Appropriations & Oversight Committee — 2023-06-26
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
- Public Comment
- Transfers
- TRNSF-2023-2 : A transfer in the amount of $3,500 from City Clerk, salary and wages (account 011611-511000) to the Planning Department (011752-529026) for additional Messina Grant Funding.
- Orders
- ORDER-2023-99 : Acceptance of The Foundation Trust Partnership Grant in the amount of $10,000 for the Melrose Council on Aging
- Appropriation
- APPRO-2023-49 : An Appropriation from Mt. Hood Retained Earnings, account 620000-319000, in the amount of $45,000 (Forty Five Thousand Dollars) to Mt. Hood Professional Services, account 620000-529000 to fulfill contract obligations.
- APPRO-2023-50 : An Appropriation from the Peg Access Cable Fund (#2922) in the amount of $209,993.21 to MMTV and Melrose Public Schools.
- Adjournment
Minutes
CITY OF MELROSE APPROPRIATIONS & OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CALENDAR● JUNE 26, 2023 Web-based remote meeting Committee Meeting 7:33 PM , Melrose, MA 02176 Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Leila Migliorelli Chair Present Maya Jamaleddine Vice Chair Present Shawn M. MacMaster Absent Christopher Cinella Present Jack Eccles Present Mark Garipay Present Robb Stewart Present Manjula Karamcheti Present John Obremski Present Ryan Williams Absent Jen Grigoraitis President, Ex Oficio Present
TRNSF-2023-2 Transfer A transfer in the amount of $3,500 from City Clerk, salary and wages (account 011611-511000) to the Planning Department (011752-529026) for additional Messina Grant Funding. Ought to pass City Council
ORDER-2023-99 Grant Acceptance of The Foundation Trust Partnership Grant in the amount of $10,000 for the Melrose Council on Aging Ought to Pass City Council
APPRO-2023-49 Appropriation An Appropriation from Mt. Hood Retained Earnings, account 620000-319000, in the amount of $45,000 (Forty Five Thousand Dollars) to Mt. Hood Professional Services, account 620000- 529000 to fulfill contract obligations. Ought to Pass City Council
APPRO-2023-50 Appropriation An Appropriation from the Peg Access Cable Fund (#2922) in the amount of $209,993.21 to MMTV and Melrose Public Schools. Ought to Pass City of Melrose Page 1 6/27/2023 9:26 AM
Transcript
▶ 0:16 I'm gonna give it one more minute, right. We have everyone. Rob, can't hear anything. How's Stewart? Can you hear us? How's Stewart? Can you hear that testing? Can you hear us? Hear us now? Okay. All right. Great. Good evening. The time is 7 33. Um, on Monday, June 26th, 2023. Pursuant to current allowances under the open meeting, law enacted under chapter two of the Acts of 2023, this meeting of the Appropriations and Oversight Committee is being held remotely via the city's Zoom platform. I am chairwoman Lila Elli. And joining me are Vice Chair Jamine, councilor Ella, councilor Karady, councilor Stewart Gar, pay Les Osky, and President Gregor Exofficio. This serves as a notice of a quorum For the record,
▶ 3:09 Leila Migliorelli: please note that because we have a me Nope. Um, please note that we're all, because we're all participating remotely, all motions will require a roll call vote in accordance with open meeting law. This meeting is being recorded and broadcast live on MMT V and will be posted to the city's website as soon as possible. So now I will entertain a motion to open the floor for public comment. So moved. Second Councilor Sella. Um, motions to open the floor for public commented. Second by Vice Chair Jamine. Um, Mr. Clerk, will you please call the role Vice Chair Jamine? Yes. Councilor Sam? Yes. Councilor Eccles? Yes. Councilor Repe. Yes. Councilor Stewart. Was that Councilor Stewart? No. We can't hear you.
▶ 4:06 Can't hear you. Yes. Councilor Chetty? Yes. Councilor Aki? Yes. President Greg? Yes. And Chair Elli? Yes. That's nine. Yes. Unanimous. Okay. Public comment is now open. This is a portion of the meeting where anyone can speak to any item on our agenda. Uh, Mr. Clerk, do we have anyone attending remotely to from the public? Uh, if you're here for public comment, uh, please raise your digital hand. I don't believe we have anyone wishing to speak. I'll entertain a motion to close public comment. Motion to close public comment. Second. Motion to close public comment made by Vice Chair Jamine. Seconded by Councilor Stewart. Mr. Clerk Vice Chair Jamine? Yes. Councilor Ella? Yes. Councilor Eccles? Yes.
▶ 5:24 Councilor Gpe. Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councillor Chetty? Yes. Councilor B Bruski? Yes. Present G? Yes. And Chair Elli? Yes. That's nine. Yes. All right. Public comment is now closed since we have members of the administration here tonight to speak with us on the orders. Uh, before us, um, let's entertain a motion to suspend the rules. Motion to suspend the rules. Second. Motion is suspend the Rules made by Councilor Caram Chetty. Seconded by Vice Chair Jamine. Mr. Clerk, Vice Chair Jamine? Yes. Councilor Sin? Yes. Councilor Eccles? Yes. Councilor Garrette? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Chetty? Yes. Councilor Bruski? Yes. President Ess? Yes. And Chair Elli? Yes. That's nine. Yes. Unanimous.
▶ 6:31 Leila Migliorelli: All right. So first on our agenda tonight is transferred 2023 dash two a transfer in the amount of 10,000 from city clerk salary and wages account 0 1 1 6 1 1 dash 5 1 1 0 0 to the planning department, 0 1 1 7 5 2 5 2 9 0 2 6. For additional Messina grant funding, you can see from our agenda tonight, ma Mayor Broder sent a memo to the council on Wednesday, June 21st, requesting that the city council amend this transfer down to 3,500. This amount will allow three existing applications to be funded, um, which the MF M M F A advisory Committee had placed on hold due to lack of sufficient funding. Um, tonight we have, um, Lauren Grek here with us to answer any questions on this order. Welcome. And, um, Maggie Moore, abodi Abdo, um,
▶ 7:28 chair of the M M F A present as well. May I ask that, um, oh, Maggie, be able to join us? Great. Thank you. Good evening. Thank you. So you can feel free to share any additional information or if you'd like to just field questions, uh, totally up to you. Sure. I mean, um, I think the memo is explanatory. So I understand that the council tonight has to vote to amend, um, the original order, and I apologize for the extra step. Um, I also just wanna acknowledge that I know you've all been working really hard the last few months, so thank you for taking the time to squeeze this one in before the end of the fiscal year. Um, but I will just field questions then, um, based on the memos that you've received. Um,
▶ 8:29 Jen Grigoraitis: Sure. Thank you. Questions, president Grigoraitis. Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, not a question. I just wanted to thank you, Ms. Grek and Ms. Abdo for being here tonight. Um, the memo was really helpful. I appreciate the clarity around how we're using, um, a transfer of f y 23 funds to support existing encumbered projects. So at this time, I would make a motion to amend transfer 2023 dash two, um, to bring the total dollar amount to the number that I failed to write down. Sorry. Um, I think it's 3,500. 3,500. Second. Second Motion to amend the order. Um, made by President Greg, seconded by Vice Chair Jamine. Anyone on discussion? See none. Mr. Clerk, Vice Chair Jamine? Yes. Councilor Ella? Yes. Councilor Eccles? Yes.
▶ 9:29 Councilor Garipay? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Chetty? Yes. Councilor Bruski. Yes. President Greg? Yes. And Chair Elli? Yes. That's nine Yes. For the amendment. Okay. Now the order has been amended. What is the will of the committee? Madam Chair, I'll make a motion to recommend for passage as amended. Say again. President Greg Grigoraitis. Motions to amend the order, as I mean to pass the order as amended. Seconded by Councilor Ella. Anyone on discussion? Seeing none, Mr. Clerk, Vice Chair Jamal Dean? Yes. Councilor Ella? Yes. Councilor Eccles? Yes. Councilor Repe? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Chetty? Yes. Councilor Bruski. You're muted. Yes. Um, president Rees? Yes. And Chair Elli? Yes. That's nine. Yes. Unanimous.
▶ 10:41 Leila Migliorelli: Okay. This order will be brought to the full counsel tonight with a recommendation to pass as amended. Thank you both for being here. Thank you, counselors. Thank you. Thanks. Great. So, next up is order 2023 dash 99. Acceptance of the Foundation Trust Partnership Grant in the amount of 10,000 for the Melrose Council on Aging. Tonight we have the Director of the Council on Aging Aging. Stacy Mano here to speak on this order. Welcome, Stacy. Good evening. Good evening, counsel. You can hear me. All right. So, um, we're excited to say that the Consulate Aging has received the Foundation Trust grant for $10,000. That is to furnish the, uh, pavilion, uh, with, uh, media speakers, uh, commercial grade, uh, outside tv, uh,
▶ 11:37 Maya Jamaleddine: the wifi lines and, um, tables and chairs. Furniture's important. And then there's some room in the budget there for decor to help us with some staging and block off the back ledge of the patio. So we're pretty excited about it. I didn't know if there were any questions or Thank you. Are there any questions from the council? Vice Chair? Jamine? Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, Ms. Michelle, I just wanted to thank you for your effort on getting this grant. And I know how much this is gonna help our, um, um, um, senior, uh, population, uh, to have at least a benefit from our summer days and, um, late days. Also. Um, I don't know if we can call it summer, but, um, yeah, what does look like Summer. So thank you so much for all the effort and I hope that everyone will be able to
▶ 12:43 enjoy it. Um, with everything that we are having, do we know when are we going to be able to do all those improvements? Uh, good news is the, um, electrician is, uh, meeting is for tomorrow to set up the plan. So we're hoping, obviously we're going into the 4th of July, but I'm hoping that the trenching and the actual electrical work will be done no later than the second week in July because I can't execute the foundation trust until the LEC electrical work is done. So, and all the equipment for the, uh, foundation trust grant is actually in the shopping cart. So once I get the dates, we're just gonna click, um, accept delivery, and then be, we should be rolling, I'd like to say by the end of July,
▶ 13:29 which is great, cuz then we can have at least August, September, early October. Yeah. Long time coming, Hopefully. And, and, um, for the, the material that is gonna be outside, do we have a plan to store it? And during the winter, Yes. Uh, we have a full shed that we've, uh, cleaned out of the old furniture. Um, we were very, uh, specific about it being durable enough and, um, sufficient for older adults, but also stackable, storing. The only, um, task come the winter would be that the, uh, tabletops have to be unscrewed for storage, which to us is not a big deal as far as the, uh, the speakers will be permanent. There'll be commercial outside, uh, with locking mechanisms. And the tv, uh, the bracket is permanent and there'll be a cover for, um,
▶ 14:23 when we're closed off hours. But it'll have an easy two-person remove system where we can actually just unclick it and bring it inside if we think the weather's gonna be terrible. Awesome. Thank you so much. Anyone else? What is the will of the committee? Motion to recommend? Second Motion to recommend made by Councilor Ella, seconded by Vice Chair Jamine on discussion. All right. Uh, Mr. Clerk, will you please call the Roll Vice Chair Jamine? Yes. Councilor Ella? Yes. Councilor ecs? Yes. Councilor Gepe? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councillor Chetty? Yes. Councilor Abramsky? Yes. President Greg? Yes. And Chair mc? Yes. That's nine. Yes. Unanimous. Great. This order will be brought to the full council tonight with the recommendation
▶ 15:32 Leila Migliorelli: for passage. Thank you, Ms. Man. Thank You. I'll invite you to the grand opening. Great. Thanks. Good. Have a good night. All Right, you too. Bye-bye. Um, all right. So next up we have appropriation 2023 dash 49 and appropriation for Mount Hood, uh, retained earnings account 62 0 0 0 0 3 1 9 0 0 0 in the amount of $45,000 to Mountain Hood Professional Services account 62 0 0 0 0 dash 5 2 9 0 0 0 to fulfill contract obligations. And tonight we have, um, Joan Bell, superintendent of Mount Hood to speak on this order. Welcome. Hey, how are you? Good. I echo Lauren Sediment. Thank you for taking this order so that, um, we can pay the management company revenues that have already been earned. Um,
▶ 16:26 I'm here before you because when I was before you last month, we estimated, um, the month of May earnings at Mount Hood, which we do every year. Um, it just so happened that they did extremely well. Um, and they earned an additional, I think we're up 151,000. So in order for us to contractually pay their 65% obligation, I'm here asking for permission to pay them the 45,000 left that we owe them. Any questions from the council? Seeing none, what's the will of the committee? Motion to recommend? Second. Motion to recommend made by Councilor Eccles, seconded by Councilor Eccles. Anyone on discussion? Seeing none, Mr. Clerk, Vice Chair Jamine? Yes. Councilor Ella? Yes. Councilor Eccles? Yes. Councilor Gepe? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes.
▶ 17:33 Leila Migliorelli: Yes. Councillor Chetty? Yes. Councilor Bruski? Yes. Uh, president Greg? Yes. And Chair Elli? Yes. That's nine. Yes. Unanimous. Great. This order will be brought to the full counsel tonight. Thank you. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. All right. And lastly, we have appropriation 2023 dash 50 in appropriation from the Peg Access Cable Fund 2 9 2 2 in the amount of two hundred thousand two hundred nine thousand nine hundred ninety three dollars and 21 cents to MMT V in Melrose Public Schools. And tonight we have Ms. Marybeth McTier Margolis, um, here with us. Welcome. Thank you. You're welcome. Happy to join you and, uh, echo the rest of the participants tonight and thanking you for, uh, getting this order through. Save the Best for last.
▶ 18:38 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: Anyone have any questions or? This is for, this is our biannual, uh, appropriation, uh, for this pass through Fund, the PEG access, uh, public Educational Government access fund, uh, that the city holds the revenue from Comcast and Verizon. And, uh, you folks generously disperse it to us, uh, twice a year. I'm happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Any questions from the council Motion? I recommend second Motion I recommend made by Councilor Ella, seconded by Councilor Eccles. Anyone on discussion? President Grigoraitis? Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for being here tonight. I just wanted to, um, again, thank our partners at MM T V I, I think I mentioned it at the very end of a meeting last week,
▶ 19:33 Jen Grigoraitis: but I know in the span of about five weeks we did over 20 hours worth of meetings. And I know that means there's some folks sitting in a windowless room in MMT v in City Hall very late. We really appreciate it. It's a critical, um, opportunity for us to connect with residents. So thank you for all of the work that they do right alongside of us. That's our, that's our goal. Thank you for noticing. And, uh, we'll, I'll pass that along to Patrick Doyle, our Executive director who spent many, many, many, many of those hours downstairs. Thank you. Thank you. And there's no one else on discussion. Um, Mr. Clerk, will you please call the roll Vice chair Jamal Dean? Yes. Councilor Sonnel? Yes. Councilor Eccles? Yes. Councilor Repe?
▶ 20:20 Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Chetty? Yes. Councilor Abramsky? Yes. President Greg? Yes. And Chair Elli? Yes. That's nine. Yes. Great. This will, um, be brought to the full council tonight with a recommendation for passage. Thank you very much. Have a great summer, everyone. Thank you. You too. Um, Motion A adjourned. Second Motion to adjourn made by Councilor Ella. Seconded by Councilor Stewart. Anyone on discussion? Seeing none. Um, Mr. Clerk, will you please call the roll Vice chair Jamine? Yes. Councilor Sunnel? Yes. Councilor Eccles? Yes. Councilor Gareg? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Chetty? Yes. Councilor Abramsky? Yes. President Gregs? Yes. And Chair Elli? Yes. That's nine. Yes. Unanimous.