← City Council · 2026-08-17 · City Council Meeting 8/17/26
Amending Article II, Section 93 of the Melose Code of Ordinances to allow for a licensing and inspection process for kennel licensing in Melrose.
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iii. (ID # 2026-1530): Amending Article II, Section 93 of the Melose Code of Ordinances to allow for a licensing and inspection process for kennel licensing in Melrose. Councillor Vandiver stated that she'd like to make one further amendment to more clearly state what she was intending when she made an amendment in the previous meeting. Motion to strike Councilor Vandiver's prior amendment from the Legal and Legislative Committee and replace it with new language to read in section B2 iv "other kennels, including veterinary kennels and breeding kennels, are not permitted" made by Councilor Vandiver Seconded by Councilor Jamaleddine All were in favor and motion passed RESULTS: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Jason Chen, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams NAYS: None ABSENT: Cal Finocchiaro, Manjula Karamcheti, Christopher Park Motion for Passage as Amended made by Councilor Kowal Seconded by Councilor Jamaleddine All were in favor and motion passed RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Jason Chen, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams NAYS: None ABSENT: Cal Finocchiaro, Manjula Karamcheti, Christopher Park
Transcript
▶ 20:30 Bradley Freeman: Second. Motion to place on file made by Councilor Romanul, seconded by Councilor Jamaleddine. On discussion? Seeing none, all in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes.
▶ 20:40 Speaker 6: ID number 2026-1530, amending Section 93 of the Melrose Code of Ordinances to allow for a licensing and inspection process for kennel licensing in Melrose.
▶ 20:53 Elizabeth Kowal: Mr. President, this comes from the Legal and Legislative Committee with a recommendation for passage as amended.
▶ 21:02 Speaker 4: Councilor Vandiver.
▶ 21:03 Kimberly Vandiver: I'd like to make one further amendment to more clearly state what I was intending when I made an amendment in the previous meeting. So, I would like to motion to amend B to IV to state other kennels, including veterinary kennels and breeding kennels, are not permitted. That's the entirety of my amendment rather than the previous bit that was included.
▶ 21:36 Bradley Freeman: So, you're making an amendment to strike your prior amendment and instead insert that language? Exactly. Would you mind just reading that language one more time?
▶ 21:46 Kimberly Vandiver: Absolutely. It is, "Other kennels, including veterinary kennels and breeding kennels, are not permitted."
▶ 21:51 Bradley Freeman: So, there's a motion on the floor to strike Councilor Vandiver prior amendment before the Legal and Legislative Committee and replace it with new language. Is there a second to that motion?
▶ 22:01 Speaker 5: Can I ask a question? Where is this going? You said it was B what?
▶ 22:04 Kimberly Vandiver: Capital B, number two, IV.
▶ 22:10 Bradley Freeman: For councilors' reference, the ordinance in the agenda packet is the original ordinance as filed. It does not contain the amendments that were made during the Legal and Legislative Committee hearing.
▶ 22:24 Kimberly Vandiver: And I'll also just, since I know Councilor Williams was not present, the reason for that is that there are five types of kennels contemplated in Massachusetts. This ordinance speaks about three of them, and I wanted to be clear about the other two, that they're not included.
▶ 22:40 Bradley Freeman: I'll second. So, there's a motion on the floor made by Councilor Vandiver, seconded by Councilor Jamaleddine. On discussion?
▶ 22:49 Bradley Freeman: Seeing none, all in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes. Councilor Kowal.
▶ 22:59 Elizabeth Kowal: At this time, I will make a motion to pass the ordinance as amended.
▶ 23:07 Bradley Freeman: Second. There's a motion to pass the ordinance as amended made by Councilor Kowal, seconded by Councilor Jamaleddine. On discussion? Seeing none, this is a roll call vote. Madam Clerk.
▶ 23:19 Speaker 6: Councilor Chen? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor Kowal? Yes. Councilor Obremski? Yes. Councilor Romanul? Yes. Councilor Vandiver? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. President Freeman? Yes. That motion passes.
▶ 23:34 Speaker 4: Thank you.