City Council — 2020-12-07
Attendance
Christopher Cinella ; Jack Eccles ; Mark Garipay ; Jen Grigoraitis ; Maya Jamaleddine ; Shawn M. MacMaster ; Jeff McNaught ; Leila Migliorelli ; Robb Stewart ; Cory Thomas ; John N. Tramontozzi
Agenda
Minutes
CITY OF MELROSE CITY COUNCIL BULLETIN● DECEMBER 7, 2020 Web-based remote meeting Caucus 7:30 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-2021-42 Caucus Nominate a President of the City Council for the Year 2021 Passed City of Melrose Page 1 1/28/2021 4:03 PM
Transcript
▶ 0:00 Hey, good evening. It's 731 on Monday, December 7th, 2020. I'm the City Clerk, Amy Camosa, and acting under Rule 48 of the Rules of Order of the City Council, a caucus is called to nominate a President of the Melrose City Council for the year 2021. So, this remote meeting is called to order and pursuant to Governor Baker's March 12th, 2020 order suspending certain provisions of the open meeting law and the Governor's March 15th order imposing strict limitations on the number of people who can 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 or on MMTV3.org.
▶ 0:48 org ms foote can you please call the roll Councilor sanella yeah Councilor eccles here Councilor Garipay yeah president Grigoraitis here Councilor Jamaleddine here Councilor mcmaster here counselor mcnaught here Councilor Migliorelli here Councilor stewart here Councilor Tramontozzi yeah Councilor thomas here 11 present 11 present um so now i would entertain a motion to open public comment motion open public comment second second um motion to open public comment was made by Councilor stewart second i believe by council mcnaught uh ms foote please call the role Councilor sanella yes Councilor eccles yes Councilor Garipay president Grigoraitis yes Councilor Jamaleddine Councilor yes Councilor McMaster yes Councilor
▶ 2:07 McNaught yes Councilor Migliorelli yes Councilor Stewart yes Councilor Thomas yes Councilor Tramontozzi yes 11 yes all right so public comment is now open anyone from the public can who wishes to speak on this single order to to nominate a president for 2021. If you could raise your digital hand now. Do we see anybody? I don't think so. I'm looking, I don't see, no one's raising their digital hand. Motion to close. Public comment. Second. Motion to close public comment was made by Councilor Stewart, a second by Councilor McNaught. Ms. Foote, can you please call the roll? Councilor Cinella. Yes. Councilor Eccles. Yes. Councilor Garipay. Yes. Grigoraitis yes councilor Jamaleddine yes president excuse me Councilor mcmaster yes Councilor
▶ 3:15 mcnaught yes Councilor Migliorelli yes Councilor stewart yes Councilor Tramontozzi yes and Councilor thomas yes 11. public comment is now closed so we'll now proceed to the business of nominating a president for 2021 uh do we have a motion to open the floor for nominations open the floor for nominations second motion to open the floor uh made by Councilor stewart second by Councilor mcnaught ms foote call the roll please Councilor sanella yes Councilor Councilor Eccles? Yes. Councilor Garipay? Yes. President Grigoraitis? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor McMaster? Yes. Councilor McNaught? Yes. Councilor Migliorelli? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Tramontozzi? Yes. Councilor Thomas? Yes.
▶ 4:22 Eleven. Nominations are now open. Any counselor can name a nominee. Their seconds are not necessary. So, does anyone have a nomination? President Grigoraitis? Thank you, Madam Clerk of Committees. I wish to nominate Counselor Chris Cinella. One nomination for Counselor Cinella. Are there any further nominations? None. Is there a motion to close nominations? motion to close nominations second question to close nominations made by Councilor stewart second by Councilor mcnaught uh ms please call the roll Councilor samela yes Councilor eccles yes Councilor Garipay yes president Grigoraitis yes Councilor maladin yes Councilor mcmaster Yes, counselor. Yes. Yes. Yes. Counselor Stewart. Yes. Counselor. Yes. Yes. 11 yes.
▶ 5:39 11 yes. So nominations are now closed. We'll now move on to the election process for nominating again. This is just the caucus, but way we do the election is by Viva vote. a vote so each uh counselor will state the name of the person that they are selecting um miss foote can you please call the role counselor sanella uh myself christopher c counselor eccles chris sanella Councilor Garipay christopher president Grigoraitis christopher sanella Councilor jamal adin it's the person our counselor McMaster counselor McNaught Christopher Clark Sunilla council the Migliorelli Christopher Stella counselor Stewart counselor Christopher Sunilla counselor Thomas counselor Christopher C Sunilla Councilor Tramontozzi. Councilor Christopher Cinella. 11 unanimous for
▶ 6:50 Councilor Christopher C. Cinella. So 11 votes have been cast for Councilor Cinella and with that Christopher Cinella has been duly nominated by the members of this caucus to be the newly elected president of the Meadow City Council for the year 2021 and in accordance with the rules of order the term will become Effective upon our formal election on in the 1st meeting in January, which this year will be held January 4th, 2021. normally we would escort counselor to the rostrum to say a few words. So, I guess I'll just turn it over to him now. Thank you. Do you want me to just walk out and come back in? You do it that way? No, thank you. President for the nomination and all of you for your support.
▶ 7:37 Christopher Cinella: I accept the nomination and I appreciate the vote of confidence. It would be an honor and a privilege to serve as president of the city council. I want to just take another moment though to thank President Grigoraitis for her service to this council and to this city. She has shown true leadership this past year during the challenging times like some the likes of which the city hasn't seen since 1918. And you know a year ago if you think about it the majority of us had never held elected office. And if you think back to some of our first meetings and the obstacles we faced seemed pretty trivial in retrospect. How do we view split view in IQM2? How do you even log on to IQM2? How do you even make a motion? And then there's waiting for that
▶ 8:27 Christopher Cinella: little green light to come on the mic. Who would have predicted two months into our term we'd be faced with a pandemic and while while still learning the rule of being a new city councilor having to shift on the fly and meet remotely and continue the city's business as a council we have met these challenges and demonstrated the resiliency and dedication to the citizens of melrose necessary to ensure that our city continues to function efficiently and as we continue to work through these and other challenges to come i look forward to working collaboratively in order to ensure that the essential work of this city council is handled in a deliberate and efficient manner always mindful that the interests of all melroseans are represented in this body so thank you thank you Councilor
▶ 9:27 SNELLA SO THAT CONCLUDES THE CAUCUS PORTION OF OUR MEETING I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO ADJOURN Councilor SNELLA MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN SECONDED BY Councilor STEWART MISS FOOT PLEASE CALL THE ROLE YES YOU CAN OKAY Councilor SNELLA Councilor Eccles YES Councilor Garipay YES Yes, president Greg writers. Yes. Consolation, yes, McMaster. Yes, counselor. Yes. Counselor. Yes. Counselor Stewart. Yes. Counselor Thomas. Yes. Yes. 11 yes, 11. Yes. The caucus is adjourned. Stay tuned for the full City Council in about three minutes. I'm going to hit pause. Okay, I think we have just about everyone and we're back. Good evening, the time is 7 45 p.m. on Monday, December 7, 2020. I am President Grigoraitis and