← City Council · 2026-07-20 · City Council Meeting 7/20/26
Authorization to Amend Solid Waste Facility Operating Agreement by and between the City of Melrose and Waste Management of Massachusetts.
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ii. (ID # 2026-1382): Authorization to Amend Solid Waste Facility Operating Agreement by and between the City of Melrose and Waste Management of Massachusetts. Motion for Passage made by Councilor Romanul Seconded by Councilor Finocchiaro All were in favor and motion passed RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Manjula Karamcheti, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams NAYS: None Councilor Chen praised the city's proactive approach in negotiating market rates and gathering good competitive data.
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▶ 1:23:22 Speaker 7: Councilor Chen? Yes. Councilor Finocchiaro? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor Karamcheti? Yes. Councilor Kowal? Yes. Councilor Obremski? Yes. Councilor Park? Yes. Councilor Romanul? Yes. Councilor Vandiver? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. President Freeman? Yes. That motion passes. ID number 2026-1382, authorization to amend solid waste facility operating agreement by and between the City of Melrose and Waste Management of Massachusetts.
▶ 1:23:52 Devin Romanul: Mr. President, this comes to us from the Appropriations and Oversight Committee with a recommendation for passage, and at this time, I'll make a motion for passage. Second. Motion of passage made by Councilor Romanul, seconded by Councilor Finocchiaro. On discussion. Councilor Chen.
▶ 1:24:04 Jason Chen: Thank you. I think this is a good example of where the city and one of our departments, and Jim Troop was really proactive in managing this, and expert, and got market rates, and a few of us that went to meet with him, he was pretty thorough about it, and we have good relations with the service provider and are able to negotiate a long-term, which does reflect market rate, and he did look at all the options. So, I think it is possible to do that, and I'm not sure what happened with our parking lease, but it's a good example of what we should be doing.
▶ 1:24:36 Speaker 2: Seeing no further discussion, Madam Clerk.
▶ 1:24:38 Speaker 7: Councilor Chen? Yes. Councilor Finocchiaro? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor Karamcheti? Yes. Councilor Kowal? Yes. Councilor Obremski? Yes. Councilor Park? Yes. Councilor Romanul? Yes. Councilor Vandiver? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. President Freeman? Yes. That motion passes ID number 2026-1508, approval of lease agreement with the Archdiocese of Boston for the lease of the parking lot near St. Mary's Church at 41 Myrtle Street, Melrose, Mass.