{"utterances":[{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2026-06-01","video_id":16,"video_title":"Appropriations and Oversight - City Council June 1st 2026 Budget Hearing","meeting_id":5945,"start_sec":5992.29,"end_sec":5995.48,"similarity":0.665,"text":"Thank you for having us here this evening.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1197569438#t=5992s","page_url":"/video/16"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2026-06-01","video_id":16,"video_title":"Appropriations and Oversight - City Council June 1st 2026 Budget Hearing","meeting_id":5945,"start_sec":5996.12,"end_sec":6000.32,"similarity":0.741,"text":"It's my pleasure to introduce Jay Picone, who's the finance director at Northeast.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1197569438#t=5996s","page_url":"/video/16"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2026-06-01","video_id":16,"video_title":"Appropriations and Oversight - City Council June 1st 2026 Budget Hearing","meeting_id":5945,"start_sec":6956.85,"end_sec":6983.46,"similarity":0.796,"text":"yeah, that's why we're- There's also an easily explainable phenomenon that happens when a new vocational school has been opened in Massachusetts, where there's already a high demand in the sending communities, but they've seen it increase even more so. So as the number of seats Melrose has increases each year, I think we should anticipate","url":"https://vimeo.com/1197569438#t=6956s","page_url":"/video/16"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2026-06-01","video_id":16,"video_title":"Appropriations and Oversight - City Council June 1st 2026 Budget Hearing","meeting_id":5945,"start_sec":6984.32,"end_sec":6988.96,"similarity":0.699,"text":"our kids taking those spots. And so you're going to have the challenges that you just identified.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1197569438#t=6984s","page_url":"/video/16"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2026-06-01","video_id":16,"video_title":"Appropriations and Oversight - City Council June 1st 2026 Budget Hearing","meeting_id":5945,"start_sec":7077.23,"end_sec":7089.89,"similarity":0.782,"text":"You're welcome. For some context on that, when I first got involved at the school, I was elected in 2020, and I think in 2020, 2021, we had 22 students. So","url":"https://vimeo.com/1197569438#t=7077s","page_url":"/video/16"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2026-06-01","video_id":16,"video_title":"Appropriations and Oversight - City Council June 1st 2026 Budget Hearing","meeting_id":5945,"start_sec":7149.63,"end_sec":7183.51,"similarity":0.857,"text":"before the lottery, there was a more rigorous criteria, and it was more difficult. So you might have 24 Melrose seats, we could have 36 applicants, and we might only have, and I don't know the exact numbers, say 18 kids who apply that meet that criteria. So we don't fill all those seats. The lottery system does away with a lot of that. So if you have 24 seats and 36 applicants, you're going to fill those 24 seats. Yep. So, I don't know if that was more what you were asking about the lottery.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1197569438#t=7149s","page_url":"/video/16"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-12-04","video_id":62,"video_title":"Melrose Appropriations and Oversight December 4th 2025","meeting_id":5701,"start_sec":292.27,"end_sec":302.39,"similarity":0.685,"text":"what MMTV provides to Melrose. Uh, we all enjoy and benefit from it, and, um, at this moment, at this time I make a motion to recommend. Thanks.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1143682216#t=292s","page_url":"/video/62"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-12-04","video_id":62,"video_title":"Melrose Appropriations and Oversight December 4th 2025","meeting_id":5701,"start_sec":514.74,"end_sec":522.33,"similarity":0.791,"text":"Councilor Hamilton. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, and thank you for what we have before us, which I think is, uh, a slate of","url":"https://vimeo.com/1143682216#t=514s","page_url":"/video/62"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-12-04","video_id":62,"video_title":"Melrose Appropriations and Oversight December 4th 2025","meeting_id":5701,"start_sec":523.01,"end_sec":530.88,"similarity":0.789,"text":"important things that we need to take care of and at this motio- at this moment, I make a motion to recommend. Second.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1143682216#t=523s","page_url":"/video/62"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-12-04","video_id":62,"video_title":"Melrose Appropriations and Oversight December 4th 2025","meeting_id":5701,"start_sec":1244.03,"end_sec":1249.35,"similarity":0.619,"text":"Thank you. Um, Counselor Hamilton? Thank you, Chair Garipay. I make a motion to recommend.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1143682216#t=1244s","page_url":"/video/62"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-12-04","video_id":62,"video_title":"Melrose Appropriations and Oversight December 4th 2025","meeting_id":5701,"start_sec":1325.39,"end_sec":1329.52,"similarity":0.651,"text":"Counselor Hamilton? Thank you, Chair Garipay. I make a motion to recommend.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1143682216#t=1325s","page_url":"/video/62"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-12-04","video_id":62,"video_title":"Melrose Appropriations and Oversight December 4th 2025","meeting_id":5701,"start_sec":1729.93,"end_sec":1734.89,"similarity":0.698,"text":"Councilor Hamilton. Thank you, Chair Karabay. Thank you, Chief Fowler. Um,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1143682216#t=1729s","page_url":"/video/62"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-12-04","video_id":62,"video_title":"Melrose Appropriations and Oversight December 4th 2025","meeting_id":5701,"start_sec":1735.83,"end_sec":1761.99,"similarity":0.798,"text":"I'm gonna assume this is gonna be the last chance I have to speak to you. And, uh, first I'll say, um, you know, speeding, traffic concerns, as you well know, those are, I think, I believe, um, the largest challenges we have in Melrose. And it's not an easy task that you have before you, uh, or the folks on the Traffic Commission. And I,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1143682216#t=1735s","page_url":"/video/62"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-12-04","video_id":62,"video_title":"Melrose Appropriations and Oversight December 4th 2025","meeting_id":5701,"start_sec":1762.59,"end_sec":1814.59,"similarity":0.806,"text":"um, am grateful that Councilor Williams in his capacity on the, uh, Traffic Commission and whatever role that takes next, I know that's an issue that is, uh, very important to him and obviously to you. And, uh, those that, you know, the issues having to do with speeding and traffic are amongst the most important to our constituents and the folks that live here in the city. So I trust that you will, uh, continue to give those issues the attention they deserve. Um, and in closing, I just want to say thank you for all that you've done. Um, I've known you for some time and, uh, I'm so thankful that you're our police chief. And, um, while I won't continue to serve on this council, I look forward to supporting you in the department in all that you do for our community. I'm very grateful. Thank you.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1143682216#t=1762s","page_url":"/video/62"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-12-04","video_id":62,"video_title":"Melrose Appropriations and Oversight December 4th 2025","meeting_id":5701,"start_sec":1988.34,"end_sec":2019.24,"similarity":0.774,"text":"Thank you. Counselor Hamilton. Thank you, Chief. And, uh, thank you for your thoughtful explanation on how this grant will be, or, or how these funds will be allocated. Certainly, you understand the use of force continuum and, um, certainly the, uh, personnel in the Morris Police Department have, uh, demonstrated over the years their restraint, their thoughtfulness, and, um, you know, I feel very comfortable in recomend- in,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1143682216#t=1988s","page_url":"/video/62"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-12-04","video_id":62,"video_title":"Melrose Appropriations and Oversight December 4th 2025","meeting_id":5701,"start_sec":2019.86,"end_sec":2029.73,"similarity":0.686,"text":"uh, in, um, uh, you know, making a motion to recommend, um, you know, support for this order, um, in, in, uh, at this time I make that motion.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1143682216#t=2019s","page_url":"/video/62"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-12-04","video_id":62,"video_title":"Melrose Appropriations and Oversight December 4th 2025","meeting_id":5701,"start_sec":3362.38,"end_sec":3406.12,"similarity":0.704,"text":"Recommended? Yeah, recommended. Sorry. Thank you. You're welcome. Appreciate that. Councilor Stewart, and then I have Councilor Hamilton. (laughs) Thanks. Uh, you're all set. Councilor. You, you want, uh, you want to correct me again? I'm sorry. (laughs) Councilor Hamilton. (laughs) Thank you, chief. And, uh, I do not have a comment on this order, which I fully support. I just want to say thank you, uh, for you and the department and all that you do, uh, for our community. This will be my last opportunity, I think, to address you and, uh, I'm certainly thankful for everything that you folks do for our community, for... And, you know, I could list and tell stories about what you folks have done for our family and,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1143682216#t=3362s","page_url":"/video/62"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":2135.91,"end_sec":2159.91,"similarity":0.885,"text":"Thank you. Go ahead, Councilman- So for context, I think it would be helpful to understand that Councilor Finocchiaro and I met with Ms. Masa and we had a draft ordinance and she reviewed that and she reviewed that with Ms. Phillips and then came back to us and said, \"Here is the document that the City of Somerville uses and has used for years.\" And she made those","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=2135s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":2160.81,"end_sec":2186.43,"similarity":0.854,"text":"changes and we said, \"Yes, we embrace those changes.\" And so that document was then shared with the Planning Board and the Chair of the Planning Board, Greg Sampson, shared specific changes that we then went into this document and made so that it would conform with his recommendations and that is the document that's before us tonight.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=2160s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":3179.19,"end_sec":3200.17,"similarity":0.815,"text":"(clears throat) So when we talk about protections for buildings, and we talk about demo delay, that's one possible layer, and it's pretty much the lowest layer because it doesn't actually stop anything from happening. It delays it. And the next layer is the creation of a local historic district which you're planning to do for this building. Mm-hmm. So","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=3179s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":3202.04,"end_sec":3208.7,"similarity":0.826,"text":"hypothetically, demo delay could be voted on and approved by this committee tonight","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=3202s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":3209.3,"end_sec":3214.69,"similarity":0.708,"text":"and then approved by the full council in one week. And if the","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=3209s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":3216.22,"end_sec":3227.09,"similarity":0.821,"text":"ordinance in this document was approved with a one-year delay, would that be sufficient time for you to create a local historic district to protect a building?","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=3216s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":3231.03,"end_sec":3253.08,"similarity":0.888,"text":"So, um, one of the things that we talked about was the burden, or we talked, you spoke to was the burden that this would be on the Office of Planning and Community Development as far as applications and review and fees and certainly we would, we would add fees so that applicants paid for the cost of a demo review process.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=3231s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":3292.45,"end_sec":3296.37,"similarity":0.739,"text":"How many, how many applications have you had, or how","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=3292s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":3296.99,"end_sec":3301.16,"similarity":0.759,"text":"many, other than Caruso's, which is a recent very obvious example,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=3296s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":3302.09,"end_sec":3306.47,"similarity":0.658,"text":"when was the last time a building more than 100 years old was demolished in Melrose?","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=3302s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":3321.14,"end_sec":3367.26,"similarity":0.889,"text":"just to reiterate, the document that we're reviewing tonight, this is the document largely that you offered, in that the city solicitor reviewed. Right. Right, so- And this is the document that Mr. Sampson, the chair of the planning board, gave feedback to us and we made changes. So we've taken the document that you provided, and that the city solicitor reviewed, and obviously felt good about, legally. And then Mr. Sampson, who is the chair of the planning board, gave input, which we reviewed and made changes, and that's the document that we've put forth before the Legal and Legislative Committee tonight.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=3321s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":3377.76,"end_sec":3385.67,"similarity":0.734,"text":"Well, I, I, I took them. ... with his input. He sent them to me this weekend- (laughs) Yeah. ... and I- Yeah. ... implemented them into this document. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=3377s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":3386.61,"end_sec":3388.23,"similarity":0.636,"text":"So we, we have. So I, I just want","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=3386s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":3388.85,"end_sec":3406.22,"similarity":0.889,"text":"folks on this committee to be aware that this isn't a pie in the sky thing, where we're esoterically discussing, what should we make for a demo delay ordinance? This is founded in, um, a document that's, that's being used in Somerville for how many years?","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=3388s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":3442.47,"end_sec":3464.47,"similarity":0.882,"text":"Thank you. I think that's fair and I think that's an excellent basis on which to found our ordinance and if we're averaging three buildings a year that this affects, in a city of about a thou- 8,000 buildings, um, I think that's something that I'm comfortable with. And, and I thank you. Thank you.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=3442s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":4240.16,"end_sec":4245.78,"similarity":0.603,"text":"I'm sorry. Madam Chair, just based on what I knew from the, uh, Water and Sewer Commission, we have about 800 two-family houses.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=4240s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":5930.06,"end_sec":5961.09,"similarity":0.887,"text":"Thank you, Madam Chair. And, and thank you for the privilege to speak earlier, and I will be brief. I'm mindful of my fellow councilors' time. Um, Caruso's very interesting example because in my conversations with Mr. Talarico, who's our building commissioner, he issued a permit for demolition of that building almost a year ago. So, I don't think that a demo review process would have hindered what was going on with that building, which has been closed for decades. Um, is this rushed? This is absolutely rushed.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=5930s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":5962.01,"end_sec":6004.83,"similarity":0.883,"text":"This is about that building being knocked down. My predecessor as chair of the Historical Commission, Mr. Bennett, spoke earlier. He was here before the Board of Alderman in 2017, advocating for a demo delay ordinance in 2021. I was working towards that, and it didn't work out when I was chair of the Historical Commission. Here we are now. It's no longer this esoteric conversation about protecting important buildings. We now have an important building that is endangered. Cambridge, Somerville, Newton, Brookline, Wellesley, Arlington, Belmont, Winchester, Wakefield, Reading. They all have demo delay. We","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=5962s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":6830.9,"end_sec":6847.81,"similarity":0.845,"text":"Madame Chair, very briefly. So, uh, assessor's records are frequently wrong. And so to Councilor Vandiver point, 1900 is a catchall. So if you used a year like 1899, that would probably be a good compromise.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=6830s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":7182.98,"end_sec":7222.18,"similarity":0.806,"text":"Thank you, Madam Chair. Under Mass General Laws 780 CMR, there is no such thing as a demolition permit. It's a building permit. And that building permit may necessitate demolition, and the building inspector or his designee has 30 days to act on that. So if somebody walks into ISD tomorrow morning and applies for a building permit- Mm-hmm. ... that demolishes 50% more of 244 Main Street or any other building in Melrose built earlier than 1899, they're going to be grandfathered in and nothing that happens here tonight is going to stop them.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=7182s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":7223.15,"end_sec":7231.28,"similarity":0.703,"text":"However, if we move this, if this is moved forward and is acted on by next Monday night, then","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=7223s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":7232.58,"end_sec":7244.29,"similarity":0.768,"text":"anyone who were, was to go into ISD and apply for a permit would be stopped. So, time is literally of the essence. And, um,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=7232s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":7244.9,"end_sec":7278.1,"similarity":0.807,"text":"if I owned 244 Main Street and I was advertising that building to be attractive to developers, as they are, and I knew that this meeting happened tonight, I would hurry up and go apply for a building permit- Mm-hmm. ... and demolish the building, or a permit to replace the roofing and windows. And what they'll frequently do is take the roof covering materials off, they'll blow out the fenestration, and they'll create a building that is just gonna be exposed to the weather. So, um,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=7244s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-24","video_id":65,"video_title":"Melrose City Council - Legal and Legislative November 24th 2025","meeting_id":5689,"start_sec":7278.87,"end_sec":7291.52,"similarity":0.856,"text":"time is of the essence. That's, I, and I understand and I, and I absolutely respect the considerations and the comments of President Migliorelli, of Councilor Stewart, but this is literally time is of the essence.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1140395208#t=7278s","page_url":"/video/65"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-17","video_id":68,"video_title":"Legal & Legislative - Boards & Commissions - Protection & License - City Council Nov 17th 2025","meeting_id":5670,"start_sec":1506.14,"end_sec":1508.89,"similarity":0.688,"text":"Do you need me to make that motion or second? It?","url":"https://vimeo.com/1137934916#t=1506s","page_url":"/video/68"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-11-17","video_id":68,"video_title":"Legal & Legislative - Boards & Commissions - Protection & License - City Council Nov 17th 2025","meeting_id":5670,"start_sec":1543.41,"end_sec":1548.74,"similarity":0.754,"text":"Just a thought, is there a timeline issue? If I make that motion?","url":"https://vimeo.com/1137934916#t=1543s","page_url":"/video/68"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-10-06","video_id":76,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Appropriations and Oversight - City Council October 6th 2025","meeting_id":5611,"start_sec":2800.68,"end_sec":2845.01,"similarity":0.886,"text":"Thank you, Madam President from the Mayor's Public Safety Facilities Advisory Committee, um, on Friday, October 3rd, it was brought to our attention that, uh, during the bidding process, a general contractor who was excluded, uh, from bidding, um, filed an appeal with the Attorney General and that that appeal was upheld, which has, um, forced, uh, a 60 day delay in the process. Um, early this afternoon, the city's project manager, Ms. Gaffey, sent an email with documents attached to the members of this body. And, um, that's it. Thank","url":"https://vimeo.com/1125027432#t=2800s","page_url":"/video/76"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-09-15","video_id":82,"video_title":"Melrose Appropriations and Oversight - City Council Sept. 15th 2025","meeting_id":5595,"start_sec":1341.47,"end_sec":1374.72,"similarity":0.86,"text":"You. Uh, very briefly. The, uh, public Safety Facilities Advisory Committee met on Friday, September 5th and of pertinent information to update the council. Uh, with respect to engine two, which is the new fire station project on Tremont Street. That's out to bid. Bids from general contractors are due on October 1st with award to follow shortly after. So at our next council meeting in October, I should have more information and, uh, the police department's approximately two months behind that schedule. Thank you.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1118929211#t=1341s","page_url":"/video/82"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-09-02","video_id":86,"video_title":"Melrose Finance - Boards and Commissions - Appropriations and Oversight - Legal and Legislative - City Council Sept 2 2025","meeting_id":5570,"start_sec":4215.56,"end_sec":4217.92,"similarity":0.647,"text":"President, I make a motion to close","url":"https://vimeo.com/1115347457#t=4215s","page_url":"/video/86"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-09-02","video_id":86,"video_title":"Melrose Finance - Boards and Commissions - Appropriations and Oversight - Legal and Legislative - City Council Sept 2 2025","meeting_id":5570,"start_sec":4284.94,"end_sec":4287.94,"similarity":0.679,"text":"President, I make a motion to close. Second","url":"https://vimeo.com/1115347457#t=4284s","page_url":"/video/86"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2097.14,"end_sec":2099.31,"similarity":0.7,"text":"Um, I just wanna ask some questions, uh, that","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2097s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2100.3,"end_sec":2105.92,"similarity":0.757,"text":"I think will address some of Councilor Stewart's concerns, which I understand and appreciate,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2100s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2106.73,"end_sec":2116.1,"similarity":0.804,"text":"but I think that it would help if we had some clarification. And I'm looking at Solicitor Phillips's memo from April 5th, 2024,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2106s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2116.82,"end_sec":2130.32,"similarity":0.827,"text":"which includes the specific language of the ballot question. Mm-hmm. And the dollar amount, whether we call it 130 million or 129.7. And then there's been discussion over the last,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2116s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2131.03,"end_sec":2137.86,"similarity":0.762,"text":"I guess a year at this point about budgets in buildings and budgets within the bigger budget.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2131s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2138.84,"end_sec":2143.22,"similarity":0.8,"text":"My understanding, and you please correct me if I'm wrong, is","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2138s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2144.23,"end_sec":2166.11,"similarity":0.837,"text":"that the budget is 130 million or 129.7 million in that we have created individual building budgets to help guide planning. But the only real budget number, and by real I mean the thing that we're tied to is the overall number. And I definitely understand","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2144s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2166.11,"end_sec":2167.86,"similarity":0.697,"text":"and appreciate Councilor Stewart's concern about going out","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2166s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2169.86,"end_sec":2174.11,"similarity":0.753,"text":"to bond before the police station is done fully designed,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2169s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2174.11,"end_sec":2198.29,"similarity":0.852,"text":"but we also have two other buildings that have mm-hmm. We haven't even started design. Um, so if you could, that's, that's my first, uh, question, comment. If you could speak to, are we locked into individual budget numbers by buildings or is that a, a number that slides and can move based on what we encounter? And, uh, one of the, uh,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2174s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2202.96,"end_sec":2206.16,"similarity":0.727,"text":"at some point somebody suggested that back","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2202s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2206.82,"end_sec":2214.45,"similarity":0.807,"text":"before this was a debt exclusion vote, the Public Safety Building Committee presented these numbers","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2206s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2215.45,"end_sec":2218.62,"similarity":0.665,"text":"what we thought each building would cost. And so there was some need to try to adhere to that,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2215s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2219.39,"end_sec":2224.26,"similarity":0.746,"text":"but I would also suggest that we present it to the community","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2219s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2224.76,"end_sec":2226.04,"similarity":0.707,"text":"that we're gonna build the police station","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2224s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2226.71,"end_sec":2229.28,"similarity":0.64,"text":"in one place and we've done it in another. So I, I, I don't,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2226s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2231.59,"end_sec":2235.09,"similarity":0.748,"text":"unless you as our attorney tell us otherwise, I don't think we're locked into numbers","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2231s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2238.34,"end_sec":2244.17,"similarity":0.721,"text":"I think the larger big number, which right now is running under budget by several million dollars is where we are.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2238s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2309.2,"end_sec":2311.7,"similarity":0.732,"text":"Thank you. And, uh, to address some of the other concerns","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2309s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2312.95,"end_sec":2314.91,"similarity":0.717,"text":"that Council Stewart brought up, which are","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2312s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2316.04,"end_sec":2319.91,"similarity":0.73,"text":"excellent concerns that the neighborhood shares.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2316s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2322.24,"end_sec":2328.08,"similarity":0.827,"text":"Um, and I'll share this, I guess with my, you know, report to committee during the full council, but, um, the, uh,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2322s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2329.89,"end_sec":2353.35,"similarity":0.85,"text":"police station is two months behind, and that's largely because the decision was made to press pause and to seek additional input from the community, which has been very helpful in, um, making design changes. But otherwise, I think that, uh, things are on track with the police station and they're looking good.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2329s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2354.17,"end_sec":2357.16,"similarity":0.759,"text":"And I believe, uh, the community overall is supportive.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2354s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2358.95,"end_sec":2377.02,"similarity":0.803,"text":"Last month, um, you know, this was presented, we had Ms, uh, gaff and, and others from the design team that came in to present. And, uh, I didn't hear any objection from the community. And we do have a community representative who, um, I've engaged with who I think is, is a good voice from the neighborhood. So, um, I,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2358s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2377.74,"end_sec":2398.7,"similarity":0.825,"text":"I think things are headed in a very positive direction. I understand the logic behind the decision to borrow. Now, I certainly understand, um, councilor Vandiver comment about borrowing now versus year. There may be some changes in the fall with rates, and it was explained to me from the administration on how,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2377s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2399.36,"end_sec":2432.74,"similarity":0.834,"text":"you know, we would certainly wait to borrow at the right time. So, um, for what it's worth, and in my involvement with the Public Safety Facilities Advisory Committee, I think, I think things are going very well. It's not one building, it's four. And even though we aren't onto designing three and four already, the mayor, uh, with her leadership has seen, she's seen and, uh, directed us towards a few op a few ways in which we can better val value engineer the project. For example, it looks like we're gonna focus on the building","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2399s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2433.49,"end_sec":2440.43,"similarity":0.754,"text":"next door last and doing the East Side Station next instead. And, uh, there are many, many good reasons for doing that.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2433s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":2441.53,"end_sec":2445.91,"similarity":0.684,"text":"So, um, you know, from a fiscal perspective, I think we're, we're doing things the right way. Thank you. Okay, thank you.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=2441s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":5544.09,"end_sec":5567.82,"similarity":0.833,"text":"Thank you very briefly. Uh, from the Public Safety Facilities Advisory Committee that last met on August 8th, the new engine two on Tremont Street is out to bid. And that we expect to award the contract on or about October 17th. And the project will be done by May of 2027. The police station, um, will go out to bid in October","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=5544s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-08-18","video_id":90,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Appropriations and Oversight -Legal and Legislative - City Council Aug 18 2025","meeting_id":5552,"start_sec":5568.87,"end_sec":5575.81,"similarity":0.766,"text":"award in December and we expect that building to be completed by July 27th. Thank you.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1111149038#t=5568s","page_url":"/video/90"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-07-21","video_id":93,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Legal and Leg. - City Council - Appropriations and Oversight July 21 2025","meeting_id":5530,"start_sec":220.01,"end_sec":223.36,"similarity":0.677,"text":"No questions. Uh, thank you Chief for stepping up and, uh, make a motion to recommend second","url":"https://vimeo.com/1103432781#t=220s","page_url":"/video/93"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-07-21","video_id":93,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Legal and Leg. - City Council - Appropriations and Oversight July 21 2025","meeting_id":5530,"start_sec":2579.94,"end_sec":2592.05,"similarity":0.845,"text":"On discussion. Council Hamilton. So The document before us does request permission to lay and maintain underground laterals, cables,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1103432781#t=2579s","page_url":"/video/93"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-07-21","video_id":93,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Legal and Leg. - City Council - Appropriations and Oversight July 21 2025","meeting_id":5530,"start_sec":2592.67,"end_sec":2600.68,"similarity":0.813,"text":"and wires in the above or intersecting public ways. So that's what's before us and that's different.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1103432781#t=2592s","page_url":"/video/93"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-07-21","video_id":93,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Legal and Leg. - City Council - Appropriations and Oversight July 21 2025","meeting_id":5530,"start_sec":3019.64,"end_sec":3025.26,"similarity":0.775,"text":"Thank you. So the, the poll that's there now, do you have any idea how long it's been there?","url":"https://vimeo.com/1103432781#t=3019s","page_url":"/video/93"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-07-21","video_id":93,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Legal and Leg. - City Council - Appropriations and Oversight July 21 2025","meeting_id":5530,"start_sec":3030.01,"end_sec":3032.97,"similarity":0.702,"text":"So the issue is that the pole","url":"https://vimeo.com/1103432781#t=3030s","page_url":"/video/93"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-07-21","video_id":93,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Legal and Leg. - City Council - Appropriations and Oversight July 21 2025","meeting_id":5530,"start_sec":3033.7,"end_sec":3035.32,"similarity":0.721,"text":"blocks a handicap space?","url":"https://vimeo.com/1103432781#t=3033s","page_url":"/video/93"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-07-21","video_id":93,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Legal and Leg. - City Council - Appropriations and Oversight July 21 2025","meeting_id":5530,"start_sec":3040.82,"end_sec":3043.57,"similarity":0.743,"text":"So when the pole was installed, was that a handicap space?","url":"https://vimeo.com/1103432781#t=3040s","page_url":"/video/93"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-07-21","video_id":93,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Legal and Leg. - City Council - Appropriations and Oversight July 21 2025","meeting_id":5530,"start_sec":3049.18,"end_sec":3057.42,"similarity":0.813,"text":"I'm gonna, I'm trying to be brief. Yeah, yeah, no, no. I'm trying to lay the groundwork for before they come back in and I'll cut right to it. So there's a pole that runs, connects","url":"https://vimeo.com/1103432781#t=3049s","page_url":"/video/93"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-07-21","video_id":93,"video_title":"Melrose Protection and License - Finance - Legal and Leg. - City Council - Appropriations and Oversight July 21 2025","meeting_id":5530,"start_sec":3059.2,"end_sec":3072.32,"similarity":0.845,"text":"to the church, and it's, right now it's up in the air, the connections from the pole. Yes. And we want to put a pole across the street. Yes. 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I make a motion, uh,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1093898418#t=428s","page_url":"/video/99"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-06-16","video_id":99,"video_title":"Melrose City Council June 16th 2025","meeting_id":5507,"start_sec":432.6,"end_sec":434.65,"similarity":0.703,"text":"request a media consideration at this time.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1093898418#t=432s","page_url":"/video/99"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-06-16","video_id":99,"video_title":"Melrose City Council June 16th 2025","meeting_id":5507,"start_sec":443.81,"end_sec":448.56,"similarity":0.753,"text":"Yes. Uh, request that we set a public hearing for July 21st. 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And I have a statement prepared, but","url":"https://vimeo.com/1091989124#t=254s","page_url":"/video/102"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-06-09","video_id":102,"video_title":"Melrose Appropriations and Oversight Committee June 9th 2025 Budget Hearing","meeting_id":5491,"start_sec":260.96,"end_sec":289.45,"similarity":0.824,"text":"before I read it, there is no one in Melrose that doesn't recognize the value of Memorial Hall in the asset that it is in this community, we are a municipality, a city government, a corporation that delivers services to residents funded by their tax dollars. The essential services we deliver are public works, water, sewer, trash, and recycling streets, sidewalks, parks and buildings. 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During the present budget season, we've heard about dramatic cuts in city services to police, fire and DPW, and we have gutted the school budget simultaneously.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1091989124#t=297s","page_url":"/video/102"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-06-09","video_id":102,"video_title":"Melrose Appropriations and Oversight Committee June 9th 2025 Budget Hearing","meeting_id":5491,"start_sec":307.43,"end_sec":319.95,"similarity":0.769,"text":"We have approved putting an override measure on the ballot in November, signaling to the community our position that we need more of their tax dollars to get the job done.","url":"https://vimeo.com/1091989124#t=307s","page_url":"/video/102"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-06-09","video_id":102,"video_title":"Melrose Appropriations and Oversight Committee June 9th 2025 Budget Hearing","meeting_id":5491,"start_sec":323.88,"end_sec":331.7,"similarity":0.672,"text":"before us when we don't have a city engineer or a facilities director,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1091989124#t=323s","page_url":"/video/102"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-06-09","video_id":102,"video_title":"Melrose Appropriations and Oversight Committee June 9th 2025 Budget Hearing","meeting_id":5491,"start_sec":332.55,"end_sec":338.29,"similarity":0.721,"text":"when we cannot fully fund our police or fire departments the way they deserve to be?","url":"https://vimeo.com/1091989124#t=332s","page_url":"/video/102"},{"person":"hamilton-ward","date":"2025-06-09","video_id":102,"video_title":"Melrose Appropriations and Oversight Committee June 9th 2025 Budget Hearing","meeting_id":5491,"start_sec":338.99,"end_sec":343.35,"similarity":0.697,"text":"And when we are literally laying off dozens of teachers,","url":"https://vimeo.com/1091989124#t=338s","page_url":"/video/102"}],"next_cursor":"u|2025-06-09|102|338.99"}