ORDER-2016-189 : Appointment of Douglas E. MacDonald, 47 Botolph St., to the Cemetery Committee for a three-year term; said term to end on the last day of February 2018.

Transcript (~6 min @ 1:15)

Speakers identified by voice; unnamed voices are numbered within this recording. Auto-caption text — verify against the video.

▶ 1:08 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: have a motion to close from alderman Boisselle seconded by alderman medeiros any uh all in favor aye any opposed motion our public participation is now closed we have three items before us on the agenda this evening order number one is order 2016-189 appointment of douglas e mcdonald of 47 botolph street to the cemetery commission for a three-year term said term to expire on the last day of february 2018. please join us at the at the front of the room mr

▶ 1:40 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: mcdonald if you would oh i'm sorry yes we need a motion to suspend the rules on the rules we have a motion to spend the rules by alderman Medeiros seconded by alderman Boisselle all in favor aye any

▶ 1:54 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: opposed the rules are suspended and i'd also like to note that we've been joined by alderman McAteer-Margolis is a member of the committee as well thank you very much thank you madam chair i

▶ 2:02 Speaker 1: apologize for my dress playoff baseball down the monk fourth inning running out of pictures

▶ 2:11 Speaker 1: uh i'd like to uh it's an honor for me to welcome back to the chamber uh doug mcdonald uh doug needs no introduction to the people in this room and i'm sure the people at home uh he is a 16-year member of the melrose board of aldermen serving as an alderman at large who's president of the board of alderman his past chairman and trustee of the melrose public library former chairperson the melrose redevelopment authority twice president to the melrose chamber of commerce former trustee at the melrose wakefield hospital former board of directors member of the melrose credit union past chair of the salvation army the heart fund the cancer crusade and has made his mark in this community for many years before i introduce him i'd like to personally thank ralph for his 14 years of service to not only the Cemetery Commission but when I became mayor there was a group of people that stood up to work with the transition team of Mayor Lyons on a Mount Hood remediation to study the plans and the Ralph was one of the first people as a construction professional to step forward and serve on that group after he did that he decided to serve the community as the chairman of the cemetery commission and he has done a tremendous tremendous job and I thank him for his service but but Doug like fellow members former chief of police Danny O'Neill and Mark Garapay whose father served 36 years before him on the cemetery trustees Doug will be an incredible member to be a caretaker for not only the sacred place but really a uh a history of our community and a place that we all take great pride in so i'd like to thank him for his service and i ask for your consideration of this nomination thank you mayor dolan uh mr

▶ 3:54 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: mcdonald would you like to say a few words about yourself for the committee do i have anything to

▶ 3:59 Speaker 1: say tonight yes i'm just kind of like looking around there's some funny feelings going on in my head as i sit down in this chamber i don't some of you i do know some i don't and i'm recognizing some pictures on the wall i appreciate your consideration tonight the mayor has asked me to go on this board with two good people danny o'neill and mark garapay and it's it's a pleasure to stay involved in the city i've always been involved here in the cemetery board i'm i'm actually looking forward to it and it's appropriate at my age of 75 i thought motion to recommend

▶ 4:40 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: second the motion i recommend by alderman Passed seconded by alderman medeiros uh before we take

▶ 4:47 Speaker 1: a vote president khan yeah one thing that he he i noticed he didn't put in his resume that he was my next door neighbor for eight years i don't think that was one of the highlights of his uh service to the city but um i i we do certainly appreciate uh president mcdonald for coming back and once again uh donating his time nice to be here with you tonight donnie donnie and i sir donnie used to live next door to me when i was an alderman at lodge he was an alderman at lodge and two houses up with joe casey and alderman at lodge so our streets are always very clean in the summer well plowed in the winter and we had a great time thanks donnie this is a great great appointment

▶ 5:28 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: thank you thank you any other members of the committee

▶ 5:34 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: Sorry about that, Alderman Mortimer.

▶ 5:37 Peter D. Mortimer: Thank you, Chairman Lemmerman, President Kahn is absolutely right.

▶ 5:42 Peter D. Mortimer: This is a great nomination, a wealth of experience as was laid out by Mayor Dolan. President McDonald is here, and we use the term like southern colonels. Once you're a president, you're called a president for life, just like a southern colonel would be. And if somebody wants to see an interesting picture, right there in the back right corner of this room as you turn around is a picture of Doug McDonald from about 40 years ago.

▶ 6:09 Speaker 1: That's a slight exaggeration, it wasn't 40, but close.

▶ 6:14 Peter D. Mortimer: And he looks good. And when Mr. McDonald and President Kahn and Joe Casey, all of them, that was right there in Ward 6. And in a little while, if you look at the left corner, we'll be saying the same thing about Mayor Dolan's picture up there on the left-hand corner while we're having a little fun here tonight. So thank you. That's all I have, Madam Chairman. Thank you.

▶ 6:36 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: We have a motion to recommend, which was seconded. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? The order passes. We will take this to the next full board meeting, which I believe is next Monday. As you very well know, you don't need to be there. You're welcome. Thank you very much for coming. Thank you, Alderman.

▶ 6:54 Speaker 2: Thank you.

▶ 6:55 Speaker 3: Thank you for your time. Thank you, Mr. McDonald.

▶ 6:59 Speaker 1: Take care, Jack.

▶ 7:01 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: And the next item on our agenda is Order 2016-190, appointment of Catherine J. Harlow, 42 Lynde Street, to the Human Rights Commission to fill the unexpired term of Jen Thompson, said term to end on the last day of February 2017. We are still under suspension of rules, so I would ask Ms. Harlow to please come forward,