ORDER-2021-5 : Appointment of Paula Weiner, 25 Clinton Road, to the Commission on Disability for a two-year term; said term to expire on the last day of February 2022

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▶ 7:04 Jack Eccles: can i can thank you um so coming next we're going to go to order 2021-5 appointment of paul wiener 25 clinton road to the commission on disability for a two-year term said to expire

▶ 7:22 Speaker 1: on the last day of february 2022. i'm trying to see i don't see ms weiner in the room i don't I don't know, maybe she might be that call-in user.

▶ 7:30 Jack Eccles: Possibly. Yeah, we spoke earlier. So she may be. She did confirm.

▶ 7:34 Speaker 1: So let me, I'm gonna unmute this person again.

▶ 7:38 Speaker 4: Hi, it's Paula.

▶ 7:40 Speaker 1: Oh, hi, Paula. Can you guys all hear Paula?

▶ 7:42 Speaker 4: Hi, it's Paula Weiner. Yes, that's me calling in. Great.

▶ 7:45 Jack Eccles: Mayor Broder, do you wanna take this one off again?

▶ 7:50 Paul Brodeur: That would be terrific. So I first met Ms. Weiner In literally baseball world, and that's kind of where we made our where we made our 1st connection and she has been involved in challenge of baseball and has helped her family navigate issues in this in this area. She is also for the last several years, I say, 7 or 8 years has worked at a skilled nursing facility here in Melrose and is intimately familiar with the challenges faced by our senior population. population in navigating issues of disability, either from physical disability to maybe potentially cognitive impairments. She also interestingly has a background as a legal assistant, and also working in constituent services from former colleague of mine, Chris Fallon, who's the state representative from Malden for many years. She also is intimately aware of how important constituent services are, and making that connection to help people you know where they where they're at and to help them in real time so i'm delighted that she is willing to uh step forward to serve the commission awesome

▶ 9:10 Speaker 4: uh miss weiner yes thank you jack thank you mayor i appreciate the words um so i have I was born and raised in our town next door, Malden. I have also two disabled children. One is physically challenged and the other has autism and some mental health issues. So I do, as the Mayor mentioned, I have both on my family side and in my work life, I have involvement for advocacy for challenged folks, those with disabilities. I do also volunteer my time with the local services like the Council on Aging and Mystic Valley and Triangle and the Y. So these things have really been important to me for a very long time. So I feel it's so important to give folks with disabilities a voice and a platform and to really be a little bit more aware in the community perhaps through some marketing a community community events to really um allow them to be a vital part of our community so that's my hope to bring to

▶ 10:30 Jack Eccles: this commission thank you very much thank you thank you counselor gemology i'd like to thank

▶ 10:35 Maya Jamaleddine: Ms. Weiner for stepping up and volunteering in this role and I would like to make a motion for passage to recommend all right second second motion to recommend for passage by

▶ 10:52 Jack Eccles: Vice Chair Jamaleddine and seconded by Councillor McNutt Madam Clerk can you please call the roll

▶ 11:00 Speaker 1: Chair Eccles yes Vice Chair Jamaleddine yes Councillor McMaster yes Councillor McNaught Yes. Council of Migliorelli? Yes. President Grigoraitis? Yes. Six yes. Fantastic. Thank you very much, Ms. Weiner.

▶ 11:14 Jack Eccles: And then we have one last appointment tonight. Order 2020- Order 2021-3, appointment of Eric Hutchinson, 9 Winthrop Street, Apartment 2, to the Commission on Disability for a two-year term, said to expire on the last day of February 2022.