Government · Select Board
Council approves $120,000 for police pay raise
Watertown City Council approved $120,000 to fund a police contract pay increase and raised the senior property tax work-off cap to $2,000.
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Government · Stormwater Advisory Committee
Watertown stormwater panel cites DPW staffing gaps
The Watertown Stormwater Advisory Committee reviewed seven active town drainage projects and disclosed a monitoring data gap tied to a lapsed testing contract.
Government · Licensing Board
Licensing Board restores 1 a.m. closing hour
The Watertown Licensing Board voted to restore 1 a.m. as the standard bar closing time, reversing a midnight cutoff set earlier. Chair Sandra Kasabian Hoffman and members John Labadini and Jim Secricus unanimously approved the change after finding no record of problems tied to later hours.
Government · Community Preservation Committee
CPC Reviews $6M Bid for Affordable Housing
Watertown's Community Preservation Committee reviewed a $6 million request to help buy and build 49 affordable apartments at 108 Water Street, with a vote planned for October 15.
Government · Commission on Disability
Commission approves August minutes, reviews ADA data
Watertown's Commission on Disability reviewed a year of 311 data showing 244 ADA-flagged complaints and approved its August minutes.
Government · Board of Health
Board of Health Approves Repertoire Lab, Backyard Hens
Watertown Board of Health confirms tobacco sale to a minor, approves biotech lab permit and backyard hens.
Government · Watertown Affordable Housing Trust
Trust Accepts $384,103 In-Lieu Payment for Church Hill Street Project
The Watertown Affordable Housing Trust accepted $384,103 in-lieu payment for 6 and 12-14 Church Hill Street. Trustee Zoe Weinrobe raised concerns that the city's in-lieu calculations do not account for actual affordable housing construction costs, which run roughly double the city requirement.
Government · Economic Development
Panel advances revised demolition delay ordinance
Watertown's Committee on Economic Development and Planning voted unanimously to send a revised demolition delay ordinance to the City Council for a first reading.
Government · Human Rights Commission
Watertown Panel Refers ICE Webcam Request
Watertown Human Rights Commission referred a resident's ICE flight webcam request to subcommittee, approving its minutes 6-0.
Government · Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee
Committee Votes to Seek City Council Snow Meeting
Watertown's Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee voted unanimously to seek a City Council meeting on sidewalk snow-clearance enforcement.
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