Public Service Committee — 2014-09-18
Attendance
Jaclyn L. Bird ; Robert A. Boisselle ; Donald L. Conn Jr. ; Gail Infurna ; Jennifer L. Lemmerman ; Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis ; Monica C. Medeiros ; Peter D. Mortimer ; John N. Tramontozzi ; Francis X. Wright Jr.
Agenda
Minutes
CITY OF MELROSE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE CALENDAR● SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 Aldermanic Chamber Committee Meeting 7:30 PM The public should take notice that the Melrose Board of Aldermen may, on certain occasions, have a quorum in attendance due to standing committees of the Board of Aldermen consisting of both voting and non-voting members. Members attending this duly posted meeting are participating and deliberating only in conjunction with the business of the standing committee. Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Jaclyn L. Bird Chairman Present John N. Tramontozzi Vice Chairman Present Gail M. Infurna Ward 5 Alderman Present Francis X. Wright Jr. Ward 3 Alderman Absent Peter D. Mortimer Ward 6 Alderman Present Donald L. Conn Jr. President/Ex-officio Member Present Robert A. Boisselle Nonvoting Member Present Jennifer L. Lemmerman Nonvoting Member Present Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis Nonvoting Member Present Monica C. Medeiros Nonvoting Member Present In Attendance: Susan Murphy, Conservation Commission Chair
ORDER-2015-34 Appointment Appointment of Michael Paiewonsky, 71 Warwick Road, to the Conservation Commission for a three-year term; said term to expire on the last day of February 2016. Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen City of Melrose Page 1 Updated 9/19/2014 2:25 PM
Transcript
▶ 0:00 Jaclyn L. Bird: Good evening, everyone. Be it the hour of 730, I would like to call to order the Public Service Committee of the Melrose Board of Aldermen. Today is Thursday, September 18th, 2014. I am Alderman Bird, chair of this committee, and with us this evening are committee members Alderman Tramontozzi, Alderman Infurna, Alderman Mortimer, President Kahn, and we also have non-voting members of the committee with us this evening, Alderman Boisselle, Alderman Lemmerman, Alderman McAteer-Margolis, and Alderman Medeiros. Pursuant to the open meeting law, notice is hereby given that this meeting is being recorded on MMTV. Motion to open the floor for public participation, Madam Chairman. Second. Thank you, Alderman Mortimer.
▶ 0:47 Jaclyn L. Bird: Alderman Mortimer moves to open the floor for public participation. This is seconded by Alderman Inferna. On the motion, all those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Public participation is now open. this is the portion of our meeting where any member of the public can come forward and speak on any matter on our agenda this evening we have one item on the agenda this evening motion to close public participation madam chairman second thank you alderman mortimer it moves to close public participation seconded by alderman inferna on the motion all in favor any opposed public participation is now closed we have one item on the agenda this evening it is order 2015-34 appointment of michael pywonski 71 warwick road to the conservation commission for
▶ 1:36 Jaclyn L. Bird: a three-year term said term to expire on the last day of february 2016. motion to suspend the rules so we may hear from the applicant motion to suspend the rules by alderman mortimer seconded by alderman inferno on the motion to suspend the rules all in favor aye aye any opposed the rules are suspended uh mr priwanski if you'd like to come forward please have a seat thank you and ms murphy as well from the conservation commission welcome thank you very much um i just wanted uh i know the mayor couldn't be here for this introduction so i just wanted to express to the board how excited we are that mr kwanski is interested in joining the conservation commission he has a long experience in environmental permitting and we
▶ 2:20 will really value his input and i hope the board approves this nomination thank you and like I said I have worked with environmental regulations my whole career for the Massachusetts Highway Department and several consultants FST and VHB in Watertown and I've actually have long considered becoming more involved in the in a conservation commission and now that my kids are a little older I have a little bit more time to do it and former member Aaron hecox who uh now works for the planning department her and i worked together um previously and she let me know that this position was available so here i am excellent do we have any committee members with any questions baldwin yes well i want to personally thank you uh for your
▶ 3:16 Jaclyn L. Bird: beginning service to the city um your resume is pretty impressive and i and i appreciate that and and I just want to welcome you and thank you. That's good. Nice. Any further questions from committee members or from members who are not on the committee? Motion to recommend for passage, Madam Chairman. Thank you, Alderman Mortimer. There's a motion to recommend for passage by Alderman Mortimer, seconded by Alderman Chairman Tozzi. On the motion to recommend, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? The motion passes, and this will be recommended at our next full board meeting, which I believe is October 28th? I'm sorry, October 6th, is that right? October 6th, and you do not need to be present for that meeting.
▶ 4:07 Robert A. Boisselle: Okay. Thank you so much for coming, and thank you for your service. Motion to adjourn, Madam Chairman. Alderman Mortimer moves to adjourn, seconded by Alderman Ferna. All those in favor of adjournment indicate by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. Health Education and Welfare Committee is now called to order. Members of the meeting, voting session is Alderman Boisselle as Chairman, Alderman Monica Medeiros as Vice Chairman, Alderman McAteer-Margolis, Alderman Lemmerman, and President Kahn is also a voting member at this time. Non-voting members who are here this evening is Alderman Byrd, Alderman Inferna, Alderman Mortimer, Alderman Tramontozzi. We have public participation here. A motion for that?