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City Council — 2020-12-07

City Council Regular Meeting

This meeting starts at 10:47 in a recording that covers several meetings.

Attendance

Christopher Cinella present · At-Large; Jack Eccles present · At-Large; Mark Garipay present · Ward 4; Jen Grigoraitis present · President, ex oficio; Maya Jamaleddine present · At-Large; Shawn M. MacMaster present · Ward 5; Jeff McNaught present · Ward 2; Leila Migliorelli present · At-Large; Robb Stewart present · Ward 3; Cory Thomas present · Ward 7; John N. Tramontozzi present · Ward 1

Agenda

  1. Call to Order (10:18)
  2. Remote Meeting Information (10:48)
  3. Minutes Approval (11:40)
  4. Public Comment (13:10)
  5. Public Hearing 8:00 pm-- Classification of Property (24:38)
  6. ORDER-2021-36 : Request to set a Public Hearing on Classification of Property for December 7, 2020 at 8:00 P.M. and subsequently determine the Classification of Property (18:48)
  7. Communications from His Honor, The Mayor And Other City Officials (15:16)
  8. ORDER-2021-43 : An Appropriation from free cash, account 01-324001, in the amount of $50,000 to HR Professional Services, account 011522-529000, to fund a compensation and classification study. (15:22)
  9. ORDER-2021-44 : Acceptance of a donation from the Friends of Milano of a wheelchair accessible, 12-passenger vehicle to be used for transporting Melrose senior citizens. (15:40)
  10. ORDER-2021-45 : Acceptance of the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant's (JAG) Local Law Enforcement (LLE) in the amount of $4,350.00 for the purchase and mounting of access points to support uploading of in-car audio and video recordings. (16:03)
  11. ORDER-2021-46 : Acceptance of Complete Streets Grant in the amount of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00) from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). Said funds to be deposited into Fund Number 4027, Complete Streets. (16:30)
  12. ORDER-2021-47 : Acceptance of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Recycling Dividend Program Grant in the amount of $14,300 (16:53)
  13. ORDER-2021-48 : An Appropriation from the Peg Access Cable Fund (#2922) in the amount of $344,572.23 to MMTV and Melrose Public Schools. (17:10)
  14. ORDER-2021-49 : Acceptance of the Mystic Valley Elder Services FY21 Title III B "Teachable Moments" Grant in the amount of $8,500.00. (17:26)
  15. ORDER-2021-50 : The appointment of Gail Infurna, 12 Mt. Vernon St., #41, to the Traffic Commission, for a five year term; said term to expire of the last day of May 2025. (17:43)
  16. ORDER-2021-51 : Acceptance of an Emergency Management Performance Grant in the amount of $6,500. (18:00)
  17. ORDER-2021-52 : An appropriation from Free Cash account number 01-324001 in the amount of $93,257 to various accounts as set forth here in. (18:12)
  18. New Business (18:30)
  19. ORDER-2021-57 : Resolution honoring 2020 President Jennifer Grigoraitis
  20. Orders Out of Order (18:36)
  21. Orders from Committee (18:41)
  22. ORDER-2021-41 : Authorization for the Mayor of Melrose to execute a Power Purchase Agreement for Rooftop Solar Installation at Memorial Hall (21:40)
  23. REPORTS - RULE 53 (23:54)
  24. Calendar (28:17)
  25. ORDER-2021-38 : Reappointment of Michael Iudice, 201 Melrose Street, to the Liquor License Commission for a six-year term; said term to expire on the first Monday in June 2026. (28:30)
  26. ORDER-2021-37 : Appointment of Polina Latta as Human Resources Director, effective February 1, 2021 (29:55)
  27. Adjournment (32:08)
  28. Orders

Minutes

CITY OF MELROSE CITY COUNCIL BULLETIN● DECEMBER 7, 2020 Web-based remote meeting Regular Meeting 7:45 PM , Melrose, MA 02176 Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Jen Grigoraitis President, ex oficio Present John N. Tramontozzi Ward 1 Present Jeff McNaught Ward 2 Present Robb Stewart Ward 3 Present Mark Garipay Ward 4 Present Shawn M. MacMaster Ward 5 Present Cory Thomas Ward 7 Present Jack Eccles At-Large Present Christopher Cinella At-Large Present Leila Migliorelli At-Large Present Maya Jamaleddine At-Large Present

ORDER-2021-36 Classification of Property Request to set a Public Hearing on Classification of Property for December 7, 2020 at 8:00 P.M. and subsequently determine the Classification of Property Adopted City Council

ORDER-2021-43 Appropriation An Appropriation from free cash, account 01-324001, in the amount of $50,000 to HR Professional Services, account 011522-529000, to fund a compensation and classification study. Assigned to Committee Appropriations Committee

ORDER-2021-44 Authorization Acceptance of a donation from the Friends of Milano of a wheelchair accessible, 12-passenger vehicle to be used for transporting Melrose senior citizens. Assigned to Committee Appropriations Committee

ORDER-2021-45 Grant Acceptance of the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant's (JAG) Local Law Enforcement (LLE) in the amount of $4,350.00 for the purchase and mounting of access points to support uploading of in-car audio and video recordings. Assigned to Committee Appropriations Committee

ORDER-2021-46 Acceptance City of Melrose Page 1 12/23/2020 2:32 PM Minutes City Council December 7, 2020 Acceptance of Complete Streets Grant in the amount of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00) from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). Said funds to be deposited into Fund Number 4027, Complete Streets. Assigned to Committee Appropriations Committee

ORDER-2021-47 Acceptance Acceptance of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Recycling Dividend Program Grant in the amount of $14,300 Assigned to Committee Appropriations Committee

ORDER-2021-48 Appropriation An Appropriation from the Peg Access Cable Fund (#2922) in the amount of $344,572.23 to MMTV and Melrose Public Schools. Assigned to Committee Appropriations Committee

ORDER-2021-49 Grant Acceptance of the Mystic Valley Elder Services FY21 Title III B "Teachable Moments" Grant in the amount of $8,500.00. Assigned to Committee Appropriations Committee

ORDER-2021-50 Appointment The appointment of Gail Infurna, 12 Mt. Vernon St., #41, to the Traffic Commission, for a five year term; said term to expire of the last day of May 2025. Assigned to Committee Protection and License Committee

ORDER-2021-51 Grant Acceptance of an Emergency Management Performance Grant in the amount of $6,500. Assigned to Committee Appropriations Committee

ORDER-2021-52 Appropriation An appropriation from Free Cash account number 01-324001 in the amount of $93,257 to various accounts as set forth here in. Assigned to Committee Appropriations Committee

ORDER-2021-38 Appointment City of Melrose Page 2 12/23/2020 2:32 PM Minutes City Council December 7, 2020 Reappointment of Michael Iudice, 201 Melrose Street, to the Liquor License Commission for a six-year term; said term to expire on the first Monday in June 2026. Passed

ORDER-2021-37 Appointment Appointment of Polina Latta as Human Resources Director, effective February 1, 2021 Passed City of Melrose Page 3 12/23/2020 2:32 PM

Transcript

▶ 10:47 Jen Grigoraitis: this meeting of the Melrose City Council is called to order pursuant to Governor Baker's March 12, 2020 order suspending certain provisions of the open meeting law and the Governor's March 15, 2020 order imposing strict limitation on the number of people that may gather in one place this meeting of the city council will be conducted via remote participation to the greatest extent possible we will post an audio or video recording transcript or other comprehensive record of these proceedings as soon as possible after the meeting on the city of Melrose website and on mmtv3.org. Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll? Councilor Acinella? Here. Councilor Eccles? Here. Councilor Garipay? Here.

▶ 11:33 Councilor Jamaleddine? Here. Councilor McMaster? Here. Councilor McNaught? Here. Councilor Migliorelli? Here. Councilor Stewart? Here. Councilor Thomas? Here. Councilor Tramontozzi? Here. President Grigoraitis? Here. 11 present. We have 11 present, so we have a quorum at this time. I will entertain a motion to approve previous meeting minutes. Madam President, if there's no objection, I would motion to accept the following meeting date minutes without reading. We have the revised October 5th, and then we have November 9th and November 16th. Second. I actually don't need a second because it's without objection. So, we have a motion to approve without reading the minutes of the October 5th, which were our revised minutes, November 9th and November 16th meetings. Is there any discussion?

▶ 12:48 Seeing none, Madam clerk, can you please call the roll? Counselor. Counselor, yes, yes, yes. Counselor, yes, yes. Counselor, yes, yes. Yes, counselor Stewart. Yes. Councilor Thomas. Yes. Yes. President Grigoraitis. Yes, 11. yes. 11, yes, so the motion carries at this time. I'll entertain a motion to open public comment. 2nd, we have a motion to open public comment made by counselor Stewart, seconded by counselor. Madam clerk. Can you please follow roll? Kind of snuff. Yes. Yes. Yeah, yeah. Yes, yes, yes. Yes, you're really? Yes, counselor Stewart? Yes, yes. Yes, yes. Yes. 11 s 11. public comment is now open. This is the point at which any member of the public wishing to speak to any item on our agenda may do so. If you are interested in speaking, please

▶ 14:14 raise your digital hand and we can bring you forward. Do we have anyone wishing to speak? I don't see anyone. Okay. At this time, I'll entertain a motion to close public comment. Motion to close public comment. Second. So, we have a motion to close public comment made by President-elect Cinella, seconded by Councilor Migliorelli. Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll? Councilor Cinella? Yes. Councilor Eccles? Yes. Councilor Garipay? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor McMaster? Yes. Councilor McNaught? Yes. Councilor Migliorelli? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Thomas? Yes. Yes, present Grigoraitis yes. 11. yes. 11. yes. So public comment is now closed at this time. We will hear communications from his honor the mayor and other city officials.

▶ 15:19 Madam clerk of committees order 2021 dash 43 and appropriation from free cash account. 0, 1 dash 3, 2, 4, 0, 0, 1. In the amount of 50,000 dollars to HR professional services account 0, 1, 1, 5, 2, 2. Dash 5, 2, 9, 0, 0, 0. To fund a compensation and classification study. This order will be sent to the appropriations committee. Order 2021-44, acceptance of a donation from the Friends of Milano of a wheelchair-accessible 12-passenger vehicle to be used for transporting Monroe senior citizens. This order will be sent to the Appropriations Committee. Order 2021 dash 45 acceptance of the burn justice assistant grants. J. A. G. local law enforcement in the amount of 4,350 dollars for the purchase and mounting of access points to support.

▶ 16:24 Uploading of in car audio and video recordings. This order will be sent to the appropriations committee. Order 2021 dash 46 acceptance of complete streets grant in the amount of 400,000 dollars from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of transportation said funds to be deposited into fund number 4027 complete streets. This order will be sent to the appropriations committee. Order 2021 dash 47 acceptance of Massachusetts department, environmental protection, recycling dividend program grant in the amount of 14,300 dollars. This order will be sent to the Appropriations Committee. Order 2021-48, an appropriation from the PEG Access Cable Fund, number 2922, in the amount of $344,572.23 to MMTV and Melrose Public Schools.

▶ 17:21 This order will be sent to the Appropriations Committee. Order 2021-49, Acceptance of the Mystic Valley Elder Services, FY21, Title III-B, Teachable Moments Grant in the amount of $8,500. This order will be sent to the Appropriations Committee. Order 2021-50, the appointment of Gail Inferna, 12 Mount Vernon Street, number 41, to the Traffic Commission for a five-year term, said term to expire on the last day of May 2025. This order will be sent to the Protection and License Committee. Order 2021-51, acceptance of an Emergency Management Performance Grant in the amount of $6,500. dollars this order will be sent to the appropriation committee order 2021-52 an appropriation from free cash account number zero one dash three two four zero zero one

▶ 18:23 and the amount of ninety three thousand two hundred and fifty seven dollars to various accounts as set forth herein this order will be sent to the appropriations committee Do we have any new business? We do not. Do we have any orders out of order? We do not. Do we have any orders from committee? Counselor Sinella? Yes, thank you. I'd like to first pull order 2021-36 of a request to set the public hearing on classification of property tonight and subsequently determine the classification of the property. So, we have a motion to pull Order 2021-36 to set the property classification hearing from committee by Councilor Cinella. Do we have a second? Second. With a second by Councilor Eccles. Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll?

▶ 19:25 Councilor Cinella? Yes. Councilor Eccles? Yes. Councilor Garapet? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor McMaster? Yes. Councilor McMaster? Yes. Councilor McMaster? Yes. McNaught. Yes. Councilor Migliorelli. Yes. Councilor Stewart. Yes. Councilor Thomas. Yes. Councilor Tramontozzi. Yes. President Grigoraitis. Yes. 11 yes. 11 yes. So the order is now before you. Councilor Cinella. This order comes from appropriations with a recommendation of passage uh the residential factor of 0.9661 represents a 1.65 shift and i make that motion public hearing first or yeah why don't we do the public hearing first so i'll withdraw that and i will motion to open up the public hearing we can't open sorry we

▶ 20:29 can't open up the public hearing until eight o'clock so we have five more minutes i sorry i thought you were um disposing of the order related to the public hearing so we can move on to the shift okay so i motion to accept the residential factor again 0.9661 1.65 shift second We have a motion by Councilor Sinella to accept a 1.65 shift seconded by Councilor McNaught. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll? Councilor Sinella? Yes. Councilor Eccles? Yes. Councilor Garipay? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor McMaster? Yes. Councilor McNaught? Yes. Councilor Migliorelli? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Thomas? Yes. Councilor Tramontozzi? Yes.

▶ 21:33 President Grigoraitis? Yes. 11 yes. 11 yes, so the motion carries. Councilor Sonnella? Yes, I'd like to pull Order 2021-41A from the Appropriations Committee, It's an authorization for the mayor of Paloma to execute the power purchase agreement for rooftop solar installation at Memorial Hall. So, we have a motion by Councilor Sonnella, seconded by Councilor Eccles, thank you, to pull Order 2021-41A regarding the solar power purchase agreement from committee. Madam Clerk of Committees, can you please call the roll? Councilor Sonnella? Yes. Councilor Eccles? Yes. Councilor Garipay? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor McMaster? Yes. Councilor McNaught? Yes. Councilor Migliorelli? Yes.

▶ 22:39 Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Thomas? Yes. Councilor Tramontozzi? Yes. President Grigoraitis? Yes. 11 yes. 11 yes, so the order is now before you. I'm not a president. move for passage second so we have a motion for passage by Councilor senella seconded by Councilor Migliorelli for order 2021-41a madam is there any discussion madam clerk can you please call the role Councilor sneller yes Councilor eccles yes Councilor Garipay yeah Councilor Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor McMaster? Yes. Councilor McNaught? Yes. Councilor Migliorelli? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Thomas? Yes. Councilor Tramontozzi? Yes. President Grigoraitis? Yes. 11 yes. 11 yes, so the motion carries.

▶ 23:51 At this time, are there any reports under Rule 53? Councilor Eccles. Thank you, Madam President. Tomorrow night, the school committee will meet at 7 p.m. and then on Wednesday, December 16th at 5.30, the Traffic Commission will meet. I'll be public under the remote meeting section of the city website. Thank you, Councilor Cinella. Are there any other updates under Rule 53? Hey, seeing none, and the fact that we are just about at 8 o'clock, we can shift to our public hearing on the classification of property, giving it 1 more minute on time. Yeah, trying to be timely. How's everybody doing? Okay. It's now 8 PM. Yeah, I motion to open up the public hearing on the classification. 2nd, so we have a motion by counselor, seconded by counseling, not to open the public hearing on the classification of property. Adam clerk. Can you please call the role?

▶ 25:12 Counselors. Yes. Counselor. Yes, counselor. Counselor. Yes. Counselor McMaster. Yes, yes. Councilor Migliorelli yes Councilor stewart yes Councilor thomas yes Councilor Tramontozzi yes president Grigoraitis yes 11 yes 11 yes so the public hearing is now open if there is uh we sorry we have to motion for public comment i apologize motion open public comment second second so we have a motion to open public comment made by Councilor eccles seconded by Councilor Tramontozzi madam clark can you please call the roll Councilor snella yes Councilor eccles yes Councilor Garipay yes Councilor demoladine yes Councilor mcmaster yes Councilor mcnaught yes Councilor Migliorelli yes Councilor stewart

▶ 26:22 Jen Grigoraitis: yes Councilor thomas yes Councilor Tramontozzi yes president Grigoraitis yes 11 yes 11 yes so public comment for the public hearing on the classification of property is now open if anyone wishes to speak on this item of the agenda please raise your digital hand and you can be brought forward madam clerk do we have anyone wishing to speak i do not see anyone So, we have a motion to close public comment made by Councilor McNaught, seconded by Councilor Cinella. Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll? Councilor Cinella? Yes. Councilor Eccles? Yes. Councilor Garipay? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor McMaster? Yes. Councilor McNaught? Yes. Yes, that's our Stewart. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. 11. Yes.

▶ 27:31 11, yes, the public comment is now closed. Is there any, are there any counselors wishing to speak in this public hearing? Okay, seeing none, I'll entertain a motion to close the public hearing. Motion public hearing 2nd, so we have a motion to close the public hearing made by counselor seconded by counselor. McNaught. Madam clerk. Can you please call the roll? Yes, yes. Yes, McMaster. Yes, yes. Yes, Stuart. Yes, Thomas. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. 11. Yes. 11, yes, so the public thing is now closed and we'll return to our agenda. We, we were at the calendar. Madam. Calendar order number 2020 dash 38 reappointment of Michael, you just 201 Melrose street to the liquor license commission for a 6 year term.

▶ 28:43 Said term to expire on the 1st, Monday in June, 2026. Counselor, yes, Madam president like to this is from the protection license committee. I'd like to. Bring this forward with the recommendation for the recommendation for passage. I'd like to make a motion before. Thank you do we have a 2nd, so we have a motion by counselor Stewart, seconded by the counselor as a recommendation passage or any discussion. Madam clerk, can you call the role? Councilor Sinella. Yes. Councilor Eccles. Yes. Councilor Garipay. Yes. Councilor Cimolodin. Yes. Councilor McMaster. Yes. Councilor McNaught. Yes. Councilor Migliorelli. Yes. Councilor Stewart. Yes. Councilor Thomas. Yes, Councilor Chamentosi. Yes. President Grigoraitis.

▶ 29:53 Yes, 11. Yes. 11, yes, so the motion carries. Madam clerk of committees order 2021 dash 37 appointment of Paulina Lata as human resources director. Effective February 1, 2021. Councilor. President, this comes from appropriations committee, and I'm to recommend passage. So, we have a motion by Councilor Sinella, seconded by Councilor McNaught to recommend passage. Is there any discussion? Okay, seeing none, Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll? Councilor Stewart. I'm sorry, Councilor Stewart. I apologize. I didn't see you. Thank you, Madam President. Port of clarification. Is it order 2021 or is it order 2020? I have order. It's order 2021 on the agenda. Is it supposed to be ordered 2020? Because the other one was also ordered 2021.

▶ 30:58 Are they supposed to be ordered 2020? I think at this point we've tipped out of, we're now into 2021, but I don't honestly, I'm not an expert on the numbers. The numbers change at the fiscal year change, so they've been 2021 since July 1st. Okay, because it was read as 2020, so I just wanted to confirm that. Thank you. Thank you for clarifying. Okay, are we, so is there any additional discussion? I see now, and Madam clerk, can you please call the role? Counselor. Yes. Counselor echoes. Counselor yes. Counselor. Yes. Councilor McMaster yes. Councilor not yes. Counselor, yes. Counselor Stewart yes. Counselor Thomas yes. Counselor yes. President Grigoraitis. Yes. 11 yes. 11 yes, the motion carries.

▶ 32:06 Congratulations to Ms. Lata on her new position. I believe at this time, I will entertain a motion to adjourn. Motion to adjourn. Second. Motion to adjourn by Councilor Stewart, seconded by Councilor Sanella. Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll? Sanella. Yes. Eccles. Yes. Garrapay. Yes. Jamaleddine. Yes, McMaster yes, not. Yes, yes, Stuart. Yes, Thomas yes. Yes, yes, 11. yes 11. yes and we are adjourned. Thank you all.

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