ORDER-2021-68 : Appointment of Jason Webb to the Memorial Hall Board of Trustees to fill the unexpired term of Laura Paladino. Said term to expire on the last day of February of 2022.

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▶ 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.

▶ 1:16:52 John N. Tramontozzi: The final order on the committee this evening is order 2021 that 68 is the appointment of Jason web to the memorial hall or board of trustees to fill the term of Paula. paladino said to him to expire on the last day of february of 2022. i see mr webb is with us this evening how are you and uh mayor would you uh like to introduce mr webb for us uh yes i thank

▶ 1:17:21 Paul Brodeur: you very much mr chairman one more time and i know i'm particularly giving your families um really background and talents in the arts this is of special importance to you it is uh for the board of trustees to the Soldiers and Sales Memorial Building, which is more commonly referred to as Memorial Hall. I'm excited that Jay Webb has stepped up to offer his time and his commitment to the stewardship of the building. Mr. Webb is a Melrose High graduate, understands the history and importance of the building, and he's also a tremendously accomplished executive. He has been for almost 10 years now, the president of his own recruiting and marketing company, and he brings a separate dimension that really will complement the other skills that are represented by the Board of Trustees. I'm excited to have you have the opportunity to hear from Mr. Webb and to consider his nominations. Thank you.

▶ 1:18:26 Speaker 9: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I appreciate that. Mr. Webb, good to see you this evening. Would you like to say a few words for the committee? Yes, thank you. Thank you, Mayor Broder, for that kind introduction. And also just like to thank who is not present, but Lou Izzi, who is obviously a resident of Melrose and my attorney, frankly, for all things real estate, for recommending me to Mayor Broder. And also to Kathy for just sharing some more information with me about the workings of the committee and the importance of Memorial Hall. So more about me, I was born and raised in Melrose. I was actually talking to one of my oldest friends last night and we were laughing that I've never moved a mile from the place where I was born, which is less than a mile from where I'm sitting right now at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. And I've always said that I was lucky enough be born in milrose and i'm smart enough not to leave um one of the reasons is just as i'm seeing some faces here that i uh frankly grew up with i think there's five faces right here mr Garipay mr sanella mr thomas and uh mr mcnaught and am i missing somebody i don't think so so uh you know that's always comforting and i have my wife uh here now with me that she came from new jersey to to stay here and go to life with me and now have my two uh kids uh jalen and jada going through elementary school right now they're five and seven respectively and i'm just excited to um you know to pitch in where i can and really be a part more a part of a community um my aunt my late great aunt who um essentially is the reason why my family came to melrose to begin with uh was a an active um i'd say participant or patron uh of memorial hall as she would go and watch noro symphony uh every year my wife started taking my daughter to the um nutcracker um every year and also just as a family we've gone several times uh over the last years and i hadn't you know like i said i was born and raised here and hadn't uh even gone into the hall until i started having a family and started really appreciating um you know what it meant and then learning more about it through maya broder and some of the other folks uh recently um humbled and honored to um to perhaps uh become a board member uh thank you mr webb you are a very welcome

▶ 1:21:03 John N. Tramontozzi: addition to the memorial hall board of trustees i'm sure um and as the mayor said i have My family and I have fond memories of many performances at Memorial Hall, and we do treasure it. It's a wonderful building, and I know well that you know being a long-term resident and living in Melrose, how important Memorial Hall is to the city. We definitely appreciate your volunteer service, to uh to the city uh we do have a copy of your resume as part of the um our package and uh but i will ask any member of the committee or the council for that matter if you have any questions i see uh uh counselor uh thomas with his hand raised first i'll let him go and then

▶ 1:22:04 Cory Thomas: counselor garrett thereafter thank you mr chair uh mr webb welcome uh mayor broderick welcome as well um mr webb as um as did mr jacantis and miss gibbons uh before him uh their resumes are exemplary um you know i i think it's a great thing for the community of melrose to have so many talented and and dedicated people uh that want to volunteer their time to our community uh so mr webb it's great to see you um it's been a long time uh but i don't think you've aged at all uh it's great to see you um and and we're not gonna hold the recommendation of uh counselor izzy uh against you one at one i don't know so welcome good to see you and we look forward to seeing you

▶ 1:22:48 Speaker 9: um again so thank you thank you uh thank you council of thomas council Garipay thank you

▶ 1:22:52 Mark Garipay: mr chairman um yeah i'd like to thank uh mr rizzi for recommending mr webb and mayor broda for for presenting mr webb uh for the the board of trustees uh i've known though i'm a little younger than the mr webb i've known known jason for probably 40 years and he will be a great asset to memorial hall and i am proud to uh to support this recommendation thank you thank you councilor

▶ 1:23:22 John N. Tramontozzi: Garipay uh any further questions uh council mcnutt thank you i i just wanted to echo um

▶ 1:23:34 Jeff McNaught: Mayor Broder, Councilor Thomas, and Councilor Garipay sentiments for Mr. Webb, who I call Jay. How are you doing, Jay? Thank you for stepping up and taking on such an important role. To Councilor Thomas point, these are three incredible resumes that came before us tonight. Thank you, Mayor Broder, and look forward to this going to the full council. Thank you.

▶ 1:24:04 John N. Tramontozzi: Thank you. Councilman not any further questions or comments by any. Counselors seeing none what is the will of the committee?

▶ 1:24:16 John N. Tramontozzi: I see a motion to motion to recommend by counseling a second by everyone else. Council Thomas. On the motion that.

▶ 1:24:38 Speaker 5: Yes. Yes. Yes. Thank you.

▶ 1:24:46 John N. Tramontozzi: Madam clerk and Mr web, your your appointment to the memorial hall board of trustees has been moved forward, with a recommendation to the full board at our next full board meeting we'll take it up for a final vote again you don't have to be present unless you're called upon to answer other questions that the council may determine but other than that and we again appreciate your service and volunteer for the murrow's memorial hall board of trustees and we look forward to your appointment there and thank you very much thank you thank you okay good night good night thank you that concludes the business of the public service committee i'll entertain a motion