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Votes at a glance: Aug. 6 Woburn City Council (pay changes, acceptances, referrals)
Summary
On Aug. 6 the council approved a reserve police pay increase to $32.14/hour, accepted grant and deed actions for local parks and property, referred the MBTA overlay ordinance to committee and continued related hearings, and sent a liquor‑license home‑rule communication to the Liaison Committee.
Here are the formal actions the Woburn City Council recorded on Aug. 6, 2024:
• Clerk pro tem: Diane Stifler was appointed clerk of the city council pro tem for the Aug. 6 meeting by unanimous vote (oath taken on the record).
• Referral: An amendment to the municipal code (replace section 2‑174 "rates of service") was referred to the Ordinance, Charter and Rules Committee by unanimous vote.
• Special permit hearings: The council referred multiple petitions to public hearing (including 56 Dragon Court LLC and David Jamieson); the Domenico Gallinelli Grant Street special permit was approved with eight conditions (see separate article).
• 25 Everett Street / 0 Walnut Street: Attorney James Giuliano asked for additional time; the council continued the public hearing to Aug. 20 to allow revised plans and engineering materials to be filed.
• MBTA Communities overlay: The council received the draft ordinance and related materials, referred the matter to the Ordinance, Charter and Rules Committee for review, and continued the public hearing to Sept. 17.
• Finance and capital: A committee report on an order appropriating $1,098,960 for the Herald Park project was reported (committee recommendation: not to pass) and the committee report was adopted. The council adopted a committee report to accept grants for the Hurled Park playground project and voted to accept the deed for Lot 2 Marcy Street.
• Reserve police pay increase: The council approved an order amending the municipal code to increase the hourly rate for reserve police officers from $24.04 to $32.14/hr and adopted the committee report on the item.
• Liquor licensing: A communication from the Woburn License Commission regarding home‑rule petition liquor licenses was received; the council voted to refer the matter to the Committee on Liaison and invited commission members to meet with committee members.
• Other motions: The council authorized warnings for the Sept. state primary, canceled the Sept. 3 meeting because of the primary, referred various appointments and reappointments to the Committee on Personnel, and referred downtown parking and the Washington Street corridor resolve to appropriate committees.
Most votes were by unanimous voice vote; where tallies were not identified in the record the article reflects the motion and the recorded outcome as stated in the meeting minutes.
