Finance Committee — 2018-01-22
Attendance
Manisha Bewtra ; Robert A. Boisselle ; Scott M. Forbes ; Gail Infurna ; Jennifer L. Lemmerman ; Kate Lipper-Garabedian ; Monica C. Medeiros ; Peter D. Mortimer ; John N. Tramontozzi ; Francis X. Wright Jr. ; Michael P. Zwirko
Agenda
- Call to Order
- Public Participation
- Orders
- ORDER-2018-114 : Acceptance of the AFDO Conference Grant in the amount of $2,988 to pay for attendance at national conference; Fund No. 4512
- ORDER-2018-116 : Appointment of Melissa Ripley, 27 Ravine Terrace, Melrose, MA as Assistant City Clerk commencing March l, 2018; term ending on the first Monday in February, 2019
- Adjournment
Minutes
CITY OF MELROSE FINANCE COMMITTEE CALENDAR● JANUARY 22, 2018 Aldermanic Chamber, Melrose City Hall Committee Meeting 7:30 PM 562 Main Street, Melrose, MA 02176 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 Scott M. Forbes Chairman Present Francis X. Wright Jr. Vice Chairman Present Kate Lipper-Garabedian Alderman at Large Present John N. Tramontozzi Ward 1 Alderman Present Jennifer L. Lemmerman Ward 2 Alderman Present Gail M. Infurna President/Ex-officio Member Present Manisha Bewtra Nonvoting Member Present Michael P. Zwirko Nonvoting Member Present Robert A. Boisselle Nonvoting Member Present Peter D. Mortimer Nonvoting Member Present Monica C. Medeiros Nonvoting Member Present
ORDER-2018-114 Grant Acceptance of the AFDO Conference Grant in the amount of $2,988 to pay for attendance at national conference; Fund No. 4512 Recommend Passage Legal & Legislative Committee
ORDER-2018-116 Appointment Appointment of Melissa Ripley, 27 Ravine Terrace, Melrose, MA as Assistant City Clerk commencing March l, 2018; term ending on the first Monday in February, 2019 Recommend Passage Legal & Legislative Committee City of Melrose Page 1 Updated 1/24/2018 4:46 PM
Transcript
▶ 0:00 Scott M. Forbes: Good evening. Time is 7.30. This is the Committee on Finance. My name is Alderman Scott Forbes. I'm the Chairman of the Finance Committee. With us this evening are Vice Chairman Alderman Wright, Voting Members Alderman Lipper-Garabedian, Alderman Tramontozzi, Alderman Lemmerman, and President Infurna. Non-voting members of the Committee include Alderman Zwirko, Alderman Boisselle, Alderman Mortimer, Alderman Medeiros, and Alderman Bewtra. This meeting is being recorded. You can watch us all on MMTV or click on the appropriate links on the City of Melrose website in accordance with our general open meeting laws. Do I have a motion to open the floor for public participation? So moved. Second.
▶ 0:41 Scott M. Forbes: I got a motion to open the floor for public participation made by Alderman Lemmerman, seconded by Alderman Tramontozzi. All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? This is a portion of our meeting where anybody can come from the general public, sit at the table, and speak on behalf of the two items that we have before us. nobody willing to come forward got a motion to close public participation made by alderman lemmerman seconded by alderman Letter garabedian all those in favor aye any opposed public participation is now concluded we have two items before us this evening first one is order number two zero one eight dash one one four it's an acceptance of an afdo conference grant in the the amount of $2,988 to pay for attendance at the National Conference, fund number 4512.
▶ 1:26 Scott M. Forbes: Just for everybody at home, there is a memo here from Ruth Clay, who's not going to be here tonight, basically just saying that order number 2018-114 is a grant to accept, to accept a grant from the Association of Food and Drug Officials in the sum of $2,988. The purpose of the grant is to send one health inspector to the annual education conference for the National Environment Health Association. There is no matching funds required for the grant. Matching funds are used for conference registration, airfare, other transportation, hotel, and food. And the health department did receive the same grant last year. A different staff person will be attending this year. Motion to recommend for passage.
▶ 2:08 Scott M. Forbes: We got a motion to recommend for passage made by Alderman Lemmerman. Second. Seconded by Alderman Tramontozzi. All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes will be recommended at our full board meeting later this evening. Final order of the evening is order number 2018-116. It's the appointment of Melissa Ripley, 27 Ravine Terrace, Melrose, Mass. As assistant city clerk commencing March 1st, 2018. Term ending on the first Monday in February 2019. Motion to recommend. We have a motion to recommend made by Alderman Wright. Second. Seconded by Alderman Lemmerman. Is there any discussion? alderman wright i'd like to suspend the rules to allow uh ms ripley to come forward we have a motion to suspend the rules made by alderman wright seconded by alderman Tramontozzi all those
▶ 2:55 Scott M. Forbes: in favor any opposed rules are suspended ms ripley welcome thank you for joining us this evening just for everybody at home we do have a letter of recommendation made by the city made by the city clerk also your credentials are included in the packet in the file we know that you've We've been working at the city clerk's office since April of 2017. That's correct. At this point, is there any statement you would like to make before the board or before the committee? I don't really have a statement other than I'm really enjoying working in the clerk's office. We're making some additional strides with electronic offerings. We've already been using the electronic vital records database. We were one of the five pilot communities in the state of Massachusetts when they started
▶ 3:44 Scott M. Forbes: implementing it 10 years ago. We helped the office itself helped create the rules and directions for using the database. Now we're moving forward with online ordering of vitals, death, dog, birth and marriage. had 86 dogs that have been registered online as of last wednesday that's it putting mine oh so we do have a motion on the floor that's already been seconded is there any discussion any questions from the committee seeing none all those in favor any opposed motion passes this will be recommended before the full board you don't have to be here if you'd like to stay for the vote that is your prerogative but thank you very much for coming tonight thank you everybody thank you have a great night motion to adjourn i got a motion to adjourn made by alderman