Health, Education & Welfare Committee — 2014-12-08
Attendance
Jaclyn L. Bird ; Robert A. Boisselle ; Donald L. Conn Jr. ; Scott M. Forbes ; 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 HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE COMMITTEE CALENDAR● DECEMBER 8, 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 Robert A. Boisselle Chairman Present Monica C. Medeiros Vice Chairman Present Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis Alderman at Large Present Scott M. Forbes Ward 7 Alderman Absent Jennifer L. Lemmerman Ward 2 Alderman Present Donald L. Conn Jr. President/Ex-Officio Member Present Jaclyn L. Bird Nonvoting Member Present Gail M. Infurna Nonvoting Member Present Peter D. Mortimer Nonvoting Member Present John N. Tramontozzi Nonvoting Member Present Francis X. Wright Jr. Nonvoting Member Present
ORDER-2015-71 Appointment Appointment of Jessica McKenna, 5 Marmion Rd., to the Beebe Estate Board of Trustees for a three-year term, said term to end on the last day of February 2017 Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen City of Melrose Page 1 Updated 12/9/2014 9:32 AM
Transcript
▶ 13:11 Robert A. Boisselle: Welfare Committee. The roll call is the Alderman Wassell as chairman, Alderman Alderman Medeiros is Vice Chairman, Alderman McAteer-Margolis. Alderman Ford was not here this evening. We have Alderman Lemmerman and President Khan as voting members of this committee. Non-voting members is Alderman Byrd, Alderman Ferna, Alderman Mortimer, Alderman Tramontozzi, and Alderman Wright. We have one order this evening, order 2015-71, an appointment of Jessica McKenna of 5 Marmion Road to the BB Estate Board of Trustees for a three year term, said term to end on the last day of February 2007. Now we have Ms. McKenna here this evening, why don't you come forward? I'll read a little bio here that she submitted to us.
▶ 14:03 Robert A. Boisselle: Point of order, Mr. Chairman, you want to open for public participation and let the people know that this is available for rebroadcast? I want you to step back, Ms. McKenna, for a moment. We have an order, a request here for public participation, is there a second? Second. We have a second. I'm not a member of the committee, sir. That was just a point of order. We have a request by Alderman Darylson, second by Alderman McAteer-Margolis. At this time, anyone in the present area of the area here, please come forward to discuss anything on this order. Motion to close public participation. We have an order here to close the public participation, second by Alderman Medeiros. Ms. McKenna, come forward please.
▶ 14:49 Robert A. Boisselle: Okay, in her bio, she has a master's degree in historic preservation planning, and she's been working in the profession for the commonwealth since 1997 doing preservation planning, project manager, and grant program management for two different state agencies. Prior to moving to Melrose, her husband and her three-year-old daughter lived in Charlestown for many years where she was on the board of the Charlestown Preservation Society serving as president from 2009 to 2011 and she also completed the renovation of her 1860 wood frame row house in Charlestown is there anything else would you like to add miss McKenna before any questions I guess the only thing is my husband and I've been living here since July 2012, and we've been really happy with Melrose,
▶ 15:39 Robert A. Boisselle: and thrilled to be members of this community, and I'm looking forward to being involved and enjoy this opportunity. Thank you. Any questions from the committees and non-voting members? Motion to recommend. There's a motion to recommend. Is there a second? Second. Second. All those in favor? Aye. Are those against? Congratulations, Ms. McKenna, and you're approved for the upcoming meeting of the BBA State Committee. Thank you very much. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Let's go to full board. Motion to adjourn. Full board. Motion to adjourn, second by Alderman McAteer-Margolis. Thank you very much, everyone. A hundred yards. Yeah, we'll talk about that. We'll take it outside the chamber. Yeah?