Appropriations & Oversight Committee — 2016-03-07
Attendance
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. ; Michael P. Zwirko
Agenda
Minutes
CITY OF MELROSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CALENDAR● MARCH 7, 2016 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 Peter D. Mortimer Chairman Present Gail M. Infurna Vice Chairman Present Michael P. Zwirko Alderman at Large Present John N. Tramontozzi Ward 1 Alderman Absent Monica C. Medeiros Alderman at Large Present Robert A. Boisselle Ward 4 Alderman Present Francis X. Wright Jr. Ward 3 Alderman Present Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis Alderman at Large Present Jennifer L. Lemmerman Ward 2 Alderman Present Scott M. Forbes Ward 7 Alderman Present Donald L. Conn Jr. President/Ex-officio Member Present
ORDER-2016-96 Appointment Appointment of Curtis Dooling, 53 Orient Ave., to The Board of Appeals as a full member, said term to expire on the last day of February 2019 Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen City of Melrose Page 1 Updated 3/8/2016 1:33 PM
Transcript
▶ 0:00 Peter D. Mortimer: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. It is Monday, March 17th at 7 30 p.m. This is the Committee on Appropriations for the Board of Aldermen. I am Chairman Peter Mortimer. We are also joined by Vice Chairman Gail Inferna, Alderman Michael Zwirko, Alderman Robert Boisselle, Alderman Francis Wright, Alderman Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis, Alderman Jennifer Lemmerman, Alderman Scott Forbes and President Donald L. Kahn Jr. This is a committee of the whole and it is being recorded by MMTV, will be shown later in the week and recordings are available for distribution to the public if anyone would like to have one from MMTV. Is there a motion to open? Motion to open public participation, Mr. Chairman.
▶ 0:53 Peter D. Mortimer: Alderman Forbes has made a motion to open the floor for public participation, duly seconded by Alderman Inferna. in favor of public participation please say aye any opposed hearing none we are open for public participation are there any members of the public wishing to come forward and say anything regarding the one order we have on the agenda for the Appropriations Committee this evening seeing none Alderman Inferno has made a motion to close public participation duly seconded by Alderman werco all in favor of closing public participation please say aye aye aye any opposed hearing none public participation is now closed please let the record reflect that we have also been joined by alderman medeiros in addition to the roster of alderman that i delineated earlier
▶ 1:46 Peter D. Mortimer: the order we have before us tonight is order two zero one six dash nine six it is the appointment of curtis dueling a 53 orient ave to the board of appeals as a full member said term to expire on the last day of february 2019. chairman motion to suspend the rules we hear from the applicant we have a motion to suspend the rules from alderman forbes duly seconded by alderman's worker so we may hear from the applicant all in favor please say aye aye any opposed hearing none we are under suspension mr dueling would you please come forward good evening sir i know you've already done some work with the city and your resume was very impressive would you like to make an opening statement or proceed directly to questions we can proceed to questions that's
▶ 2:37 fine very good sir you may see you may be seated if you like are there any aldermen who wish to have a colloquy with mr dueling please uh seeing that oh alderman medeiros please thank you very much for stepping up to do this if you could just tell the public a little bit about your experience and about why you're interested in filling this role sure I've been an alternate member I think that's the term alternate member for I think about four years now and I originally wanted to join because one to you know serve the city and also it partly as well with the practice of law that i have i have a part of my practice is a real estate practice so i'm pretty familiar with zoning generally chapter 48 chapter 40b and have been able to put that experience to use i think
▶ 3:31 on the board and i look forward to continuing that by being a full member the participation is quite similar being an alternate member versus a full member but i'd vote every time now and uh participate even more fully with um with chair mercado who's been who's been a great leader for us for the last four years and hope to continue that thank you thank you thank you waldeman maderos president khan please yeah i'd move to recommend this order and um mr dueling i'd like to thank you uh for taking this volunteer position uh the board of appeals positions are uh ones that are volunteer but uh entail a significant amount of work and we appreciate your commitment to the city thank you mr chairman thank you president khan a motion has been made to recommend this
▶ 4:17 Peter D. Mortimer: order for participation second it has been seconded by alderman mcatea margolis is there any further discussion please seeing none we're ready for the vote all in favor please say aye any opposed hearing none this order will be recommended and it will be taken from committee on a motion by me presumably uh later this evening you need not stay we've had all the discussion with you that we need to have and your record speaks for itself a very exemplary story and to thank you from the entire board i hope you will uh continue the good work and i'm sure you will based on your track record thank you for your service to our city motion to adjourn we have a motion to adjourn from alderman's worker duly seconded by alderman inferno all in favor of