City Council — 2022-11-21
Attendance
Christopher Cinella ; Jack Eccles ; Mark Garipay ; Jen Grigoraitis ; Maya Jamaleddine ; Manjula Karamcheti ; Shawn M. MacMaster ; Leila Migliorelli ; John Obremski ; Robb Stewart ; Ryan Williams
Agenda
- Call to Order
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Reading of the Minutes
- Public Comment
- New Business
- ORDER-2023-39 : Request to set a Public Hearing on Classification of Property for December 5, 2022 at 8:00 PM to determine the 2023 Classification of Property.
- APP-2023-10 : Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative
- Communications from His Honor, The Mayor And Other City Officials
- Resolutions
- RES-2023-4 : Resolution honoring Chief Lyle
- Licenses
- LIC-2023-2 : Application of Said Tazgui d/b/a Limo Connect for a Livery Service License for (1) vehicle at 70 East Wyoming Avenue, #1, Melrose, MA
- Unfinished Business
- Reports from Committees
- INFO-2023-9 : Melrose Kind Day
- ORDER-2023-37 : Appointment of Emily Anderson, of 106 East Foster Street, to the City of Melrose Conservation Commission for a three-year term, said term to expire the last day of February 2025.
- Rule 53 Reports
- Adjournment
Minutes
CITY OF MELROSE CITY COUNCIL BULLETIN● NOVEMBER 21, 2022 Council Chamber, First Floor, Melrose City Hall Regular Meeting 7:50 PM 562 Main Street, Melrose, MA 02176 Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Jack Eccles At-Large Present Mark Garipay Ward 4 Present Jen Grigoraitis Ward 6 Present Maya Jamaleddine At-Large Present Manjula Karamcheti Ward 1 Present Shawn M. MacMaster Ward 5 Present Leila Migliorelli At-Large Present John Obremski Ward 2 Present Robb Stewart Ward 3 Present Ryan Williams Ward 7 Present Christopher Cinella President Absent Invoking Rule 4 of the Rules of Order of the City Council, Councilor MacMaster serves as President Pro Tem for the meeting in the absence of President Cinella.
ORDER-2023-39 Classification of Property Request to set a Public Hearing on Classification of Property for December 5, 2022 at 8:00 PM to determine the 2023 Classification of Property. Hold City Council
APP-2023-10 Appropriation Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative Assigned to committee Appropriations & Oversight Committee
RES-2023-4 Resolution Resolution honoring Chief Lyle Filed
LIC-2023-2 License - Hackney License Application of Said Tazgui d/b/a Limo Connect for a Livery Service License for (1) vehicle at 70 East Wyoming Avenue, #1, Melrose, MA Assigned to commitee Protection and License Committee
INFO-2023-9 Informational City of Melrose Page 1 11/22/2022 12:41 PM Minutes City Council November 21, 2022 Melrose Kind Day Filed
ORDER-2023-37 Appointment Appointment of Emily Anderson, of 106 East Foster Street, to the City of Melrose Conservation Commission for a three-year term, said term to expire the last day of February 2025. Adopted City of Melrose Page 2 11/22/2022 12:41 PM
Transcript
▶ 19:47 Shawn M. MacMaster: Council Echols. All in favor. I we adjourned. Good evening, the time being 750 on Monday, November 21st, 2022. I called to order this meeting of the Melrose city council. I'm Council of Sean McMaster president pro temporary of the council consulates. Sonella president Nellis unable to join us this evening pursue into rule four of our Rules of Order the presidential preside over the meeting in the president's absence. This time, please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. For which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. At this time if there's no objection the chair Sheets unanimous consent to approve the meeting minutes from the last regular meeting of the city council in
▶ 21:16 Shawn M. MacMaster: November 14th, 2022. Seeing no objection those minutes are approved without reading at this time. I'll entertain a motion to open the floor for public comment. So moved second. Motion to open the floor for public comment made by consulate Stewart seconded by Consular Eccles all in favor. I post okay floor is now open for public comment. This is the portion of our meeting where any member of the public can come before us to discuss any item on tonight's agenda. Anyone from the public wishing to come forward? Anyone who's called in there's no online at this time. Okay, seeing that no one has come forward from the gallery. No one has called in remotely. Is there a motion to close the floor for public comment motion to close four
▶ 22:01 Shawn M. MacMaster: for public comment second? Motion to close the floor for public comment made by counselor Eccles second in the councilman. Millarelli all in favor. Aye opposed floor is now closed for public comment. manuquerque new business That would be Mr. Clark committees. Order 2023-39 request to set a public hearing on classification of property for December 5th 2022 at 8pm to determine the 2023 classification of property. Certain on December 5th and health and city council. Jacket counciloritis motions for this to be held our table to December 5th second about councilman early all in favor. Aye opposed. Okay, the public hearing on this will be scheduled for December 5th 2022 at 8:00 pm. app 2023-10 Community prevention
▶ 23:04 Jen Grigoraitis: and wellness initiative that matter will be sent to the Appropriations and oversight committee. resolutions resolution 2023-4 resolutionaring Chief lab Council Gratis, thank you, Mr. President Pro temporary. This is a resolution that was filed by all 11 members of the city council to honor Mike Lyle our current police chief upon his retirement and just to read the resolution into the record. Whereas Chief Lyle has served the city of Melrose as the police chief for 15 years, whereas prior to his appointment as chief chief Lyle served the city for 21 years as a police Lieutenant Sergeant traffic officer and police officer. Whereas Chief Lyle has been involved in many law enforcement and Community agencies throughout his
▶ 23:48 Jen Grigoraitis: career including serving on the board of directors for the Melrose alliance against violence since 2006 be it resolved that we the members of the city council. Thank Chief Lyle for his dedication and Decades of service to the city in Sandwell, which is for her's retirement and all there for be it resolve that on this 21st day of November in the year 2022 that this resolution be spread upon the records of the city council and forever preserved in the records of the city of Melrose. I would also motion for immediate consideration which I forgot to do because I'm not used to sitting on this. the time counciloritis has sought a media consideration on this resolution seeing no objection matter remains
▶ 24:26 before us. Chief congratulations on the year of Sir years of service or anything you'd like to say chief. You want to come up chief? Just a couple words, of course, please. Ten minutes or less right women that are here tonight, but the entire police department they're reflection on our city me and I can't thank them enough most importantly covid when we're dealing with covid those police officers are going in a house as we call them hot hot calls not because of the call because of what was in that house. We know there was at least one person present that had covid they went in there PPE was just starting to come out. We really didn't understand what the virus was and they were going in whether it was
▶ 25:50 a you know, a domestic call a medical call, whatever the call. And they went in there and you know what? I can't think of enough what they did. that that's it. Certainly my wife Eileen who's here? She's put up with me for about 15 plus years. Phone calls the middle of the night weekends. We're up in a Hampshire coming home this in bed this and that and you know what? I certainly owe my wife a lot Kevin. McLeod she's my assistant and her husband Darryl my closest friend of all. If you have one friend you have a lot and I have Daryl and Kim Upton. I can't say enough about her. She'd been a police department about five years. She's been a sounding board for me for five years. Analytics, she's done it all prime analysis, even
▶ 26:43 the state one of the piece of her, but Melrose PD has her so, thank you so much Kim. And again, thank you to the community and thank you for you know the pleasure to serve as a chief of police for 15 years. And I spent my most of my adult life in a uniform that's going to change but we'll get through it and the next chapter begins. So thank you very much. Thank you the community. Thank you all constantly Gardens. Thank you. Chief we have some I think members of the council who'd like to see a few words cancel the Gary pay is recognized. Thank you Chief. I've known the chief for for a long time. But really really gotten to know I'm over the last few years and I want to thank you for all your support for me and in the
▶ 27:45 Jen Grigoraitis: residents of this community and for all you've done and thank your wife Eileen. It's not it's not easy when you're living in a city and and your husband's out all the time. But thank you both for your service to this community. Really really appreciate it. One of the hardest work in people of that limit. Thank you too bad that he Had any other counselors who wish to speak Council gregoritis? Thank you. Thank you chief for your service. I haven't known you as long as countless arapay, but I really enjoyed having the opportunity to work with you, and I just I don't know what it's like to do your job. I imagine it's incredibly hard for all of you happy to do right along. I just want to thank you
▶ 28:33 Jen Grigoraitis: for never losing your Humanity, which I think is probably really hard and what you all see every day. I know every conversation we've ever had about some of the more challenging issues that have happened in this community. It is so clear that you lead with heart and that really have given this community you're all and please know that we're the better for it. So, thank you and I'm really excited for whatever comes next for you. Council of carmichetti She file I haven't been to city counselor for very long. But from even the second that I started running my campaign you reached out right away, and we're so supportive of me supportive of my learning. You took me out on rides and showed me all the important parts of
▶ 29:15 Manjula Karamcheti: my own neighborhood and the ward that I was wanting to represent every text every comp phone call every email you've responded with kindness with graciousness with and with care for this community and I just really appreciate you and we are a better Community for you being here. Well, I appreciate the special treatment, but just really appreciate you and everything you've done. Council of Williams thank you. I just wanted to say thank you like everybody else. You've always been available. I've always been able to reach out and talk to you in a person of your stature in this community. That isn't always the case for someone who's you know, kind of new to town and just walking around the streets with you. Sometimes talking about things troubleshooting
▶ 29:59 Maya Jamaleddine: ideas. I've always really appreciated that so I hope to continue seeing you around town and picking your brain about stuff. Consulate Echols. She finale thank you so much for your service. We met when I was a mayor's intern many years ago, and I've had the pleasure to serve with you on the traffic commission and communicate with you as a counselor. And I really appreciate your years of service. It's been my whole adult life. You've been the chief and I felt Norris was very well survey feel. Consulate John molding. Thank you. She file after all least testimony. I think I'm not gonna say my experience with you has been special but as a person that serve. You know with difficult situations and especially relations
▶ 30:47 Maya Jamaleddine: hasn't been very easy as minority with police. I can say that you led by example, and I appreciate that. I appreciate every Call as my colleague said I appreciate every you know conversation that has been very humble. And I I told the new Chief he's gonna you know, it's a big shoes to fail and well, thank you so much, and I hope you know we're gonna continue the conversation. You're still here. You're still gonna be around and we're still gonna have more conversations. Thank you. Councilman, aguilarly, thank you. Thank you chief for serving. It's as everyone said it is remarkable. How quick and responsive you have been that's was I remember when you when I first started and you like said here's my cell phone number and I
▶ 31:46 Leila Migliorelli: thought well that's you know, he's just being next but you have been you actually students to buy it whether it's just getting information about something that's going on the city wide or even something happening in my neighborhood. You've always been incredibly responsive and thoughtful and thorough and I really appreciate that and I'm excited for the next step that you get to take and hopefully you'll have some more restful nights and days away from all of this up. Yeah. Thank you. Council abramsky Chief. Thank you for your service. And I think the thing that I've am I admired most about you and I think that the community does is that whether someone has a big problem or mine a problem you make them feels
▶ 32:30 Robb Stewart: though. It's the most important problem and that's tough to do in public service. So I appreciate that and I appreciate all sacrifice you and your family have made. Thank you. I've always said That's the way to look at it. I think it's worked out pretty well have been able to solve everybody's problem speeding and speeding is okay itself and Jack's been on a traffic commission try to split the problem between a couple different Avenues. the best but you can't just make traffic disappears. Council Stuart Thank you, Mr. President. She flow. Thank you. Along with all the other safe. I think they've pretty much summarize it but what I've seen and and had experience is the people in your staff and how they
▶ 33:23 Shawn M. MacMaster: are a very appreciative the their they've been nothing, but great to work with they're always responsive and I think it's a great reflection of what you brought to this community. So, thank you. Chafing as you know, we've worked together professionally outside of this chamber for many years now. Yeah going back to the early 2000s. Yes, and I can tell you having worked with 54 police Chiefs and more than that considering some of come and gone in Middlesex County your integrity your work ethic. Your professionalism is simply unmatched. You're a Class Act. I wish you the best in all of your future endeavors a lot of nights, as you know weekends where I've called you whether you're in New Hampshire with Eileen or you're buying
▶ 34:11 Shawn M. MacMaster: dough to make pizza. You always pick up the phone, and if you don't we hear back from you within 10 minutes consistently, so when you're out of state, that's right. So thank you. We'll see you around sir. Thank you. Okay. motion to place on file Castle grigoritis is made a motion to place this resolution on file seconded by console Eccles all in favor. I suppose right this matters now placed on file. moving on to licenses license 2023-2 application of site said has tasuke DBA. Limo connect for a liberal service license for one vehicle at seven East why Wyoming Avenue number one Melrose MA that'll be sent to the protection and license committee. reports from committee How's the garbage? I'm sorry Council of Stuart. I apologies. Thank
▶ 35:39 Shawn M. MacMaster: you. Yes, Mr. President for attempt I'm seeking immediate consideration for informational order 2023-9 Melrose Kind day. As we placing some I'm just making emotions. I think we're ready to place on file you because it was already heard in committee tonight. Yes, or just a very emotionally it's on file motion to play sunflower. Alright, let's do it has made a motion to place this matter on file seconded by Council grigoritis all in favor. Hi, I was okay. This is not placed on file Council grigoritis. This doesn't come from the Appropriations Committee, but I'm happy to I think that's also another story. Okay. Well, we're pulling one up from committee from the other night. 2023-36 appointment of Kevin M
▶ 36:26 Robb Stewart: Fowler as chief of police. I've been informed by as a point of order by the clerk of committees that were unable to pull that up tonight as it needs to there needs to be a seven day time period between the meetings so my apologies that that didn't get communicated that matter will remain in committee. Do we have anything else that needs to be pulled from Community this evening? Yes, Mr. President for temper. We have ordered 2023-37 that's coming from the public service committee with. A recommendation for passage and at this time I'd like to make an immediate consideration. So if we can motion to pull that up from committee, we have a motion to Planet. Okay motion to pull that order from committee seconded by Council Williams all in favor.
▶ 37:10 Shawn M. MacMaster: Okay matters now before us. Yes, Mr. President. I'd like to seek immediate consideration for order 2023-37. Second motion for passage by counselor Stewart seconded by Council Williams all in favor. Aye opposed. Hey that passes. on to believe we have one. We want one additional order. 2023-37 we just did that. That's okay 37 Stone. I rule 53 anything under rule 53 to report Okay, no counselors have anything to report under rule 53 at this time? I would entertain a motion to a journey motion to adjourning second motion to adjourn made by counselor gregoritis seconded by Council of Williams all in favor as we stand adjourned.