City Council — 2018-03-19

City Council Regular Meeting

This meeting starts at 43:16 in a recording that covers several meetings.

Attendance

Manisha Bewtra present · Alderman at Large; Robert A. Boisselle present · Ward 4 Alderman; Scott M. Forbes present · Ward 7 Alderman; Jennifer L. Lemmerman present · Ward 2 Alderman; Kate Lipper-Garabedian present · Alderman at Large; Shawn M. MacMaster present · Ward 5 Alderman; Monica C. Medeiros present · Alderman at Large; Peter D. Mortimer present · Ward 6 Alderman; John N. Tramontozzi present · Ward 1 Alderman; Francis X. Wright Jr. present · Ward 3 Alderman; Michael P. Zwirko present · President, Alderman at Large

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CITY OF MELROSE BOARD OF ALDERMEN BULLETIN● MARCH 19, 2018 Aldermanic Chamber, Melrose City Hall Regular Meeting 7:45 PM 562 Main Street, Melrose, MA 02176

ORDER-2018-149 Opening Statement Regular Meeting of the Board of Aldermen to be held on Monday, March 19, 2018 at 7:45 P.M. In the Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall, Melrose, MA Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Manisha Bewtra Alderman at Large Present Robert A. Boisselle Ward 4 Alderman Present Scott M. Forbes Ward 7 Alderman Present Jennifer L. Lemmerman Ward 2 Alderman Present Kate Lipper-Garabedian Alderman at Large Present Shawn M. MacMaster Ward 5 Alderman Present Monica C. Medeiros Alderman at Large Present Peter D. Mortimer Ward 6 Alderman Present John N. Tramontozzi Ward 1 Alderman Present Francis X. Wright Jr. Ward 3 Alderman Present Michael P. Zwirko President, Alderman at Large Present

ORDER-2018-150 Transfer Transfer in the amount of$50,000 (Fifty Thousand Dollars) From: Health Insurance (019142-549201) To: DPW Facilities, School Door Security (01402772- 527554) as set forth herein. Assigned to Committee Appropriations Committee

ORDER-2018-151 Appropriation An Appropriation from Ambulance, Retained Earnings (650000-319000) in the amount of $29,900.00 to Ambulance, Salary and Wages (650051-511000) to fund year one of the new 3 year Collective Bargaining Agreement. Assigned to Committee Appropriations Committee

ORDER-2018-152 Appropriation City of Melrose Page 1 4/20/2018 1:19 PM Minutes Board of Aldermen March 19, 2018 An Appropriation from the Contract Stabilization Fund (84042-590000) in the amount of $103,750.00 to Fire, Salary and Wages (012211-511000) to fund year one of the new 3 year Collective Bargaining Agreement. Assigned to Committee Appropriations Committee

ORDER-2018-153 Utility Petition Petition of National Grid and Verizon New England, Inc to relocate one jointly owned pole on Prospect Street; relocate existing pole #3426 approximately 15 feet to the west, per customer request, near 26 Prospect Street, Melrose, MA in accordance with Plan marked : Prospect St, Work Request #25817223, dated 2/26/2018 Tabled Board of Aldermen

ORDER-2018-154 Election by the Board of Aldermen Election of a Clerk of Committees pursuant to the Charter for the City of Melrose, Section 2-8: Appointments of the Board of Aldermen File

ORDER-2018-144 Resolution A Resolution urging the President of the United States, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives to act on gun control legislation. Passed as Amended

ORDER-2018-142 Appointment Reappointment of John J. Higgins, Jr., of 47 Malvern St. to the position of Constable for a three-year term; said term to expire on the first Monday in March 2021. Passed

ORDER-2018-141 Appointment Reappointment of Anthony Melito, 977 Main St., to the position of Constable for a three-year term; said term to expire on the first Monday of March 2021 Passed City of Melrose Page 2 4/20/2018 1:19 PM

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▶ 43:19 Here. Arlen Lummerman. Here. Here. Arlen Lippler-Garabedian. Here. Here. Arlen McMaster. Here. Here. Arlen Medeiros. Here. Here. Arlen Mortimer. Here. Here. Arlen Tramatozzi. Here. Here. Arlen Wright. Here. Here. President Zwirko. Here. Here. 11 present. You can all rise and join me in saluting the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Motion to open the floor for public participation, Mr. President. Second. It's been a motion to open the floor for public participation made by Alderman Mortimer, seconded by Alderman Boisselle. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?

▶ 44:07 Michael P. Zwirko: Hearing none, the floor is open for public participation. motion to close the floor for public participation mr. president seeing no public present at this moment Alderman Morder has made a motion to close public participation which has been also been seconded by Alderman Boisselle all those in favor aye any opposed public participation is now closed section 3 communications from his honor the mayor and other her honor the mayor and other city officials order 2018 dash 150 transfer in the amount of $50,000 from health insurance account zero one nine one four two dash five four nine two zero one to DPW facilities school door security account zero one four zero two seven seven two dash five two seven five five four as set forth

▶ 44:59 herein that order will be sent to the committee on appropriations order number 2018 dash 151 an appropriation from ambulance retained earnings account six five zero zero zero zero dash three one nine zero zero zero in the amount of twenty nine thousand nine hundred dollars to ambulance salary and wages account six five zero zero five one dash five one one zero zero zero to fund year one of the new three-year collective bargaining agreement that order will also be sent to the committee on appropriations order 2018 dash 152 an appropriation from the contract stabilization fund accounts eight four zero four two dash five nine zero zero zero zero in the amount of one hundred three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars to fire salary and wages account

▶ 45:52 zero one two two one one dash five one one zero zero zero to fund year one of the new three-year collective bargaining agreement that order will also be sent to the committee on appropriations section for new business order 2018 dash 153 petition of National Grid and Verizon New England and Inc to relocate one jointly owned poll on Prospect Street we locate existing poll number three four two six approximately 15 feet to the west per customer request near 26 Prospect Street Melrose Mass in accordance with plan marked Prospect Street work request number two five eight one seven two two three dated February 26 2018 Alderman Boisselle motion for immediate consideration to set date for public hearing for this order

▶ 46:47 Michael P. Zwirko: Alderman Boisselle moves for immediate consideration of the order for the purposes of setting the date for the public hearing is there an objection to said motion hearing none you may proceed the set date for this public hearing will be April 2nd 2008 at 8 p.m. in this chamber second the motion to set the public hearing there's been a motion made by Alderman Boisselle to set the public hearing for this order on April 2nd 2018 at 8 p.m. it has been seconded Alderman Mortimer all in favor aye hearing none any opposed hearing none motion has passed a motion to lay this on the table second there has been a motion made by Alderman Boisselle to lay the remainder of this order on the table has been seconded by Alderman Mortimer all those in favor aye any opposed

▶ 47:35 Michael P. Zwirko: hearing none the orders on the table where it will remain for a week next order 2018-154 election of a clerk of committees pursuant to the Charter for the city of Melrose section 2-8 appointments of the Board of Aldermen Alderman Bewtra I'd like to make a motion for immediate consideration there has been a motion for immediate consideration made by Alderman Bewtra is there an objection to said order a motion hearing none you may proceed I thank you do we first need to suspend the rules there's been a motion made by motion to suspend the rules second the motion to suspend the rules alderman butcher makes a motion to suspend the rules for this order has been seconded by alderman mortimer all those in favor on the motion

▶ 48:21 Manisha Bewtra: aye aye any opposed hearing none the rules have been suspended alderman butcher sure um well so we uh the clerk of committee's position of vacancy um is our order for tonight and um there was a committee of uh presidents worko alderman Tramontozzi clerk of committees amy camosa who will soon be in the city clerk role and human resources director marianne long we interviewed a few candidates for this role and are excited to bring forward um our nominee tonight kristen foote and first wanted to ask her if she wanted to say make a statement or share her thoughts i we're really excited to have you potentially come on board if the board will you may come up and sit down just state your name for those that are watching at home and folks here hi thank you

▶ 49:24 alderman Bewtra i am kristen foote good evening and you're being joined by the current clerk of committee soon to be the city clerk amy camosa so you go ahead okay thank you so i i went through this process i am a 25-year resident of melrose i am raising a family i currently work at public works and i am very excited for this opportunity and feel my experience will very much benefit working together and i'm looking forward to going forward thank you can i say yes please so i never sit on the side it's broken um so you have miss foot's resume before you see i don't need to go into that but i wanted to kind of give you a little bit more information kristen um who first reached out to me during the website transition.

▶ 50:17 She was one of the few people who was actually very proactive in reaching out to me, knowing that we were doing a new website. She's been managing all the DPW communications on the web, which, if you spend any time on the city's website, you realize that's a significant portion of the website itself, and I've been impressed with how professional she was, how organized she was, and how enthusiastic she was in the process. And if you look in her resume too, you'll see just how committed she really is to the city of Melrose. She's served on the library board of trustees, the late start task force with the school, as well as grad night. So we know that she's committed and is familiar with many people

▶ 51:01 John N. Tramontozzi: and I think she'll be a great asset. So I'm really excited to work with her. Great. Thank you for that. At this time, Misha, if you just, we had Alderman Tremont Tozzi at the moment. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. Just to comment, I just want to thank Ms. Foote for giving us the opportunity to interview her. And I was quite impressed with the resume, impressed with meeting her in person during the interview process. And I know that one of the important roles that the clerk of committees has is dealing with the public and your experience with the Department of Public Works and your commitment to the city demonstrates that I think it should be wonderful in handling and fielding calls, emails, communications.

▶ 52:03 Manisha Bewtra: between the public in us here on the board so I want to thank you for and look forward to working with you on the on the board so thank you thank you I'll go back now to Alderman Bewtra to complete I apologize I erroneously cut you off there so please okay I just wanted to I you all see Miss Foote's resume I think in many ways it speaks for itself I think you know one of the things that I my takeaways is that I left the interview feeling really energized and really excited about the possibilities of what we can do as a city not just with miss foot on board but I think the partnership that the two of you would bring to the city I think you both are very pragmatic but also have really creative and I was really impressed that you know I think you

▶ 52:54 Manisha Bewtra: brought a lot of ideas and the and thought in terms of how to execute those ideas I think again you've miss Foote has been in these very public facing roles first person you might encounter if you visit the hospital similarly in TPW and as somebody who's going to often be the first person that the public encounters to represent us I'd be very proud to have her representing me in that way additionally I think a couple notes from her resume I you know she's a certified mediator um has web development and graphic design experience i think all of those details really put her over the edge and i'm really really excited to potentially bring miss foot on board thank you thank you alderman vitro next in queue we have alderman mortimer

▶ 53:43 Michael P. Zwirko: mr president i make a motion to open the floor for nominations for this election second we have a motion that has been made by alderman mortimer to open the floor for nominations at this time it has been seconded by alderman medeiros all those in favor any opposed hearing none the floor is open now for nominations mr president if i still have the floor i would like to nominate kristen foote for this position for our election this evening there has been a nomination made uh for kristen foot by alderman mortimer is there a second second there's been a seconded by alderman wright alderman wright thanks um i just wanted to add to what we've heard from alderman buter and alderman Tramontozzi um kristen and her family and

▶ 54:37 Francis X. Wright Jr.: my family have been residents of florence street for i didn't realize it for 25 years we moved in 25 years ago apparently at the same time you guys were too um we don't live next to to each other we're about ten houses apart but they know she and her family are great neighbors they're valuable members of our community and you know I'm sure she'll do a great job from us based on everything I've heard and everything I've heard from John Jenna down at DPW and all that so I look forward to having a fellow Florence Street resident here with us on Mondays Thursday nights Thank You alderman Wright mr. president make a motion to close nominations second there has been a motion to close nominations made by

▶ 55:26 Monica C. Medeiros: alderman Mortimer has been seconded by alderman Forbes before we get to the vote on that I don't want to move on without allowing Alderman Medeiros to say her piece she's been waiting in queue now for some time thank you appreciate that thank you and I think much of it has been said but I also wanted to say that I'm familiar with miss Foote and her passion for the city of Melrose and I think she'll do a great job in this role the public may not see that she's been at the city of Melrose I don't think they can see all of her resume publicly if they're not logged in I could be right wrong but just to say 17 years at Winchester Hospital just impressive long history I hope you know this works out and you'll be with us for just as long and at the city of Melrose

▶ 56:10 Monica C. Medeiros: at DPW I think it's been talked about the the web experience and that's so important right now and I know that was one of the reasons why we really wanted Miss Camosa for the role when she came on board and so we appreciate that and I think most exciting is to see that how excited Miss Camosa is and it's so important because the city clerk and the clerk of committees really do work and very much in tandem and I think they the more positive that relationship is together that's the bet that's the best for success and I I think it worked well together and I'm glad to see that enthusiasm thank you Thank You Alderman Mangeros before we take the vote I just did want to say that I look forward to it as well and you know the first quarter of this year could certainly be

▶ 56:55 Michael P. Zwirko: summed up by a lot of transition at City Hall and I think we're putting a great team together here in the clerk's office and unfortunately as that team comes together it does mean that we will be losing our current city clerk who's worked diligently for over 40 years so yeah a little bittersweet there but she's still here she's still here but you know these changes are good and I really look forward to working with you and greatly appreciative of the process and my fellow aldermen that served on the switch committee for this the nominating committee rather so with that all being said we have closed a motion before us to close nominations all those in favor any opposed hearing none so the nominations are now closed so the question before us is an election for

▶ 57:40 the assistant excuse me the clerk of committees for the sit the board of aldermen clerk madam clerk if you don't mind could you please call the roll Arlen Guilter Kristen Foote Kristen Foote Arlen Rizel Christine Foote Kristen Foote Alderman Forbes Kristen Foote Kristen Foote Arlen Lemmerman Kristen Foote Kristen Foote Alderman Lipa Garabedian Kristen Foote Kristen Foote Alderman McMaster Kristen for Kristen foot Alma dearest Kristen foot Kristen foot Alderman Mortimer Kristen foot Kristen foot Alderman Trematozzi Kristen foot Kristen foot Alderman right Kristen for Kristen foot president's record Kristen for Kristen foot 11 votes have been cast for Kristen foot look forward to working with you thank you next is section is orders out of order do we

▶ 58:43 Michael P. Zwirko: have any orders out of order this evening are there any orders from committee alderman lemmerman thank you mr president i would uh like to make a motion to remove from the appropriations committee order 2018-144 the resolution urging the president of the united states the united states senate and the united states house of representatives to act on gun control legislation alderman Lemmerman has moved that we remove order uh 2018-144 from the appropriations committee uh for passive moves that excuse me removed from committee is there a second for the motion second second by alderman mcmaster all those in favor any opposed the motion passes before you motion for passage as amended as amended yes there's

▶ 59:34 Michael P. Zwirko: been a motion for passage as amended for order two zero one eight dash one four four made by alderman lemmerman is there a second for that second the second has been made by alderman wright all those in favor of motion for passage as recommended aye aye any opposed none that motion present one present vote that motion passes as amended alderman Lemmerman oh that meant that that order stating committee i apologize do we uh rule 53 any reports from subcommittees this evening alderman forbes yeah just a uh just a general note that we'll be having our water and sewer committee next tuesday march 27th at 3 p.m upstairs in the cassidy conference room next to the mayor's office thank you alderman forbes

▶ 1:00:18 Robert A. Boisselle: Alderman Boisselle. I'd like to announce that the traffic commission will have their meeting on March 21st which is this Wednesday at 5 30 p.m in this uh hall right here and as of 3 30 this afternoon the of course the weather service announces blizzard conditions on that particular day so if you're planning to attend please keep informed look at the website to see the cancellations at that time thank you very much Mr. President. Thank you Alderman Boisselle any other reports from subcommittees this evening not at this time we'll move on the items on the calendar order 2018 dash 142 reappointment of John J Higgins jr. of 47 Malvern Street to the position of constable for a three-year term said term to expire on the first Monday in March 2021 motion for passage second

▶ 1:01:14 Michael P. Zwirko: it's been a motion for passage made by Alderman Tremont ozi it's been seconded alderman Boisselle all those in favor aye any opposed hearing none that recommended for passage is approved next order order 2018-141 reappointment of anthony melito 977 main street to the position of constable for a three-year term said term to expire on the first monday of march 2021 motion for passage second it's been a motion for passage made by alderman Tramontozzi on the said order it has been seconded by alderman lemmerman all those in favor of the order any opposed hearing none the order passes before we adjourn this evening i just had two quick items i wanted to mention to the board and the folks viewing at home i have asked alderman Letter

▶ 1:01:59 Michael P. Zwirko: garabedian to serve as liaison to the school committee much like the school committee has liaisons for us so she will be updating us periodically under rule 53 about the activities at the school committee level i appreciate her for doing so and then secondly for those folks that enjoy chili and chowder this sunday if you have 10 bucks to spare a sawbuck as they locally recall it you could join us all some of us here will have their own chili some will have chowder it's a fun event it's a good event it's for a fundraiser to send the students of the melrose vets memorial project to washington every year um i believe alderman forbes is a reigning champion with his chili you are correct mr president in any event if you can attend it's at the vfw the

▶ 1:02:45 Peter D. Mortimer: norman prince is that correct norman prince yes w uh from 12 to 3 this sunday so that is all uh mr president before we adjourn may i also ask you to uh mention the trivia b which is uh a nice charitable cause for the bridge saturday night uh the board of aldermen will be having a team present as well as uh many other charitable organizations from melrose uh the rotary and that's uh a small list that's a fractional list um another uh nice event that we have in melrose thank you for that alderman mortimer so we will now like to adjourn is there a motion to so moved exactly alderman mr president yes before we adjourn i just want a motion of personal privilege please please okay I'm very proud to say that the applications for the Bill

▶ 1:03:32 Scott M. Forbes: Forbes Scholarship Fund my father who's on that wall who looks at me every time I come in here applications for the Bill Forbes Scholarship Fund will be announced next week we handed out two $5,000 scholarships to Melrose graduating seniors last year we are fortunate enough to raise enough money we're going to be handing out two $5,000 scholarships this year plus an additional $5,000 scholarship to somebody in the surrounding communities. In two years, the Bill Forbes Scholarship Fund is going to be able to disperse $25,000 to Melrose graduating seniors. We cannot do it without the work and the efforts, not only of all of you, but everybody here in the community. So it's just another reason why I'm proud to be from Melrose, and I thank

▶ 1:04:13 Michael P. Zwirko: everybody who's watching and everybody that participates in such a worthwhile cause. Thank you. Thank you. Motion to adjourn. On the motion to adjourn, which has been made by Alderman Mortimer, it's seconded by Alderman Boisselle. All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? We are adjourned this evening.

City Council — 2018-03-19

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