ORDER-2020-99 : Appointment of Bonnie Clapp, 177 First Street, to the Human Rights Commission to fill the unexpired term of Maya Jamaleddine; said term to expire on the last day of February 2021.

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▶ 2:15 Jack Eccles: tonight's agenda is order 2020-99 appointment of bonnie clapp 177 first three to the human rights commission to fill the unexpected term unexpired term of maya Jamaleddine said to expire on the last day of february

▶ 2:33 Shawn M. MacMaster: 2021. is there a motion motion to suspend the rules mr chairman so that we may

▶ 2:37 Jack Eccles: hear from the nominee second motion to suspend the rules made by council mcmaster second by councillor mcnaught

▶ 2:43 Speaker 2: i'm clear councilor maladin councillor mcmaster yes that's limit not yes councilor Migliorelli yes president Grigoraitis yes chairman eccles yes or yes so there are several people in the room the candidates to the mayors in the room i'm going to bring him in now the human rights commission chair i'm bringing him in as well

▶ 3:15 Jack Eccles: and the two candidates mr mayor it's probably appropriate to start off with you

▶ 3:20 Paul Brodeur: Delightful. Thank you very much for the opportunity to address you again tonight about the Human Rights Commission. There has been, as many of you have served on this commission, I don't really need to give you a long history of what that service involves or what really tremendous progress that the commission has made over the years. It is one of our longest standing, perhaps the longest standing commission, with the exception maybe of the Park Commission in the city um and it has evolved and grown over the years and i am uh i'm delighted to offer bonnie's name as a new as a new commissioner um there's something there's always something there's we unfortunately sometimes fall into the bucket of there's two kinds of people the lifers and the new melroseans and um i think that is something of a myth and the two candidates you'll see before you one one grew up here but miss clapp um chose milrose and and um and fell in love with the community rather than rather than drag that on i think you'd much rather hear from mike and her than hear more from me again i thank you very much for your for your

▶ 4:39 Speaker 2: quick duration back here on mute yeah mr sankovic please call me mike yeah um thank you um um bonnie

▶ 4:48 Speaker 2: has come to um several human rights commission meetings and um she's a well-respected member of the community um i note that she um participated in our most recent meeting which was virtual and um offered up a whole bunch of ideas for the pride event i feel like bonnie's reputation and work ethic around the town speaks for itself she's a member of the winthrop pto um is um an avid participant in many community activities throughout melrose and i think she'll be a welcome

▶ 5:27 Jack Eccles: addition to the human rights commission fantastic um i think we can take these orders in the way

▶ 5:38 Speaker 3: that they've come in so miss clap you can to speak thank you um my desire to work with the human rights commission really is quite simple i just really wanted to give back to this amazing community that's really become our home we moved here back in 2012 from edmonton alberta canada with the intention of actually only staying a few years and now in 2020 three kids later we are really proud that nowhere else feels more like home than Melrose and we just I would really like for all people here in Melrose to experience the same welcome that we have we just want everyone to be able to find a piece of their home here and I want to honor the uniqueness of all individuals here and I also want to give back further to my children by modeling all that to them as well so it'd really be a privilege to volunteer with human rights commission and to work with so many esteemed people that are already working with it your greatest thank you thank you

▶ 6:45 Jen Grigoraitis: mr mayor and chairman stankovich and thank you ms clapp for being here i am so excited to have your name before us as your ward councillor it warms my heart to see you giving back to your community in yet another way i've known you for years i've had the opportunity to work with you you when you served as co-president of the Winthrop PTO. I know that you approach everything you do with the issues of inclusivity and diversity at the forefront. And I look forward to seeing your work with the commission. So I wholeheartedly support this nomination and thank you for your service.

▶ 7:18 Speaker 3: Thank you so much.

▶ 7:20 Speaker 2: Councillor McNaught.

▶ 7:23 Jeff McNaught: I'll be very brief. I just wanted to say that I applaud your nomination and I loved your son's quote that said, home is not where you're from it's where you belong so thank you that was very cute thank you

▶ 7:40 Leila Migliorelli: um i just wanted to also extend my um warm congratulations um bonnie i think that you know you as everyone's mentioned you've been such a leader in our community and given back so much i know that you felt really passionate about the issues of human rights um you know being a former commissioner myself and um you know we had had some conversations and so i'm glad to see that you taking this next step and hope you'll get a lot of as

▶ 8:04 Speaker 3: much out of the Commission as I did thank you so much I'll make a motion to

▶ 8:15 Jack Eccles: recommend for passage second a motion to recommend for passage by president seconded by councillor Migliorelli

▶ 8:22 Speaker 2: and I'm quickly color on Jamala Dean councillor McMaster yes Councilor McNaught. Yes. Councilor Migliorelli. Yes. President Grigoraitis. Yes. Chairman Eccles. Yes.