(May 25, 2017) The Berlin Mayor and Council, for the second time, passed a truck ban on Baker Street following a public hearing.
This was done on May 8 and again on May 22, last Monday. Town Attorney David Gaskill explained.
“We actually had a public hearing on this resolution and it was passed at our last meeting,” he said. “I didn’t discover until afterward that the public notice that was published in the papers said that the hearing was going to be tonight.”
Gaskill said the hearing could have legally been held two weeks ago.
Mayor Gee Williams joked, “We’ll keep doing it until we get it right.”
One resident, Suzanne Parks, asked if the ban would apply to pickup trucks loaded with lawnmowers and other equipment. Williams said trucks could not use the road as a thoroughfare, but those servicing residents on Baker Street were exempt.
He said the police department, with the help of input from citizens, would enforce the ban.
Fire Company President David Fitzgerald asked if emergency vehicles were exempt, and Williams said they were.
The ban was passed unanimously by the council. Trucks with a gross vehicle rating more than 14,000 pounds or seven tons are not permitted on the street, which the town intends to repave and repair later this year. The estimated cost to restore the road is $120,000.
This was done on May 8 and again on May 22, last Monday. Town Attorney David Gaskill explained.
“We actually had a public hearing on this resolution and it was passed at our last meeting,” he said. “I didn’t discover until afterward that the public notice that was published in the papers said that the hearing was going to be tonight.”
Gaskill said the hearing could have legally been held two weeks ago.
Mayor Gee Williams joked, “We’ll keep doing it until we get it right.”
One resident, Suzanne Parks, asked if the ban would apply to pickup trucks loaded with lawnmowers and other equipment. Williams said trucks could not use the road as a thoroughfare, but those servicing residents on Baker Street were exempt.
He said the police department, with the help of input from citizens, would enforce the ban.
Fire Company President David Fitzgerald asked if emergency vehicles were exempt, and Williams said they were.
The ban was passed unanimously by the council. Trucks with a gross vehicle rating more than 14,000 pounds or seven tons are not permitted on the street, which the town intends to repave and repair later this year. The estimated cost to restore the road is $120,000.