ORDER-2019-77 : Appointment of Carla Brockway, 51 Melrose St., to the Council on Aging to fill the unexpired term of Martha Quigley; said term to expire on the last day of February 2021.

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▶ 1:46 Peter D. Mortimer: It is the appointment of Carla Brockway of 51 Melrose Street to the Council on Aging to fill the unexpired term of Martha Quigley, said term to expire on the last day of February 2021. We have a motion to suspend the rules by Alderman Tramontozzi, duly seconded by Vice Chair Lippa garabedian all in favor of suspending the rules please say aye aye any opposed hearing none we are under suspension we are joined by the candidate carla brockway and mayor inferno this evening and they are approaching the table at this time good evening your honor good evening miss brockway

▶ 2:41 Gail Infurna: good evening as always a pleasure to be before you um tonight i present carla brockway um as a um hopefully a member of the council on aging she has been a volunteer with the mystic Valley all the services at the shine counselor and mentor and just in case if you don't know what a shine counselor is it's it's someone who mentors and provides information to our senior citizens or about to become senior citizens about their health insurance so she certainly possesses a great patience and an asset to the Council on Aging just through that she's also currently a volunteer with the Pantry of Hope one of our local food pantries as well as a volunteer at the Melrose Public Library and a trustee at her condominium complex so she certainly has the experience in various environments too that will oversee and involve with senior citizens so not sure

▶ 3:50 Speaker 1: if you want to add anything to that Carla no I don't think so she is retired

▶ 3:53 Gail Infurna: so she has plenty of time to be down the senior center and talking with our

▶ 4:03 Peter D. Mortimer: members down there Thank You mayor Perna and you'd prefer to go directly to questions at this time are there any alderman having questions or comments at

▶ 4:14 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: this time president Lemmerman please thank you very much mr. chairman no questions just wanted to say thank you very much for using your great background to serve the city in this way we have several wonderful Ward two residents who are dedicating their time to Melrose and great to see another one so we always appreciate it thank you very much thank you for letting me do it

▶ 4:37 Peter D. Mortimer: it's uh it's great fun thank you thank you president Lemmerman alderman medeiros please

▶ 4:43 Monica C. Medeiros: thank you thank you very much i just wanted to echo that and say thank you and i was just wondering if you have any um any agenda or any initiatives that you're hoping to bring forward

▶ 4:55 Speaker 1: in this role or anything in particular not not really i was approached about this i it wasn't something that i i sought out i had left mystic valley after six years and was kind of looking around for something extra to do. And when I was approached about this a few weeks ago, it seemed to fit all of the background and experience that I had. And I've been to one or two of the meetings. To be honest, I had not researched it ahead of time to know exactly what they do. But it certainly seems like something that I would love to get involved in. I am obviously a member of the group that they serve. I use the Milano Center a lot. And so I would like to be able to bring some of the experience that I've had in both administration and working with seniors, particularly people who are homebound, who don't have ability, either money or mobility, to get out and use the things that we have in Melrose to serve that population. I saw a lot of that with Mystic Valley, so that's kind of where I would be the most interested in working.

▶ 6:02 Monica C. Medeiros: that's excellent and i i think you do great in that area and i think it's you know something that we need i know it's uh it can be very confusing and daunting to and it's it's amazing

▶ 6:11 Speaker 1: how many people are sitting behind those walls that we don't know about um alone and and need

▶ 6:24 Monica C. Medeiros: services and and sometimes uh not exactly shy is not the right word but um sometimes people they're too modest to to ask for the help and there's a lot and proud as well you spent your

▶ 6:32 Speaker 1: whole life being independent and then suddenly you're for whatever reason in a situation where

▶ 6:41 Monica C. Medeiros: you can't so we're very lucky to have resources here and we are lucky to have you to help them

▶ 6:49 Peter D. Mortimer: navigate so thank you thank you thank you alderman medeiros any other alderman wishing to be heard

▶ 6:53 Speaker 2: motion to recommend second we have a motion to recommend this order for passage

▶ 6:56 Peter D. Mortimer: made by Alderman Boisselle, duly seconded by Alderman Tramontozzi. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor of the recommendation for passage, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Hearing none, this order will be recommended for passage. We are going to take it from committee later this evening at our full board meeting. You need not stay here for that proceeding. We're all set with the information from you and the mayor, and your resume was quite impressive as well. so thank you very much for your service to Melrose and we look forward to seeing you with the council on aging thank you thank you to adjourn we have a motion to adjourn from alderman boy cell who seconded please duly seconded by vice chair liver Garabedian all in favor of a German please say aye any opposed hearing none the committee on health education and welfare is hereby adjourned thank you one and all please stay tuned in about seven minutes for the full