in grant funding in 2024 and logged 330 noise complaints in the year. He told council members an anticipated major capital project is a full reconstruction of Runway 16/34 scheduled for federal fiscal year 2027, with a preliminary estimated total project cost of $15,000,000 and an expected standard funding split of 90% federal, 5% state and 5% local — implying about $750,000 in local funds.

The update put the runway project in a larger capital context. Hannafin said perimeter-fence replacement work — funded with grant money and intended primarily to reduce wildlife incursions — is substantially complete and cost about $920,000 in grant funding. He described ongoing aeronautical and environmental studies tied to the runway reconstruction, saying the aeronautical study is funded 90% by the Federal Aviation Administration, 5% by MassDOT and 5% locally. He also identified a subsequent taxiway-extension project with an early estimate of $6,000,000 and an approximate $300,000 local share.

Hannafin outlined several revenue changes the airport has implemented since mid-2023. He said landing fees and fuel flowage fees were increased in November 2023 and a local option jet fuel tax went into effect in January 2024. That fuel tax generated $81,259 of new revenue for the airport in calendar year 2024, he said. He also said the airport is moving leases to annual CPI adjustments where possible to stabilize and grow lease revenue.

On noise, Hannafin described a revised noise-abatement program implemented in September 2023 and a new process of logging and following up on each complaint. He said that approach has changed the tone of complaints and that flight schools based at Beverly have been cooperative; he noted that monthly complaint counts fell from as many as 65–100 per month before the program to five in December 2024 and six in January 2025. \"I don't see that trend stopping,\" Hannafin said about increasing operations.

City budget analyst Jerry Perry, who reviewed airport operations with councilors in 2023, told the council he had made eight recommendations in 2023 and that Hannafin and airport staff have implemented nearly all of them. \"I am extremely pleased to report tonight that of the 8 recommendations that I suggested, he has accomplished just about all of them,\" Perry said, and he added that the airport's quarterly budgets look stronger than he has seen in his tenure.

Councilors asked about remaining lease and tenant issues — including a smaller Wayside footprint at the airport — and about whether the enterprise fund can cover future local shares. Hannafin said the enterprise fund balance looks healthy and that airport staff expect the enterprise fund could cover many local shares over the next two to three years, but he did not rule out a future request for a city subsidy if projects exceed that capacity.

Council members also asked about environmental review and hangar development. Hannafin said privately funded hangar projects are proceeding through standard state environmental review with the Department of Environmental Protection and that the airport's future layout plan is being developed to avoid wetlands and to incorporate environmental protections.

The council thanked Hannafin and airport commission Chairman Kyle Retallik for the presentation and invited the airport to return for an annual update.

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