ORDER-2022-10 : Appointment of Lillian Yadgood Kelly, 117 Boston Rock Rd., to the Board of Health for a three-year term; said term to expire on the last day of February 2024

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▶ 1:07:34 Maya Jamaleddine: volunteering in the vaccination clinic um thank you so much and thank you for stepping forward we have a motion on floor made by vice chair migliorelli and seconded by councillor eccles all in favor all right any opposed okay congratulations and we'll recommend it to

▶ 1:07:58 Maya Jamaleddine: the full council mayor brother is still with us and we have one more order order 2022-10 appointment of Lillian Yadgood-Kelly, 117 Boston Rock Road to the Boyd of Health for a three years term, set term to expire on the last day of February 2024. WHEREAS still under suspension.

▶ 1:08:26 Paul Brodeur: It may sound redundant when I say this, but we have another all-star in our midst. um by way of by way of background should you uh in your wisdom approve this appointment um miss kelly will be taking the place of maureen Garipay ms Garipay mrs Garipay did an outstanding job serving the city for uh for a long time in many different roles as the family has and I know that she is very supportive of Miss Kelly's nomination to the to the Boyd of Health as you can see Miss Kelly's resume demonstrates a career

▶ 1:09:14 Paul Brodeur: long commitment to nursing and health care and unfortunately health care disaster medicine and management something I wish we didn't need but we seem to be right in the middle of it so this is this again someone who from you know from her early days at Northeastern to training at Mass General we are not gonna I suspect we would not get a more qualified candidate had we advertised nationally to fill this position I would also note that miss Kelly mrs. Kelly has been very active as a foster parent and has adopted several kids so along with her her obvious technical expertise and commitment to public health that certainly reflects an empathy and a compassion that i think will well serve the board of health and will serve the community well i am proud to offer her nomination for your consideration

▶ 1:10:27 Speaker 4: thank you um and i'm chairwoman and committee members um thank you all for letting me present to you today uh as paul had said i am a lifelong resident of melrose and spent the bulk of my career working at melrose wakefield then hallmark health and melrose wakefield hospital again in various leadership and management capacities and it was through the disaster management or director of emergency preparedness for the hallmark health system that i became very familiar in working with board healthier in melrose and police fire ems the coalitions of massachusetts and serving on many boards throughout the state with health and hospitals addressing health care needs and emergency response who knew our early pandemic planning was going to come up upon us so quickly but you know aside from that I learned through that experience to develop an appreciation for the different perspectives that are brought to the table on an issue and how you know we cite we always look at things from our own perspective and agendas but we have to realize where everyone else is coming from and what their needs are and who their leadership is and what their goals and perspectives are so I developed a healthy appreciation for taking my time and evaluating what people are doing and what their needs are before making or enabled to enable me to make informed decisions for whatever I do more recently I as you can see if my resume I last six years I've been working within a safety net system hospital us again in the community and then again was introduced not that I wasn't in my early mass general training but again to the challenges of working with a diverse population and who's trying to navigate a very complicated health care system and so uh that's pretty much it i i welcome the opportunity to work with the board i'm really excited i think to be able to contribute in a meaningful and positive way and i hope that you would agree that my skill set would translate

▶ 1:12:30 Maya Jamaleddine: well into this position i'm certainly excited to have you yeah thanks um counselor master

▶ 1:12:33 Shawn M. MacMaster: Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm a non-voting member of this committee, but I am excited to have Mrs. Kelly before us tonight as a Ward 5 resident. She's someone with whom I'm familiar from the ward. The mayor did not exaggerate when he said that national search couldn't produce a better candidate. That's true. She is very accomplished, as the mayor said, in nursing, disaster management, and leadership. And frankly, if you look at her resume, and I know everyone here did, but if the public looked at her resume, she could be running Melrose-Wakefield Hospital if she chose. That's how experienced she is. I can't vote for you, Mrs. Kelly, tonight in committee. I do expect this to be voted on favorably by the committee, and I would at that time or later this evening look forward to voting for you before the full council. So thank you for stepping up. Very much appreciated.

▶ 1:13:24 Paul Brodeur: Thank you so much. Melrose-Wakefield is in the midst of a job search today.

▶ 1:13:28 Speaker 5: For our CEOs, don't give her any ideas.

▶ 1:13:32 Maya Jamaleddine: Next, we have Councilor Summers.

▶ 1:13:35 Cory Thomas: Thank you, Ms. Chairman. Ms. Kelly, welcome. Thank you so much. Your qualifications and you can tell your passion speaks of your commitment to the position. Thank you very much for stepping up. While we welcome you momentarily, I'm sure, I did want to recognize Mrs. Garipay and thank her for her years of service. Garipay family uh her late husband peter um they have a long tradition of community service in in melrose and that continues now uh with counselor Garipay who's not here at the moment but thank you very much for stepping up we appreciate it thank you

▶ 1:14:11 Jack Eccles: next counselor echo thank you so much for stepping up and at this time i'd make a motion to recommend this for passage to the full council later we have a motion made by

▶ 1:14:19 Maya Jamaleddine: Councilor Eccles, seconded by President Sinella. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?

▶ 1:14:29 Maya Jamaleddine: Okay, congratulations and will be recommended to the full Council. Thank you Madam Chair. Motion to adjourn. Second. At this moment we have no more orders. We have a motion to adjourn made by President Sinella, seconded by Councilor Stewart. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?