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Public Works Committee — 2016-09-22

Public Works Committee Meeting

This meeting starts at 11:18 in a recording that covers several meetings.

Attendance

Robert A. Boisselle absent · Ward 4 Alderman; Donald L. Conn Jr. present · President/Ex-officio Member; Scott M. Forbes present · Nonvoting Member; Gail Infurna present · Chairman; Jennifer L. Lemmerman present · Ward 2 Alderman; Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis present · Alderman at Large; Monica C. Medeiros present · Vice Chairman; Peter D. Mortimer present · Nonvoting Member; John N. Tramontozzi present · Nonvoting Member; Michael P. Zwirko present · Nonvoting Member

Agenda

  1. Call to Order (11:08)
  2. Public Participation (12:05)
  3. Orders (12:48)
  4. ORDER-2016-71 : Be it ordered that the Director of Public Works implement a program to monitor snow removal on residential sidewalks and design a city-wide sidewalk map. The Director of Public Works will report findings to the Board of Aldermen by April 4, 2016. (12:53)
  5. ORDER-2017-21 : Reappointment of Thomas Rossi, 23 Crescent Ave., to the Traffic Commission for a five-year term; said term to expire on the first Monday in June 2021 (13:54)
  6. Adjournment (14:38)

Minutes

CITY OF MELROSE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE CALENDAR● SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 Aldermanic Chamber Committee Meeting 7:40 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 Gail M. Infurna Chairman Present Monica C. Medeiros Vice Chairman Present Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis Alderman at Large Present Jennifer L. Lemmerman Ward 2 Alderman Present Robert A. Boisselle Ward 4 Alderman Absent Donald L. Conn Jr. President/Ex-officio Member Present Scott M. Forbes Nonvoting Member Present Peter D. Mortimer Nonvoting Member Present John N. Tramontozzi Nonvoting Member Present Michael P. Zwirko Nonvoting Member Present

ORDER-2016-71 Request Be it ordered that the Director of Public Works implement a program to monitor snow removal on residential sidewalks and design a city-wide sidewalk map. The Director of Public Works will report findings to the Board of Aldermen by April 4, 2016. Recommend Place on File Board of Aldermen

ORDER-2017-21 Appointment Reappointment of Thomas Rossi, 23 Crescent Ave., to the Traffic Commission for a five-year term; said term to expire on the first Monday in June 2021 Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen City of Melrose Page 1 Updated 10/3/2016 10:32 AM

Transcript

▶ 10:58 Gail Infurna: thanks linda we got a motion to adjourn made by alderman Zwirko second second and by alderman Tramontozzi all those in favor aye aye opposed finance committee is now concluded good evening the hour of 7 42 the committee of public works will now commence present this evening on voting members are alderman Medeiros alderman margolis uh mcintyre margolis alderman lemmerman and um president khan other alderman present this evening are alderman Zwirko alderman Tramontozzi alderman mortimer and alderman forbes um according to massachusetts general laws this meeting is being recorded and at this time could i have a motion open the floor for public participation alderman mcintyre margolis makes a motion to open for public participation second

▶ 12:18 Gail Infurna: second by alderman medeiros all those in favor of public participation say aye aye all those opposed we are now in public participation but seeing no one here with us this evening motion to close public participants alderman lemmerman makes a motion to close public participation second second by alderman dearest all those in favor of closing public participation say aye aye all those All those opposed? Clear. Public participation is now closed. We have two orders before us this evening. The first one is order number 2016-71, be it ordered that the Director of Public Works implement a program to monitor snow removal on residential sidewalks and design a city-wide sidewalk map. The Director of Public Works will report findings to the Board of Aldermen by April 4th, 2016.

▶ 13:05 Gail Infurna: recall this did come before us and um mr shenna came before us and presented us with some numbers um knowing that it was such a mild winter last year i i have no problem place that you know someone wants to make a motion to place this on file and i think i will probably get something going again for this winter and not that i'm hoping for any bigger storms but i think we'll get better calculations and before we kind of put it all to to bed motion to recommend to place on file alderman medeiros makes a motion to place on file second second by alderman MacMaster margolis on discussion seeing none all those in favor all those opposed that will be placed on that will be sent to the full committee placed on file and our final order for the public works is order number

▶ 13:58 Gail Infurna: 2 0 1 7 dash 2 1 reappointment of thomas rossi 23 crescent ave to the traffic commission for a five-year term said term to expire on the first monday in june 2021. motion to recommend alderman mcintyre margolis makes a motion to recommend second second by alderman lemmerman on discussion Seeing none, all those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? That order will also get recommended to the full board. Motion to adjourn. Alderman McAteer-Margolis makes a motion to adjourn, seconded by Alderman Lemmerman. All those in favor of adjournment say aye. Aye. All those opposed? We are adjourned. Stay tuned for appropriations. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. It's September 22nd, 2016. This is the Committee on Appropriations of the Melrose Board of Aldermen.

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