ORDER-2022-66 : An Order Relative to Property Tax Relief for Active Duty Members of the National Guard (Item # 9604)

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▶ 14:25 Leila Migliorelli: Is order 2022 dash 66 in order relative to property tax relief for active duty members of the National Guard item number 9604 sponsored by counselors, McMaster and Karen shady. I will let 1 of the 2 counselors speak about this order counselor McMaster.

▶ 14:50 Leila Migliorelli: Thank you, Madam chair. Yeah, we just lost you a little bit, but go ahead.

▶ 14:56 Leila Migliorelli: Now, we can't hear you. Yes, you have to get really close.

▶ 15:02 Speaker 2: As you know, I'm an unvoting member of this committee. The sponsor. In order to.

▶ 15:13 Speaker 1: Did you lose me? Yeah, you're still glitching a little bit.

▶ 15:18 Shawn M. MacMaster: Is that any better? I feel like I'm very close to the end.

▶ 15:22 Speaker 1: That's very much better, but yes, you are close. It's fine. Go ahead.

▶ 15:24 Shawn M. MacMaster: As under Rule 20, as you know, Madam Chair, even though I'm a non-voting member of the committee, I am able to introduce the order. I'm going to stop short of completely introducing it and just for the record, make sure that the committee understands that Consular Karmashadi and I are in ongoing discussions with the administration over this order. What we have learned is that there is an ordinance that was accepted in 2012 that conflicts somewhat with this order and it would cap the percentage of the abatement that Council of Commerce Shady and I are seeking. In talking with the administration, I think we can work around that, but we'd like a little bit more time, Madam Chair, in order to talk with the assessor and have some continued conversations with the city solicitor. So I would defer Madam Chair to Councilor Karamcheti to make that motion. Thank you.

▶ 16:20 Manjula Karamcheti: Yes. Based on this information that we have, I'd like to make a motion to hold in committee while we continue our conversations on how to move forward in the best way possible.

▶ 16:35 Leila Migliorelli: Motion to hold in committee made by Councilor Karamcheti, seconded by President Cinella. Mr. Clerk, can you call the roll, please?

▶ 16:46 Speaker 2: Certainly.

▶ 16:53 Speaker 2: demolition councillor Grigoraitis yes councillor stewart yes councillor karen shady yes president

▶ 17:08 Speaker 2: sanella yes and chair migliorelli yes that's unanimous all right thank you much this order

▶ 17:15 Leila Migliorelli: will be held in committee um next on our agenda tonight is ordinance 2022-1 amending article 1 chapter 152-10 licenses and permits general provisions of the city of melrose court of code of ordinances um mr clark can you bring in city solicitor phillips i see her there and um i'll just briefly lead off saying that i had sponsored this ordinance change upon recommendation of the city solicitor who had done some research on our ordinances and noticed that in 1996 the board of aldermen then had accepted massachusetts general law chapter 40 section 57 but did not formally adopt it in the form of an ordinance so the goal tonight is to make sure that our ordinances reflect um that we did accept the statute so i will turn it over to city solicitor phillips and let her um describe this in more detail uh you need to unmute miss i apologize