APPT-2024-24 : Appointment of Nancy Messina, 132 Country Club Road, to the Council on Aging for a three-year term; said term to expire on the last day of February 2027.

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▶ 8:24 Cal Finocchiaro: All right, we are moving on to our third and final appointment of the evening appointment 2024 dash 24 appointment of Nancy Messina, 1 32 Country Club Road to the Council on Aging for a three year term. Said to expire on the last day of February, 2027. Ms. Messina is participating remotely this evening

▶ 9:12 Jen Grigoraitis: While we get the text set up. I'll just, um, highlight for you all that. Um, Ms. Messina has actually served two terms on the board of directors, stepped off per the rules, and is now looking to come back on. She's a very active volunteer at the Milano Center, and obviously brings a wealth of experience and knowledge about what goes on there. So I'm really excited to have her willing to serve a third term.

▶ 9:33 Speaker 1: Great. Yeah, I saw that when we, um, on the agenda. That's really great that she's coming back.

▶ 9:43 Speaker 1: Okay. There we go. We're just waiting for her to get her camera show up here.

▶ 9:49 Speaker 1: Technical difficulties. Ms.

▶ 9:51 Speaker 2: Messina, can you hear us?

▶ 10:02 Speaker 1: We're having some trouble connecting.

▶ 10:08 Speaker 2: Um, can we just call for a two minute recess?

▶ 10:11 Speaker 1: Um, we're gonna take a two minute recess.

▶ 10:14 Speaker 7: Oh, there she is. There she is. Oh, we did

▶ 10:15 Speaker 1: It. Yay. I take that back. We're not gonna take a two minute recess.

▶ 10:22 Cal Finocchiaro: Okay. Ms. Messina, can you hear us?

▶ 10:30 Speaker 1: No, no. I'm sorry. I don't know if you guys can hear me. We Can hear you now. I'm having a terrible time hearing you. We can hear you. I can hear you a little bit now. Yes. I was having a really bad time a minute ago, but go ahead. Yep. You can hear us now.

▶ 10:46 Cal Finocchiaro: Yes. You, you're coming in and out, but I, I get the gist of it. Okay. Well great. Thank you for joining us tonight. Um, we understand that you're coming back on the Council of Aging after being on for three years and taking some time off. And if you wanted to speak to that and just give us, um, you can, whatever you would like to say, you're welcome too.

▶ 11:16 Speaker 1: Um, I'm sorry I didn't hear all that, but how about if I, can you guys hear me okay? Yes, We can. Okay. So, um, I'll just tell you a little bit about myself. Um, I was on the Council on Aging, the board for the Council on Aging for two, three year terms. And then you can only do two. So I had to leave. But I've, um, I think you mentioned earlier that I've been a volunteer at the Center for about 10 years. And, um, I enjoyed, I've really enjoyed being there, especially in the last few years with new management. Um, the place hopping, it was, it was a time,

▶ 11:56 Speaker 1: time when I used to think maybe I should volunteer somewhere else, but now when I go in, I don't wanna go home. The nice thing about being on the board is so some input that other members of the board might not have. Um, aside from that, I have volunteered. I started my volunteer, uh, in Melrose at

▶ 12:22 Speaker 8: the public,

▶ 12:30 Speaker 1: the school when my son was,

▶ 12:38 Speaker 1: and I Miss Messina.

▶ 12:42 Cal Finocchiaro: You're, you're, it's, we're breaking up, so we can't hear you clearly. Yeah. Okay. We can hear you now.

▶ 12:52 Speaker 1: Um, sorry, I'm having a really bad time. It's Okay. We can hear you now.

▶ 13:02 Speaker 1: Okay. So did, did you hear that whole Yes. Spiel?

▶ 13:05 Speaker 4: Yeah. Okay.

▶ 13:11 Cal Finocchiaro: Okay. Okay. So, um, Hopefully if you have any questions, I'll be able to hear them. Yeah. Well, we appreciate you volunteering so much time and coming back to do so again.

▶ 13:21 Speaker 1: Um, um, does anybody have any questions for Ms.

▶ 13:27 Speaker 6: Messina? A motion to recommend? Okay.

▶ 13:30 Cal Finocchiaro: Second, we have a motion to recommend by President re Exofficio seconded by Councilor Romanul. Uh, any discussion? All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Okay. This motion carries and we move to the next city Council meeting. Uh, Mrs. Messina, you do not ha, need to appear at the full city Council meeting, but of course, if you would like to, you are welcome to. Um, so thank you so much for joining us. We appreciate your time And thank you. Sorry about all. No worries. And sorry about all the No worries. Thank you. It was great. Thank you so much. Thank you. Alright. Alright. Alright. Thank you. Bye-Bye.

▶ 14:08 Speaker 1: Have a great night. So we have now

▶ 14:12 Speaker 1: reached the end of our meeting. Um, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn.