City Council Matters Carried Over to 2021

Committee on Public Health, Safety & the Environment (Chair: Dibble)

  1. Petition from Steve Kapantis to address the City’s compliance to ADA Law and the recently released transition report plan co-posted with the Committee of the Whole (COW)

  2. Meet to discuss plastics, straws, styrofoam, cigarette butts, nip bottles, etc.; co-posted with the COW

  3. Meet to discuss the draft ordinance relative to gas ban; co-posted with COW

  4. Draft ordinance for Salem Green Building; co-posted with COW

Committee on Government Services (Chair: Flynn)
All matters carried over; no meetings held in 2020

  1. Meet to discuss improvements to any lights or street lights in Salem; co-posted with COW (from 2018)

  2. Meet to discuss problems with last year’s paving projects and flooding (from 2018)

  3. Mother Earth Resolution; co-posted with COW (from 2019)

  4. Meet to discuss portraits in the City Council chambers; co-posted with COW (from 2019)

  5. Meet to discuss the police department policy re: police cruisers; co-posted with COW (from 2019)

  6. Meet to discuss Historic Commission matters; co-posted with COW (from 2019)

  7. Discuss new drainage pipe at Footprint; co-posted with COW (from 2019)

  8. Meet with Friends of Greenlawn to discuss ways to help and discuss space availability; co-posted with COW (from 2019)

  9. Meet with Salem Yacht Club regarding parking at the Willows; co-posted with COW (from 2019)

  10. That a portrait of a representative of the Naumkeag People be hung in the Council chambers and that President Jackson be moved to the anteroom; co-posted with COW (from 2019)

  11. Meet with Gov. Baker’s office regarding jobs & housing; co-posted with COW (from 2020)

  12. Meet to discuss the use of electronics during public meetings; co-posted with COW (from 2020)

  13. Meet to discuss creating a calendar for flag raising events; co-posted with COW (from 2020)

Community on Economic Development (Chair: Dominguez)
No matters were carried over; no meetings were held in 2020

Committee on Ordinances, Licenses & Legal Affairs (Chair: Madore)

  1. Ordinance: Management and elimination of natural gas leaks (from 2018)

  2. Meet to discuss repealing Sec. 1-2 Definitions and other City Ordinances to reflect gender neutral language; co-posted with COW (from 2019)

  3. Meet to discuss amending Ch. 26, Sec. 75 (15): Salem Common - Prohibited Activities - Smoking (from 2019)

  4. Amending Traffic Ordinance Ch. 42, Sec. 75 - Resident Sticker Parking Program; co-posted with COW (from 2019)

  5. Ordinance amending Ch. 2, Sec. 2028 Providing for auxiliary aids and services for public meetings; co-posted with COW (from 2020)

  6. Meet to discuss findings and recommendations of the Race Equity Task Force; co-posted with COW (from 2020)

  7. Discuss amending an ordinance relative to public guides - amplification (from 2020)

Committee on Administration and Finance

  1. $250,000 appropriation for COVID-19 Emergency Fund; co-posted with COW (2020)