City Council — 2023-05-10

City Council Special Meeting

This meeting starts at 24:55 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 · Ward 6; Maya Jamaleddine late, 7:47 PM · At-Large; Manjula Karamcheti present · Ward 1; Shawn M. MacMaster absent · Ward 5; Leila Migliorelli present · At-Large; John Obremski absent · Ward 2; Robb Stewart present · Ward 3; Ryan Williams present · Ward 7

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CITY OF MELROSE CITY COUNCIL BULLETIN● MAY 10, 2023 Council Chamber, First Floor, Melrose City Hall Special Meeting 7:45 PM 562 Main Street, Melrose, MA 02176 Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Christopher Cinella At-Large Present Jack Eccles At-Large Present Mark Garipay Ward 4 Present Maya Jamaleddine At-Large Late 7:47 PM Manjula Karamcheti Ward 1 Present Shawn M. MacMaster Ward 5 Absent Leila Migliorelli At-Large Present John Obremski Ward 2 Absent Robb Stewart Ward 3 Present Ryan Williams Ward 7 Present Jen Grigoraitis Ward 6 Present

APPRO-2023-28 Operating Budgets (City, School, Regional School) Fiscal 2024 Operating Budget in the amount of $101,173,341 (one hundred and one million, one hundred seventy-three thousand, three hundred forty-one dollars and 00/100 cents) Assigned to committee City Council

APPRO-2023-29 Operating Budgets (City, School, Regional School) Fiscal 2024 Ambulance Enterprise Operating Budget Assigned to committee Appropriations & Oversight Committee

APPRO-2023-30 Operating Budgets (City, School, Regional School) Fiscal 2024 Mt. Hood Enterprise Operating Budget Assigned to committee Appropriations & Oversight Committee

APPRO-2023-31 Operating Budgets (City, School, Regional School) Fiscal 2024 Sewer Enterprise Fund Operating Budget Assigned to committee Appropriations & Oversight Committee

APPRO-2023-32 Operating Budgets (City, School, Regional School) City of Melrose Page 1 5/18/2023 1:29 PM Minutes City Council May 10, 2023 Fiscal 2024 Water Enterprise Fund Operating Budget Assigned to committee Appropriations & Oversight Committee

ORDNC-2023-1 Revolving Fund/Reauthorization Reauthorization of City of Melrose Revolving Fund table as first adopted by City Ordinance June 18th, 2018 and annually thereafter. Revolving Funds are further authorized under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 44 Section 53E 1/2. Assign to Committee Appropriations & Oversight Committee City of Melrose Page 2 5/18/2023 1:29 PM

Transcript

▶ 24:38 Jen Grigoraitis: We have a motion to adjourn made by councilor son. Seconded by Mayor Broer. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? And we are adjourned. Thank you very much. Alright, good evening. Today is Wednesday, May 10th, 2023. And the time is 7:46 PM And this special meeting of the city council is called to order. I am President Grigoraitis in accordance with the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law. This meeting is recorded by cable access and will be available for viewing in its entirety on MMT V and through the city website link. Madame Clerk, can you please call the roll Councilor son Here. Councilor Eccles? Here. Counselor Gar? Here. Councilor Aldine. Councilor Karen Chitty. Here. Councilor McMaster. Council Oguire. Here. Councilor Osky. Counselor Stewart? Here.

▶ 25:30 Jen Grigoraitis: Counselor Williams. Here. Counselor Greg Reis Here. I'm sorry. President Greg Reis here. Eight present. Eight Present. So please note we have a quorum for the record. At this time I will motion by unanimous consent to open public comment. Seeing no objection, public comment is now open. I don't believe we have anyone in person tonight. Mr. Clerk, do we have anyone online? There are no par, no participants online at this time. Okay, so I will motion by unanimous consent to close public comment. Seeing no object, objection, public comment is now closed. We have several new items related to the budget on our agenda tonight. Mr. Clerk, if you will, Appropriation 2023 dash 28 fiscal 2024 Operating Budget

▶ 26:10 Jen Grigoraitis: Council Mere Madam President, I'd like to seek immediate consideration for the purposes of setting a hearing for this order on, um, June 5th at 8:00 PM So we are have a request to seek immediate consideration for purposes of setting a public hearing. Is there any objection? Seeing none. So that there will be a public hearing set for appropriation 2023 dash 28 on June 5th at 8:00 PM and the remainder of that order will be sent to the Appropriations and Oversight Committee. Appropriation 2023 dash 29 Fiscal 2024 Ambulance Enterprise Operating Budget. This order will go to the Appropriations and Oversight Committee. Appropriation 2023 dash 30 fiscal 2024 Mount Hood Enterprise Operating Budget.

▶ 26:57 This order will go to the Appropriations and Oversight Committee. Appropriation 2023 dash 31 Fiscal 2024 Sewer Enterprise Fund Operating Budget. This order will go to the Appropriations and Oversight Committee. Appropriation 2023 dash 32 Fiscal 2024 Water Enterprise Fund Operating Budget. This order will go to the Appropriations and Oversight Committee. Ordinance 2023 dash one Reauthorization of the City of Melrose's Revolving Fund Table as first adopted by City Ordinance June 18th, 2018 and annually thereafter. Revolving funds are further authorized under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 44, section 53 e and a half. This ordinance will go to the Appropriations and Oversight Committee. Do we have any reports under Rule 53? Aye,

▶ 27:49 Jen Grigoraitis: at this time I'll entertain a Motion to adjourn. Motion to adjourn. Second. So we have a motion to adjourn made by counselor Ethel. Seconded by counselor Sin. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? We are adjourned. See you Monday night.

City Council — 2023-05-10

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