1. WRITTEN MOTION, Council President Morad, requesting, that representatives from the Department of Emergency Management, Department of Public Infrastructure and the Department of Resilience and Environmental Stewardship appear before the Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhoods to provide said Committee with an overview of the City's plan to update the All Hazard Mitigation Plan, which has recently received grant funding from the MA Emergency Management Agency, these departments are planning a series of public involvement meetings and will be coordinating these public meetings with the Ward Councillors over the course of the next several months. (Ref’d 01/26/2023)

2. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, requesting that an amendment to Section 1 of the Home Rule Petition with the State, regarding the Appointment of Special Police Officers in the City of New Bedford, the change of the wording is Chapter 32 of the general law it should read: “No retired Police Officer shall be eligible for an appointment of a Special Police Officer if the applicant has attained the age of 70 and any Officer so appointed shall be terminated upon attaining the age of 70”; this is a home rule petition amendment to enable New Bedford Police Officers over the age of 65 the ability to be assigned to detail work in the City in New Bedford. (Ref’d 08/18/2022) (09/06/2022 – Returned Unsigned by the Mayor) (09/28/2022 – tabled 60 days)

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