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Appointment of Joseph Swithin Shortlidge, 132 Bay State Road, Melrose, to the Melrose Human Rights Commission for a term of three years, said term to expire the last day of February 2029.
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B. (ID # 2026-445): Appointment of Joseph Swithin Shortlidge, 132 Bay State Road, Melrose, to the Melrose Human Rights Commission for a term of three years, said term to expire the last day of February 2029. Motion to Approve made by President Freeman Seconded by Councilor Kowal All were in favor and motion passed RESULTS: PASSED [UNANIMOUS] TO: City Council AYES: Cal Finocchiaro, Elizabeth Kowal, Christopher Park, Ryan Williams, Bradley Freeman NAYS: None ABSENT: Kim Vandiver Comments on Discussion: -President Freeman thanked Josh for his efforts on events for MLK Day. 2
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▶ 2:51 Ryan Williams: Any discussion? Okay, seeing none, all in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay. That passes. Thank you. Thank you. Let's move on to ID2026-445, appointment of Joseph Swithin Shortledge, 132 Bay State Road, Melrose, to the Melrose Human Rights Commission for a term of three years, said term to expire on the last day of February 2029. Hi, you must be Joseph. Thanks for joining us.
▶ 3:17 Speaker 3: Thank you.
▶ 3:19 Speaker 4: So, uh, Joseph goes by Josh, that's your preferred- Oh, excuse me. Oh, that's okay.
▶ 3:24 Speaker 3: Josh. Too many Joes in my family, so. Yep. Um, yeah. I'm real excited. I've, um... Ever since, um, George Floyd's passing, death, murder, whatever, um, I have been very active in this space, more on racial, and now I'm on the racial justice team at the UU church. Um, really very, very excited about this work, work on the MLK Day Coalition. Um, that's a big thing that Ca- uh, Elizabeth's been helping with. Um, yeah. So I'm, I'm honored to be here, and thank you very much.
▶ 4:05 Ryan Williams: Thank you very much. Any questions or comments from councilors? President Freeman?
▶ 4:09 Bradley Freeman: I just want to thank you for your work with the, uh, MLK Day. My family and I participated for the first time this year, and I found it to be a really rewarding experience and, and a great educational opportunity- Oh ... for both my children. So thank you for, for your service there.
▶ 4:20 Speaker 3: For your children? Yes.
▶ 4:23 Speaker 5: Ah.
▶ 4:25 Speaker 3: Yeah.
▶ 4:28 Speaker 2: With that, I'll make a motion to approve. Okay.
▶ 4:31 Ryan Williams: Second. Motion to approve by President Freeman, seconded by Councilor Kowal. All in favor?
▶ 4:36 Speaker 3: Aye. Aye. Aye.
▶ 4:37 Speaker 1: Okay. Thank you. That's approved. Thank you very much. Thank you. Congratulations.
▶ 4:43 Ryan Williams: ID2026-446, the appointment of Lori Chamko of 14 Botolph Street, Melrose, to the Melrose Human Rights Commission for a term of three years, said term to expire on or before the last day in February 2029. Hi. Hi. Thanks for coming.