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ORDER-2021-66 : Appointment of Eugenia Gibbons to the Conservation Commission for a term expiring on the last day of February 2023.
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ORDER-2021-66 Appointment Appointment of Eugenia Gibbons to the Conservation Commission for a term expiring on the last day of February 2023. Recommend Passage City Council
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▶ 1:09:14 John N. Tramontozzi: Yes, yes, thank you. Mr Jane. Kathy says there is your appointment will be considered by the full board at our next full board meeting. You the motion your appointment has been recommended by the committee. I do anticipate a positive response. At the full board, you do not have to be in attendance unless any of the members of the accounts will have any further questions. Then we will ask you to come in. But otherwise you do not have to come to the full board meeting for the final approval. We do have your resume and very impressive and we appreciate that. Thank you so much and have a pleasant evening. Okay. Thank you very much. The next business order 2021-66 is the appointment of Eugenia Gibbons to the Conservation Commission for a term expiring on the last day of February 2023. do we have Ms. Gibbons with us this evening?
▶ 1:10:12 Speaker 1: She is an attendee. I think she's making the phone. Ms. Gibbons, can you hear me? Yes, I can't make you a panelist.
▶ 1:10:27 Speaker 1: Are you coming in to be a phone? Nope. I'm on top. I'm sorry. I'm not able to make our panelists.
▶ 1:10:35 Speaker 9: If you can hear Miss Gibbons, um, oh, uh, 1st, um, with me is here to introduce you and then we'll follow up some questions.
▶ 1:10:46 Paul Brodeur: Thank you again. Mr chairman, the next candidate for the commission is, uh, I got to know his given professionally. Her work in environmental and energy advocacy when I was with the legislature and she was with a group called Green Power. She will fill you in on that. I don't remember the exact name. An incredible eye to detail, an incredible fluency with issues related to energy and environment. Another member of, another person from Melrose affiliated with Tufts University, it seems every other person that we know of in Melrose that steps up the service in some way, affiliated with Tufts. I know you all have had a chance to review, excuse me, her resume. I would want to point out that something that might have slipped by is that Ms. Gibbons was named a Rockstar Mom by Clean Water Action, which is an environmental advocacy group. I think it's fair to say part of her commitment to doing this work is to make sure that folks are engaged to get a bigger picture around why these policies and procedures and protections that are built into Massachusetts law are followed, that there's good reasons for them. I can't recommend her strongly enough. Again, I welcome your questions after hearing from her a bit. Thank you.
▶ 1:12:30 Speaker 9: Thank you Mr. Mayor. Ms. Gibbons, can you hear me?
▶ 1:12:33 Speaker 1: I can. Can you hear me?
▶ 1:12:35 Speaker 9: Yes, yes. Thank you so much. And thank you for coming forward and volunteering your time to the Conservation Commission. We do have a copy of your resume as part of the package. It's very impressive and thank you. Do you want to say a few words for the committee?
▶ 1:12:58 Speaker 1: Sure. So thank you for that, Mayor Broder. I've been living in Melrose for about six years. I'm pretty familiar with a number of you and have had the pleasure to work together and interact in the city together. Like Mr. Jankaitis, I have encountered and worked with conservation commissions throughout my professional career, although in a different capacity, I imagine, than Mr. Gencatus. So we certainly will bring different but complementary perspectives to the table. And I just thank you, Mr. Mayor, and thank the committee for considering the nomination and the appointment. And if selected, if Appointment, I will do my very best to fill the very big shoes being left behind by Ms. Murphy, who served for 18 years. So thank you. And I hope you all have
▶ 1:13:52 Speaker 9: great evening uh thank you for those uh those comments and uh i'll open it up for any committee
▶ 1:14:04 Shawn M. MacMaster: member might have any questions uh councilman mcmaster thank you mr uh chairman no questions just to comment i was very pleased to see uh mayor broder send down uh miss gibbons uh name uh for nomination uh many of us know her from uh the city uh she um is well-known professional circles for her environmental advocacy and I think it's the type of appointment that we really desire when we're looking for boards and commissions people who are volunteering their time and their expertise that we really get the best individuals for the job and Ms. Gibbons exemplifies that Ms. Gibbons also just wanted to thank you from one Ward 5 resident to another for stepping up and being willing to serve I know you have busy professional uh and personal life um but we're fortunate to have you so thank you for
▶ 1:14:58 Speaker 1: putting your name uh in thank you very much counselor mcmaster
▶ 1:15:01 John N. Tramontozzi: i thank you counselor for those kind words and uh i'll open it up for any other member of the committee or the council with any other questions uh yes counselor michael
▶ 1:15:16 Leila Migliorelli: I just wanted to echo Mayor Broder's excitement about having another Tufts grad joining the city ranks. So Eugenia is a fellow Jumbo, UEP program Jumbo, so I can attest to her educational background in this area along with her professional experience. So really excited to have you on the Conservation Commission. Thanks so much. Thank you very much.
▶ 1:15:42 Speaker 9: Wonderful. Wonderful. Thank you for those words counselor. Any other questions from any member of the council seeing none? What is the wish of the committee?
▶ 1:16:00 John N. Tramontozzi: Mr. chairman 2nd, we have a motion to commend by counselor. McMaster is seconded by president. On the motion.
▶ 1:16:13 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yes. Yes, yes, yes.
▶ 1:16:26 John N. Tramontozzi: Yes, yes, thank you. Miss Miss givens your nomination appointment to the conservation commission has reached a recommendation by this committee to be presented to be sent to the full board for. Final action again, you don't have to be present unless there is any call by any member for any further questions. Other than that. Thank you. And I'm going to have a good evening.