Appointment of Geoffrey Andrews, 15 Orient Place, Melrose, to the Melrose Historical Commission, for a term of three years, said term to expire last day of February 2028.

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▶ 11:09 Kimberly Vandiver: Okay. Motion to recommend from, uh, by Vice Chair CAR J and second by Councilor Occhio. Anyone on discussion? All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? So that will go to the full council, um, with a recommendation for passage. The next, uh, appointment before us as ID number 1 2 5 6 7. The appointment of Jeffrey Andrews 15 Orient Place Melrose to the Melrose Historical Commission for a term of three years. Said term to expire the last day of February, 2028. Do we have,

▶ 11:38 Jen Grigoraitis: Sorry, Mr. Andrews was not able to be here tonight. I'm happy to speak to his appointment. He was also, he's relatively new to Melrose and also, um, submitted his application in response to our request. Um, he is like a little literal, um, rocket scientist. He holds a PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics. Um, and, um, has a background in academia as a lecturer and a research assistant. And also spoke in his letter of interest about, you know, recently purchasing a historic home in Melrose and sort of the care and research he did around trying to restore parts of that home and wanting to bring that, um, interest and knowledge to the broader community.

▶ 12:16 Kimberly Vandiver: Thank you. Uh, what is the will of the committee? Uh, councilor fia, Uh, make a motion to recommend. Second. Okay. Motion to recommend, uh, make Councilor FIA in a second. From Vice Chair Carm Shady. Anyone on discussion? Oh, I just wanna make a general comment that everybody that comes in here for these c committees and commissions are, they're their, um, resumes are phenomenal. So, um, very lucky, including this one. So, um, anyways, just a broad statement. We're very lucky to have these people joining these committees.

▶ 12:53 Kimberly Vandiver: Thank you. Anyone else? Okay. So, uh, all in favor? A aye. Any opposed? So, that will go back to the full council with a motion, with a recommendation for passage. Uh, next up we have ID number 1 2 5 6 8, the appointment of Elizabeth Cowell, 3 0 1 West Foster Street, Melrose to the Human Rights Commission for a term of three years, said term to expire the last day of February, 2028.