The Saco City Council met on Monday, November 10, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. with Councillor Johnston excused. The meeting covered routine approvals, public comments on proposed amendments to the administrative code regarding conflicts of interest, first reading of updates to Chapter 4, Article 5, a public hearing on General Assistance appendices, and updates on grievance review committee recommendations.
Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the Sarko City Council meeting for Monday, November 10th, at 630 p.m. with the exception of Councillor Johnston, who was excused this evening. Thank you. Moving on to item number four under general. We do not have anything this evening. Item five, committee correspondence to council. Are there any committee members wishing to speak? Councilor Hewitt? Um, first, the arts committee would like me to let you know Sacco has a new colorful edition that we would look forward to sharing with you. The Sacco Arts Commission is a in partnership with the Parks and Recreation Department, hired an artist to install a mural on the side of the parks maintenance building on Franklin Street. Local artist, Spencer McLeod made a playful, colorful piece that is sure to make visitors of every age smile. Spencer should be finished with the installation at the end of this week, and an unveiling event will be planned soon. Also, the Dyer Library asked me to share. They will be hosting the Festival of Trees again this year. There will be a preview tea tea Saturday, November 22nd from one to three tickets are 25 dollars. The Festival of Trees Gallow will also be November 22nd from 6 30 to 8 30, tickets $25. And the festival will be open to the public from November 28th to December 28th. Thank you very much. Councillor Edwards. Thank you, Mayor. Aid friendly SACO would like me to remind people if you need a sand bucket to help with ISIS winter. Uh this uh the November 15th, State Friendly Sacco and Thornton Academy students will be delivering sand bucket to anyone that wishes to have one. If you would like to have a bucket delivered to you, please call the office at 20710 5029 to be added to the list for delivery. And please note that these are only delivered to people that are 55 years old and above. Also, from Sacco Main Street, November is a busy month. There'll be three things happening on Saturday, November 29th. Socco Bucks Saturday. You can come down and get Socco Bucks and spend money locally here on Main Street. Um it's always appreciated by the business owners as well as folks here. So and they go quick. Last year, I think they sold through 500 of 500 worth of Socco Bucks. Um on the next day, uh November 30th, which is a Sunday, there's Main Street Market, which will be in the Thornton Academy Gym. It's always a popular event, and it's presented by renewal by Anderson. And December 5th, there's a holiday tree lighting, I believe, at the train station. And I'll be there and other notables will be there as well. So if you want to see us or just see a Christmas tree lit up, show up on December 5th. Great. Thank you. And yes, so Saturday, the 29th is small business Saturday. If you are not in Socco to get your Socco Bucks, no matter where you are, remember to shop local. Thank you, everyone. Okay, moving on to item number six, that is public comment. If there are any members of the public wishing to speak, please step forward, state your name and address for the record, and you will have three minutes to address the council. Good evening. Thank you, Madam Mayor, members of the council. Um my name's Sandy Gay. I am a Socco resident, 52 Cumberland Ave. Excuse me. Um I'm here to speak tonight about um the proposed um amendments to Administrative Code Article 7434. I know you're not taking action on that tonight, but I still wanted to just um come and speak to the board about that.