Board of Aldermen 08-09-2022 Page 22
Motion is for final passage of Ordinance 22-21. Any more discussion? Seeing none.
MOTION CARRIED
Ordinance O-22-021 declared duly adopted.
0-22-022
Endorsers: Alderman Ernest A. Jette
Alderwoman-at-Large Gloria Timmons
Alderman-at-Large Melbourne Moran, Jr.
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman Derek Thibeault
Alderman Patricia Klee
UPDATING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOOD-SERVICE FEES
Given its second reading;
MOTION BY ALDERMAN JETTE FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-22-022
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Jette
So the Environmental Health Department of our Department of Health noticed that there was the food service fees there
was some confusion by the people who are regulated by these fees. They also realized that the fees had not been
updated since 2006 or 16 years ago. So they reviewed the fees and they looked at other communities in southern New
Hampshire and northern Massachusetts and they came up with a recommendation for changing that table of fees and
presented it to the Board of Health who recommended that it be brought to the Board of Aldermen. | and Alderwoman
Timmons were asked to sponsor it. It went before the Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee and they unanimously
recommended that it be adopted. So | asked for support to pass this ordinance. Thank you.
Alderman Thibeault
Thank you, Madam President. So | was there at that committee meeting and | thought this was a really good thing for the
city. | thank Alderman Jette for bringing this forward. One thing he didn't mention is it is going to bring us in a little more
revenue than we're currently doing and it's going to be more equitable than it currently is now the fees and that goes for
the next one so | don't have to speak on the fire prevention fees. But | just wanted to thank the Department and Alderman
Jette and Alderwoman Timmons as well. Thank you.
Alderwoman Kelly
Thank you. | won't get into the weeds too much but | think that the proposal that was brought before the Committee was
really smart in terms of bringing us up to date with a lot of the other cities and what the way they do it but also, | was really
interested to hear that it's going to be more possible for someone who might be opening a restaurant to have a better
grasp of what it's going to cost them. Right now, we do it by per seat and so this is going to be like you're going to know
exactly what it costs before you even get into it. So | thought that was really important.
President Wilshire
Further discussion? See none the motion is for final passage of Ordinance 22-022.
MOTION CARRIED
