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Manchester council approves multiple ordinances, resolutions and project payments
Summary
At its regular meeting the Manchester City Council waived second readings and adopted four ordinances, approved several resolutions including a development agreement and budget transfers, and authorized project pay estimates and bids; most items passed on unanimous roll-call votes.
The Manchester City Council on Tuesday evening approved a bundle of ordinances, resolutions and project payments during a roughly hourlong meeting that also included a public hearing and a lengthy citizen presentation about an airport hangar lease.
Council members voted to waive second consideration and give final adoption to four ordinances that were read into the record and approved by roll call: Ordinance 11 (parental-responsibility provisions), Ordinance 12 (referenced in the record in connection with electric-vehicle/size provisions), Ordinance 13 (bicycles) and Ordinance 14 (electrical personal-assistants and micro-mobility devices). Clerk read each ordinance’s title before the council proceeded to final consideration and adoption.
The council also adopted several resolutions: Resolution 90 (approving a development agreement for a proposed 12-unit apartment project on West Maran Street), Resolution 91 (approving budget-year transfers for the fiscal year ending June 30), Resolution 92 (rescinding a reimbursement agreement with a police officer identified as Dylan), and Resolution 93 (approving Change Order No. 1, which staff said reduced the Grand Avenue Extension project’s total construction cost after finalizing quantities). In each case the motion carried on a roll-call vote with the council members recorded as voting in the affirmative in the meeting record.
In project business, the council approved pay estimate No. 4 from Pierce Tobin for work completed on the Grand Avenue Extension project covering work through July 27; staff said a final pay estimate will be prepared after remaining punch-list items are verified. The transcript records a pay-estimate figure that was not clearly legible in the meeting audio.
Council also accepted a bid from SNB Promotions LLC for 108 G Street and set a public hearing on the proposed sale for Sept. 9, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. Staff advised the council there remain questions about bonding requirements related to an appeal on a separate case; the purchaser intends to temporarily stabilize the lot under the sale agreement and later complete permanent improvements.
What happens next: Most adopted ordinances and resolutions take effect according to city code provisions for final-adoption ordinance and resolution handling; staff indicated follow-up steps such as final pay estimates, project acceptance walk-throughs and required public hearings for property sale will occur in coming meetings.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in meeting): - Ordinance 11: Waived second consideration and adopted (roll-call: council recorded yes). - Ordinance 12: Waived second consideration and adopted (roll-call: council recorded yes). - Ordinance 13: Waived second consideration and adopted (roll-call: council recorded yes). - Ordinance 14: Waived second consideration and adopted (roll-call: council recorded yes). - Resolution 90 (development agreement): Adopted (roll-call: council recorded yes). - Resolution 91 (fiscal transfers): Adopted (roll-call: council recorded yes). - Resolution 92 (reimbursement agreement rescind): Adopted (roll-call: council recorded yes). - Resolution 93 (Grand Avenue change order): Adopted (roll-call: council recorded yes). - Pay estimate No. 4 (Pierce Tobin): Approved; final amount recorded in meeting audio/documentation to be verified. - Acceptance of bid for 108 G Street (SNB Promotions LLC): Motion to accept bid carried; public hearing set for Sept. 9, 2024.
Reporting note: This summary reflects motions, roll-call results and staff statements as recorded in the council’s meeting transcript. Where numeric figures in the audio were garbled or unclear in the record, the article notes that fact rather than offering corrected figures.
