Health, Education & Welfare Committee — 2022-07-18
Attendance
Christopher Cinella ; Jack Eccles ; Manjula Karamcheti ; Shawn M. MacMaster ; Robb Stewart ; Ryan Williams
Agenda
Minutes
CITY OF MELROSE HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE COMMITTEE CALENDAR● JULY 18, 2022 Council Chamber, First Floor, Melrose City Hall Committee Meeting 7:01 PM 562 Main Street, Melrose, MA 02176 The public should take notice that the Melrose City Council may, on certain occasions, have a quorum in attendance due to standing committees of the City Council 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 Jack Eccles Chair Present Manjula Karamcheti Vice Chair Present Shawn M. MacMaster Present Robb Stewart Present Ryan Williams Absent Christopher Cinella President, ex oficio Present Non voting members present include Councilor Migliorelli. Note, that due to subscription issues, WebEx was down for the duration of the meeting. Trouble shooting attempts were made with Neal Ellis, Director of IT, to no avail despite notification that the subscription was renewed. Per direction of the Administration, the meeting commenced with only in person public comment.
ORDER-2022-150 Appointment Appointment of Roseann Trionfi-Mazzuchelli as Veterans Services District Director effective July 5, 2022 Ought to Pass City Council City of Melrose Page 1 7/20/2022 12:07 PM
Transcript
▶ 0:01 Jack Eccles: This is a meeting of the health education welfare committee. I am counselor Jack Echols the chair joining me our vice chairs Vice chair. Karmchati voting members counselor McMaster and Stuart. non-voting member Counselor migliarelli and president sonella ex-officio this provides a notice of the quorum. For the record this meeting is being recorded and broadcast on MTV and can be accessed for later viewing at the city of Melrose website or mmtv3.org. First item on tonight's agenda our public comment the portion of the meeting where any member of the public can come forward and speak at public comment for the health education welfare committee. Seeing no one in the room for the health educational welfare committee.
▶ 0:50 Jack Eccles: We're still having virtual issues with virtual public comment. So without objection we can close. public comment the first and only item on tonight's agendas order 2022-150 appointment of Roseanne trian free mazdicelli as veteran services director effective, July 5th. 2022 the nominee unfortunately cannot be with us this evening, but mayor broders here to speak on her behalf. Oh and without objection we can suspend the rules to hear from their brother. Thank you members of the committee Mr. Chairman my apologies for the mask. Please. Let me know if you can hear me. There is regrettably covid in the household very much appreciate the opportunity to speak with you tonight and really regret that
▶ 1:44 Paul Brodeur: Roe as she goes by our new nominee for Veterans Services District director and Melrose vsl cannot be here with us tonight. I know you've had an opportunity to review her resume and her considerable qualification, so I won't be labor them that I do want to know a couple things that she really has an outstanding combination of administrative skills and advocacy on behalf of the veteran Community. As you can see she has over 21 years of active duty service and Reserve Service as a military police officer and as a special agent in Army criminal investigations, she comes here to Melrose. nine years of experience as a vso in the town of Winthrop, which he did all the traditional activities the associate
▶ 2:38 Paul Brodeur: with vsos, but also did Yeomans work as a member of that community and making sure that all veterans are connected into the community as a whole that she would like to say her primary function is to make sure veterans receive all that. They are entitled to something that Melrose has subscribed to for quite some time with her passion and experience and quite frankly her vibrant nature. She's going to be a terrific Edition, you know, we've always had we've had varying people serve in this role, but we have almost inevitably gotten someone with outstanding credentials and experience and most importantly a Devotion to both the job and to the folks that in the veterans community that these folks serve so I
▶ 3:33 Shawn M. MacMaster: offer for your consideration and certainly happen to answer any questions you might have about her. All right, I would say if I could add one thing. I do want to thank Colonel Robert Driscoll the chair of our met Advisory Board who did assist in the search process in order to fill this position Counselor McMaster, thank you, Mr. Chair. Good evening mayor. Thank you for being with us tonight. You noted the candidates administrative and advocacy skills. As you know, what makes Melrose unique in terms of the the work we do for the veterans community extends to the community. Do you feel like she has the skills and the ability to in the interest to really be as actively engaged in the community and continue to carry that flag
▶ 4:27 Paul Brodeur: that Karen Burke and others before her have carried Council. Thank you for the question. Should I suggests in talking to? Row we discussed a couple of things that I think are right on point with your question and one is the depth of involvement. The school Community has with our veterans and she was certainly very very excited and enthused to take part in that and she also remarked about some of our other programming not just like The Monuments she was quite frankly dazzled by but also some of the workout in the community like the food drives and things like that. So I think in addition to to supporting what we currently do, I expect that we're going to have some some new options as well to continue and kind of
▶ 5:24 Jack Eccles: grow that work great. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. That's all I have. Seeing no one else what's the will of the committee? Motion to recommend second motion recommend by counselor McMaster seconded by counselor Stewart on favor, right? I'll opposed this motion passes. That was the only item on tonight's agendas motion to Journey second motion made by counselor Stewart secondary president snowa on favor. I'll post we're adjourned. Thank you very much. Good evening. Today is Monday, July 18 2022 and the time is 7:10. This is a meeting of the finance committee and Consular Jamel Dean the chair and joining me tonight. Voting members Vice chair Garipay pay councilor. Minklerelli karmchetti or bramsky president sonala