City Council — 2019-12-02
Attendance
Manisha Bewtra ; Robert A. Boisselle ; Scott M. Forbes ; Kate Lipper-Garabedian ; Shawn M. MacMaster ; Jeff McNaught ; Monica C. Medeiros ; Peter D. Mortimer ; John N. Tramontozzi ; Francis X. Wright Jr. ; Michael P. Zwirko
Agenda
- Call to Order
- Public Comment
- Communications from His Honor, The Mayor And Other City Officials
- ORDER-2020-45 : An Appropriation from the Peg Access Cable Fund (#2922) in the amount of $241,140.22 to MMTV and Melrose Public Schools.
- New Business
- Orders Out of Order
- Orders from Committee
- Reports- RULE 53
- Calendar
- ORDER-2020-43 : A transfer in the amount of $30,000, from Regional School, Essex Agricultural (013012-547300) to Inspectional Services (012412-529000) to cover the costs associated with Building Inspectors.
- ORDER-2020-42 : Request to set a Public Hearing on Classification of Property for November 25, 2019 at 7:30 P.M. and subsequently determine the Classification of Property
- ORDER-2020-41 : Police FY20 911 Support and Incentive Grant Award Melrose Police Department has been awarded $81,187.00 to assist the Police Dispatch (PSAP) in providing enhanced 911 services.
- ORDER-2020-21 : Amending Melrose Revised Ordinances Chapter 198 by adding Article VII – Sustainable Food Containers and Packaging; further add Section 198-13 “Use of Sustainable Food Containers and Packaging,” as set forth herein.
- ORDER-2020-39 : Request for Update on the Status of the Community Mitigation Funds Grant
- Adjournment
Minutes
CITY OF MELROSE CITY COUNCIL BULLETIN● DECEMBER 2, 2019 Council Chamber, First Floor, Melrose City Hall Regular Meeting 7:45 PM 562 Main Street, Melrose, MA 02176 Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Manisha Bewtra At-Large Present Robert A. Boisselle Ward 4 Absent Scott M. Forbes President/Ex Oficio Present Kate Lipper-Garabedian At-Large Present Shawn M. MacMaster Ward 5 Present Monica C. Medeiros At-Large Present Peter D. Mortimer Ward 6 Present John N. Tramontozzi Ward 1 Present Francis X. Wright Jr. Ward 3 Present Michael P. Zwirko At-Large Present Jeff McNaught Ward 2 Present
ORDER-2020-45 Appropriation An Appropriation from the Peg Access Cable Fund (#2922) in the amount of $241,140.22 to MMTV and Melrose Public Schools. Assigned to Committee Appropriations Committee
ORDER-2020-43 Transfer A transfer in the amount of $30,000, from Regional School, Essex Agricultural (013012-547300) to Inspectional Services (012412-529000) to cover the costs associated with Building Inspectors. Passed
ORDER-2020-42 Classification of Property Request to set a Public Hearing on Classification of Property for November 25, 2019 at 7:30 P.M. and subsequently determine the Classification of Property Passed
ORDER-2020-41 Grant Police FY20 911 Support and Incentive Grant Award Melrose Police Department has been awarded $81,187.00 to assist the Police Dispatch (PSAP) in providing enhanced 911 services. Passed
ORDER-2020-21 Amending Revised Ordinances City of Melrose Page 1 12/5/2019 4:46 PM Minutes City Council December 2, 2019 Amending Melrose Revised Ordinances Chapter 198 by adding Article VII – Sustainable Food Containers and Packaging; further add Section 198-13 “Use of Sustainable Food Containers and Packaging,” as set forth herein. Passed as Amended
ORDER-2020-39 Request Request for Update on the Status of the Community Mitigation Funds Grant Placed on File City of Melrose Page 2 12/5/2019 4:46 PM
Transcript
▶ 5:45 Scott M. Forbes: commitment i appreciate the time that you dedicate to it and i know we can work together to make a difference thank you the chair will now accept a motion to adjourn so moved second second um all in favor aye opposed we're adjourned good evening the time being 7 45 on the second day of november i call the order of this meeting of the melrose city council before we start this evening from the results of this evening's caucus i would like to extend the council's congratulations to councillor ward 6 councillor-elect jennifer grigoraitis who's been nominated to serve as city council president for the upcoming 2020 year congratulations this meeting is being recorded in accordance to our general open meeting laws all council
▶ 7:04 Scott M. Forbes: meetings are broadcast live on MMTV it could be accessed through the City of Melrose website as well madam clerk can you please call the roll councillor Bewtra here councillor Boisselle councillor Lipa Garabedian here councillor McMaster here councillor McNaught here councillor Medeiros here councillor Mortimer yeah councillor Tramontozzi yeah councillor Wright here councillors Werko here president Forbes here ten present motion can you all please rise and join me in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to a grateful nation stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Motion to open the floor for public comment, Mr. President. We got a motion to open the floor for public comment made by Councillor Mortimer, seconded by Councillor Lipper-Garabedian.
▶ 8:05 Scott M. Forbes: All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? This is a portion of our meeting where anybody from the general public can approach the podium and speak on behalf of the orders that are before us. Motion to close public comment, Mr. President. seeing nobody willing to come forward we have a motion to close public comment made by councillor mortimer seconded by councillors werco all those in favor aye aye opposed public comment is closed and before we get to the agenda i just want to remind everybody from the mayor's office wanted me to communicate the city of melrose there is no school tomorrow there will be a parking ban in effect from midnight to noon on tuesday also councillor Boisselle cannot be with us as he's living
▶ 8:46 the dream out in western mass as he snowed in so on to uh communications from his honor the mayor and other city officials order 2020-45 an appropriation from the peg access cable fund number 2922 in the amount of two hundred and forty one thousand one hundred and forty dollars and twenty two cents to mmtv and melrose public schools this order will go to the committee on appropriations do we have any new business no any orders out of order we do not we have no orders from committee no reports from rule 53 council Madeiros please thank you I have a hopefully brief school committee report as the liaison to the school committee we've recently had an update the big item on the agenda of course is the BB school and the future of that building for
▶ 9:39 Monica C. Medeiros: programming etc so just some updates is that we have the superintendent recently reported that we had as of the end of last month in the system just under 4 000 students and last year for instance our 80 percent of the kindergarten class got the first choice for their placement for kindergarten the bb school the update of course they're looking for an option that's going to be sustainable for the next seven to ten years no matter what the model that's chosen there's going to be some increased costs and including for instance the building needs to be brought up to date in including needs to be wired for Wi-Fi and all those kinds of things there's going to be DPW operating costs which are going to be estimated about two hundred thousand dollars per year that's
▶ 10:33 Monica C. Medeiros: using the horse man as a reference point which is similar in size there's going to be need for additional staff of crossing guard nurse principal secretary special education coordinator so right now the school committee has been presented two options which have been presented to the public one is the K through five option which is estimated would cost an additional 1.7 million dollars in addition to the cost of referenced above there would need to be upgrades and staff in order to be equivalent with the other elementary schools that we have that are k-5 and we have a challenge of repopulating the building and bringing in all grades and moving students from other potentially moving students from other buildings to repopulate that building she the
▶ 11:26 Monica C. Medeiros: superintendent did ask for volunteers in a brief survey with people would be willing to do this and got a response from only eight families which is about ten students that were willing to move now there's another option which would make the building just pre-k and kindergarten and that's it would be an additional four hundred and forty two thousand dollars and there's some challenges with that too they would need to in that case they would keep kindergarten and pre-k pre-k at the Franklin and you'd have to come up with the placement system for those two buildings and then another placement system because then you would again have another transition into first grade in the different building so there's some concerns about transitions and this may
▶ 12:17 Monica C. Medeiros: be being too many transitions this concerns about traffic in the area with with a lot of potential drop-offs for kids that age coming from all across the city but there's going to be some additional opportunities to share comments with the school committee and that would be coming to their meeting on December 10th or sending them an email and they are expected to take a final vote on September I'm sorry September December December 10th at their next meeting it's possible that could be delayed but that is the plan so the public can stay aware of that of course and there's you can watch meetings and forums on mmtv and see details on our city website thanks thank you council madaris anybody else under rule 53 i would like to make an announcement that the melrose veterans advisory
▶ 13:06 Scott M. Forbes: board will now have a city council representative to attend monthly meetings and provide council members with updates that include local veteran events and initiatives that take place during the calendar year ward 5 city council sean mcmaster who's been a regular participant advisory board meetings for quite some time now has been chosen to be this council's representative both the advisory board in the city council appreciate your active participation at our meetings and and also during various veteran events around the city of melrose so thank you counselor thank you all right let's go to the calendar please order 2020-43 a transfer in the the amount of $30,000 from regional school Essex agricultural account 0 1 3
▶ 13:49 0 1 2 dash 5 4 7 3 0 0 2 inspectional services account 0 1 2 4 1 2 dash 5 2 9 0 0 0 to cover the costs associated with building inspectors this order came from the Finance Committee motion for passage a motion for passage made by councillor seconded by Councillor Mortimer. This is a roll call vote with a two-thirds majority required. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Councillor Bewtra. Yes. Councillor Lipa Garabedian. Yes. Councillor McMaster. Yes. Councillor McNaught. Yes. Councillor Medeiros. Yes. Councillor Mortimer. Yes. Councillor Tramontozzi. Yes. Councillor Wright. Yes. Councillor Zwirko. Yes. President Forbes. yes that order passes order 2 0 2 0 dash 42 a request to set a public hearing on
▶ 14:48 Kate Lipper-Garabedian: classification of property for November 25th 2019 at 7 30 p.m. and subsequently determine the classification of property this order came from the Appropriations Committee council Letter Garabedian please yes thank you and as my colleagues may recall last week when we met we voted out of committee to accept residential factor of 0.969 000 which is captured in the documentation that is available online and viewable to the public so i would move that we accept the committee's recommendation council liver garabedian has made a motion to accept the committee's recommendation second i have a second by council mortimer this is a roll call vote with a majority that's required madam clerk can you please call the roll councillor Bewtra yes councillor Letter garabedian
▶ 15:41 yes councillor mcmaster yes councillor mcnaught yes councillor medeiros yes councillor mortimer yes councillor Tramontozzi yes councillor wright yes councillor Zwirko yes president forbes yes yes that order passes order 2020-41 police fiscal year 20 9-1-1 support and incentive grant award melrose police department has been awarded 81 187 to assist the police dispatch psap program in providing enhanced 9-1-1 services this order came from the appropriations committee Yes. Council Lipper-Garabedian, please. Thank you, President Forbes. I move to accept this award. Second. And a motion to recommend made by Council Lipper-Garabedian, seconded by Council Mortimer. This is a voice vote, so all those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? That order passes.
▶ 16:40 Michael P. Zwirko: Order 2020-21, amending Melrose Revised Ordinances, Chapter 198, by adding Article 7, sustainable food containers and packaging further add section 198-13 use of sustainable food containers and packaging as set forth herein this order came from a legal and legislative committee council's work oh please thank you mr. president I would move for passage of this however I'm remiss to say that I noticed two scrivener's errors that I should have caught a week ago that I did not so I just just some housekeeping keep keeping here please on my part we still have Board of Aldermen that is written in the order itself I just like to update that to City Council to reflect the body that we now are and then in the definition section it's not alphabetized correctly I placed director
▶ 17:31 Michael P. Zwirko: above compostable which we just need to drop so just you know to tidy things up I'd like to move to further amend the order at this time with those two noted changes and again apologies on the author's part council's worker has made a motion to amend the order that is before us here this evening has been seconded by council Letter garabedian all those in favor of the amend the order say aye aye aye any opposed the order is amended as before you thank you i will now move for passage of this order and i and i would like to say um as we reach this vote you know this order was filed in august but much of the work for this order happened in the months and weeks way before it was even filed testament to the um which was then called the melrose
▶ 18:16 Michael P. Zwirko: recycling committee is now zero waste melrose and a lot of the work of the folks here in this horseshoe as well as in the public generally and true to the case of the zero waste motors group just because this order passes the work doesn't end just like when we took care of the plastic bags in here in melrose the work still continues and we go forth knowing that this is is a momentous occasion for the city so i just wanted to say thank you and i'm very proud of this order and the work of my colleagues to get this passed second the motion for passage as amended council's worker has made a motion to recommend for passage been seconded by council mortimer we are amending an existing order this requires a two-thirds majority vote
▶ 18:58 madam clerk can you please call the role councillor Bewtra yes councillor Letter garabedian yes Yes. Councillor McMaster? No. Councillor McNaught? Yes. Councillor Medeiros? Yes. Councillor Mortimer? Yes. Councillor Cimituzzi? Yes. Councillor Wright? Yes. Councillor Rosarco? Yes. President Forbes? Yes. Order passes. Councillor Site. Order 2020-39, a request for update on the status of the Community Mitigation Funds Grant. came from the Appropriations Committee. Councillor McMaster, please. Yes, Mr. President, at this time I make a motion to place on file. Second. We had a motion to place the order on file made by Councillor McMaster, seconded by Councillor Mortimer. This is a voice vote. All those in favor to place this order on file? Aye.
▶ 19:52 Scott M. Forbes: Any opposed? This order will be placed on file. Motion to adjourn. Second. Motion to adjourn made by Councillor Lipper-Garabedian, seconded by Councillor Mortimer. All those in favor aye any opposed the city council meeting has been adjourned for this evening have a good night