Public Service Committee — 2018-06-04
Attendance
Manisha Bewtra ; Robert A. Boisselle ; Scott M. Forbes ; Jennifer L. Lemmerman ; Kate Lipper-Garabedian ; Shawn M. MacMaster ; Monica C. Medeiros ; Peter D. Mortimer ; John N. Tramontozzi ; Francis X. Wright Jr. ; Michael P. Zwirko
Agenda
Minutes
CITY OF MELROSE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE CALENDAR● JUNE 4, 2018 Aldermanic Chamber, Melrose City Hall Committee Meeting 7:20 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 Manisha Bewtra Chair Present Kate Lipper-Garabedian Vice Chair Present Francis X. Wright Jr. Ward 3 Alderman Present Scott M. Forbes Ward 7 Alderman Present Jennifer L. Lemmerman Ward 2 Alderman Present John N. Tramontozzi Nonvoting Member Present Michael P. Zwirko President/ Ex-officio Membe Present Peter D. Mortimer Nonvoting Membe Present Robert A. Boisselle Nonvoting Member Present Monica C. Medeiros Nonvoting Member Late 7:23 PM Shawn M. MacMaster Nonvoting Member Present
ORDER-2018-194 Appointment Appointment of J. Ryan Sloan, 421 East Foster St., to the Conservation Commission to fill the unexpired term of Kevin Anderson; said term to expire on the last day of February 2019. Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen City of Melrose Page 1 Updated 6/5/2018 11:34 AM
Transcript
▶ 0:00 Manisha Bewtra: Good evening. Be it the hour of 720 p.m. on Monday, June 4th, 2018, I hereby call the Public Service Committee to order. I'm the committee chair, Alderman at Large Manisha Bewtra. We are joined this evening by voting members Vice Chair Alderman Kate Lipper-Garabedian, Alderman Frank Wright, Alderman Scott Forbes, and Alderman Jennifer Lemmerman, as well as ex-officio member and president of the board, Alderman Mike Swarbrick. We also have non-voting members of the committee joining us tonight and they are Alderman at-Large Monica Medeiros, Alderman at-Large or Alderman John Tramontozzi, Alderman Robert Boisselle, Alderman Sean McMaster and Alderman Peter Mortimer. This meeting is being recorded as well as being
▶ 0:52 Manisha Bewtra: broadcast live on MMTV and copies of this meeting are available for viewing on the city's website as well as on MMTV 3.org motion open the floor for public comment motion for public comment made by alderman Forbes seconded by alderman Boisselle on favor aye any opposed motion for public this is the portion of the meeting where members of the public may speak on any item before us on that on the agenda seeing no members seeing no members motion to close public comment manager second motion made by alderman Forbes seconded by alderman Letter Garabedian all in favor aye all right great um we the motion to close public participation has been approved we have one order before the committee this evening order 2018-194 appointment of J Ryan Sloan 421 East Foster Street to the
▶ 2:00 Manisha Bewtra: Conservation Commission to fill the unexpired term of Kevin Anderson said term to expire on the last day of February 2019 so motion to suspend the rules so moved motion made by Alderman Forbes seconded by Alderman Lemmerman all in favor aye the rules are now suspended mr. Sloan can you please come up before us and state your name as well as tell us a little bit about why you'd like to be in the conservation Commission my name is James Ryan Sloan I go by my middle name Ryan I'm a three-year Melrose resident and the conservation committee was really a perfect opportunity to combine my passion around conservation with an opportunity to get more involved in the community here thank you um any other comments yes have a quick comment thank
▶ 3:08 Scott M. Forbes: you for being here and thank you for volunteering your time for the community I just want to say you know the the letter that you provided us as well as your resume is pretty impressive so I just want to say that we look forward to having you aboard thank you thank you very much thank you I just also would reiterate that I was really interested in all the different hikes that you've taken it's quite impressive around several different continents and so I'm sure that you'll be a great asset to the Conservation Commission and we really appreciate your service thank you thank you any further comment a motion to recommend second great motion to recommend by Alderman Forbes second by Alderman Lipper-Garabedian all in favor