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Council actions at a glance: ordinances, licenses, appointments and utility petitions
Summary
The Revere City Council approved several ordinances, granted a Chapter 148 license for underground gasoline storage at 810 Washington Ave., confirmed multiple appointments, approved an appropriation for Riviera TV and ordered a range of utility petitions. Several motions were referred to committees.
At its March council meeting the Revere City Council recorded a number of formal actions: several ordinances were approved on final reading, a Chapter 148 license for vehicle gasoline storage was granted, multiple appointments were confirmed en masse, an appropriation to pay Revere TV was approved, and multiple National Grid petitions to relocate and install poles and underground conduits were ordered. The council also referred motions and requests for reports to relevant committees.
Key outcomes (roll calls and formal orders recorded in the meeting):
- Ordinance approvals (final reading, as amended): • Ordinance further amending food‑truck locations — engrossed and ordained (roll call: unanimous yes). • Ordinance amending chapter 2.57 (Parks and Recreation Commission) — engrossed and ordained (roll call: unanimous yes). • Ordinance improving public health and accessibility to health‑care products in public buildings — engrossed and ordained (roll call: unanimous yes).
- Licenses and appropriations: • Chapter 148 license for underground storage (810 Washington Ave.) — council roll call vote granted the license unanimously. • Appropriation of $93,805.67 from the cable access receipt reserve fund to pay Revere TV’s quarterly invoice — approved (roll call).
- Appointments (appointment subcommittee recommendation; confirmed together by roll call): • Multiple appointments to the Cultural Council, Public Art Commission, Council on Elder Affairs and other advisory bodies were confirmed en masse by the council.
- Utility petitions (National Grid): • The council ordered or approved multiple location petitions to relocate and install poles and underground conduits to serve new developments and to improve reliability (items described on the agenda included pole relocations near 791 Broadway, Graves Road, Rosetti Street, Avon Street, and underground conduit installs at 8 Avon Street, 130 Hitchborn Street, among others). Several petitions were noted to be connected to new development service needs; most were ordered after brief discussion or with no opposition.
- Other motions and referrals: • Motion to have the short‑term rental office appear before council for an update — ordered (referred for scheduling). • Motion asking the superintendent of public works and city engineer to present a street and sidewalk list — ordered. • Motion requesting MassDOT be contacted about traffic signals at Mountain Ave. and Broadway — ordered (Councilor Zambuto recused from that motion). • Motion recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Chelsea Creek — resolution adopted; council also approved a plaque location and related actions to mark the anniversary.
Several items that required further information were tabled or referred to subcommittees (for example, a National Grid pole location across from 55 Walnut Ave. was tabled to obtain additional answers). The council recorded roll calls on the ordinances, several permit and appointment votes and approved administrative appropriations during the meeting.
