1. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD If you would like to address the Mayor and City Council during the Public Comment section on Tonights Agenda, please record your name and address on the sign-up sheet located at the table on the side of the Council room. Please note that public comments are limited to five (5) minutes per speaker.

2. Proclamations Proclamation received from the City of Pittsburgh and the City of Hagerstown in recognition of the celebration of Cumberland's 225th Anniversary.

3. Proclamations Proclaiming Thursday, December 13, 2012 to be "Midnight Madness Night" in Downtown Cumberland.

4. Certificates, Awards and Presentations Presentation of the recognition received from the National League of Cities in honor of Cumberland's 50 years of participation in the organization.

5. Certificates, Awards and Presentations Update from the Department of Engineering on the progress of the Baltimore Avenue Improvements Project. H:\Shared\Public Works\Engineering\Baltimore Avenue Improvements\BALTIMORE AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS.pptx

6. Directors Report Fire Department monthly report for October, 2012. Administrative Services monthly report for October, 2012. Engineering Division's Capital and Program Projects Report for October, 2012.

7. Approval of Minutes Approval of the Administrative Session Minutes of September 25 and October 23, 2012.

8. NEW BUSINESS

9. Resolutions Resolution authorizing Enterprise Zone tax credits for qualifying local businesses for the tax year 2013-2014.

10. Resolutions Resolution granting the Cumberland Outdoor Club property tax credits for the year 2012-2013 as provided through the Annotated Code of MD. (Property Tax Credit = $8,559.90 / Corporate Tax Credit = $94.47)

11. Order authorizing the execution of final Change Order No. 4 to the contract with Carl Belt, Inc. for the "Cedar St. CSO Improvements" (09-08-S) in the decreased amount of $61,272.96, bringing the contract close-out amount to $1,510,427.60. Orders

12. Order authorizing the execution of Change Order No. 1 to the contract with Belt Paving, Inc. for the "South Centre Street Improvements" project (13-11-M) in the decreased net amount of $292.75 and increase of 15 additional work days, bringing the total contract amount to $476,586.51.

13. Orders Order authorizing the execution of Change Order No. 2 to the current contract with Belt Paving for the Oldtown Road Improvements project (11-11-P) in the increased amount of $11,670.59 and three (3) additional days, bringing the total contract amount to $1,412,065.09.

14. Orders Order authorizing the execution of a MOU with Allegany County, FSU, Allegany County C3I, the City of Frostburg, and the Allegany County Sheriff's Office by the Mayor and Chief of Police, regarding the cost-sharing purchase and maintenance of an incident reporting system.

15. Orders Order authorizing the acceptance of $9,000 as payment in full on a Deferred Loan Agreement with Dwight Pope dated June 13, 1995 and authorizing the execution of a Certificate of Satisfaction upon payment.

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