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Protection & License Committee — 2023-10-16

Protection and License Committee Meeting

This meeting starts at 0:11 in a recording that covers several meetings.

Attendance

Mark Garipay present · Chair; Jen Grigoraitis present · President, Ex Oficio; Shawn M. MacMaster absent; Leila Migliorelli present; John Obremski absent; Robb Stewart late, 7:25 PM · Vice Chair

Agenda

  1. Call to Order (0:11)
  2. Public Comment (0:30)
  3. Appointments/Reappointments (1:16)
  4. APPT-2024-8 : Reappointment of Beth E. Delahaij, 35 Stevens Road, to the Planning Board to a five-year term; said term to expire the last day of February 2028 (1:28)
  5. APPT-2024-9 : Reappointment of John Welch, Jr., 20 Botolph Street, to the Planning Board to a five-year term; said term to expire the last day of February 2025 (2:11)
  6. APPT-2024-10 : Reappointment of Carla Morelli, 89 Malvern St., to the Planning Board for a five-year term; said term to expire the last day of February 2026. (2:40)
  7. APPT-2024-11 : Reappointment of Paul King, 31 Melbourne Ave., to the Planning Board for a five-year term; said term to expire on the last day of February 2024 (3:12)
  8. APPT-2024-12 : Reappointment of Gregory Sampson, 30 Morgan St., to the Planning Board for a five-year term; said term to expire on the last day of February 2028 (3:58)
  9. APPT-2024-13 : Reappointment of John J. Higgins, Jr., 47 Malvern St., to the position of Constable (6:24)
  10. Adjournment (6:55)

Minutes

CITY OF MELROSE PROTECTION AND LICENSE COMMITTEE CALENDAR● OCTOBER 16, 2023 Council Chamber, First Floor, Melrose City Hall Committee Meeting 7:21 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 Mark Garipay Chair Present Robb Stewart Vice Chair Late 7:25 PM Shawn M. MacMaster Absent Leila Migliorelli Present John Obremski Absent Jen Grigoraitis President, Ex Oficio Present Non voting members present include: Councilor Williams

APPT-2024-8 Appointment Reappointment of Beth E. Delahaij, 35 Stevens Road, to the Planning Board to a five-year term; said term to expire the last day of February 2028 Ought to Pass City Council

APPT-2024-9 Appointment Reappointment of John Welch, Jr., 20 Botolph Street, to the Planning Board to a five-year term; said term to expire the last day of February 2025 Ought to Pass Board of Appeals

APPT-2024-10 Appointment Reappointment of Carla Morelli, 89 Malvern St., to the Planning Board for a five-year term; said term to expire the last day of February 2026. Ought to Pass City Council

APPT-2024-11 Appointment City of Melrose Page 1 10/17/2023 8:56 AM Minutes Protection and License Committee October 16, 2023 Reappointment of Paul King, 31 Melbourne Ave., to the Planning Board for a five-year term; said term to expire on the last day of February 2024 Ought to Pass City Council

APPT-2024-12 Appointment Reappointment of Gregory Sampson, 30 Morgan St., to the Planning Board for a five-year term; said term to expire on the last day of February 2028 Ought to Pass City Council

APPT-2024-13 Appointment Reappointment of John J. Higgins, Jr., 47 Malvern St., to the position of Constable Ought to Pass City Council City of Melrose Page 2 10/17/2023 8:56 AM

Transcript

▶ 0:11 Mark Garipay: Good evening. It is seven 20 on October 16th, and this is a meeting of the Protection and Licensing Committee. I'm Councilor Gar, the chair. Joining me tonight are Councilor Elli and President Greg and non-voting member Counselor Williams. This meeting of the Protection and Licensing Committee is being recorded live on MTV and will be available on the city website www.cityofmelrose.org. At this time, if there are no objections and with the unanimous consent, I will open the public comment portion of our meeting. Public comment is now open. As a reminder for the public, this is the portion of the meeting where any member of the public may speak on items on our, on our agenda, seeing no members in the gallery looking to speak. Is there anyone online? Uh,

▶ 1:06 Mark Garipay: there's no online at this time seeing no members online. There are no objections. I will close public the public comment portion of our meeting with the unanimous consent tonight. We have six appointments before us that require action. Um, we do not have any, any members of the administration here. It was not required. Uh, so the first appointment we have in front of us is appointment 2024 dash eight, the reappointment of Beth Dhe, 35 Stevens Road, to the Planning Board to a five year term, said term to expire on the last day of February, 2028. What is the will of the committee? Motion To recommend? Second. We have a motion to recommend by council er seconded by President Geras. All opposed? All in favor.

▶ 2:09 Mark Garipay: A. Aye. Aye. Opposed? This order will be recommended. Struggling today. Appointment 2024 dash nine Reappointment of John Welch, Jr. 20 Botolph Street to the Planning Board to a five year term. Said term to expire on the last day of February, 2025. What is the will of the committee, Mr. Chair? Make a motion to recommend, Uh, motion. Second. Motion to recommend was made by Council Elli, seconded by President Greg on discussion. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? This order will be recommended to the full counsel. Next appointment is 2024 dash 10 reappointment of Carla Marelli, 89 Malvern Street to the Planning Board for a five year term. Said term to expire the last day of February, 2026. I'd like to make a motion to recommend

▶ 3:03 Mark Garipay: Second Motion to recommend by Councilman Elli, seconded by President Greg on discussion. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? That order will be recommended to the full council appointment. 2024 dash 11 Reappointment of Paul King, 31 Melbourne Ave. To the planning board for a five year term. Said term to expire on the last day of February, 2024. What is the will of the committee, Mr. Chair? I'd like to make a motion to recommend. Second. We have a motion to recommend by Council Elli, seconded by President Greg. Um, on discussion. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Opposed? This order will be recommended. For the record, we have Vice Chair Stewart is with us tonight. Thank you. It's good to be here. Appointment 2024 dash 12 The reappointment of Gregory Sampson,

▶ 4:08 Mark Garipay: 30 Morgan Street to the Planning Board for a five year term. Said term due expire on the last day of February, 2028. What is the role of the committee? Motion to recommend for passage. Second. Motion to recommend for passage made by President Grigoraitis. Seconded by Council Melli on discussion. Can I do a point of order just looking at some of these, they saying five year terms, but they're not all ending five years from now. I just want to make sure we're consistent with how we're recording this Mr. Chair. Um, I will have to go get a, get a an appointment, get a ruling from, uh, Ms. Gaffey on that. I can help. Okay. If you wanna I vote. Motion to suspend the rules. We have a motion to suspend the rules. Second.

▶ 4:58 Paul Brodeur: Seconded by co motion to suspend the rules by Council Melli seconded by Councilor Stewart on discussion. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Opposed? The rules are now suspended. Mr. Mayor, Appreciate the question. Happy? Happy. I was in the neighborhood. Um, so the, um, we had to do this once before in the recent past where some appointments Oh, actually, yeah. A good example would be on the park commission when we re-upped some of the park commission members where, um, there have been significant delays and the, um, terms need to be staggered so that there is no wholesale turnover. So these basically track back as best we could to original appointment dates and that you'll see the, the, the difference of their,

▶ 5:44 Mark Garipay: they're almost like five years retro. Okay. To the last appointment date. They could also be thought of as, you know, as a three year staggered term. So it's correct to say five year term and the end date. It's a, it's, this is not like a Clerical error. Correct. This is, that's what I just wanted to clarify to make sure this may be an error, but it's not a clerical error. Sure. You alright? Right. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Maya. Of course. Um, so we have a motion on the floor for re um, for the passage of appointment 2024 dash 12, um, on discussion. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Opposed? That order will go before we'll get recommended to the full counsel appointment. 2024 dash 13 The reappointment of John J. Higgins Jr.

▶ 6:30 Mark Garipay: 47 Malvern Street to the position of Constable, what, uh, what is the will of the committee? Motion to recommend? Second, Uh, motion to recommend was made by Council Melli, seconded by con uh, vice Chair Stewart on discussion. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? That order will get sent to the full commi full counsel. The, uh, the recommendation that concludes our business for tonight, I will entertain a motion to adjourn. Motion To adjourn. Second. Motion to adjourn was made by Council Elli, seconded by Vice Chair Stewart on discussion. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? We adjourned. Good evening. Today is Monday, October 16th, 2023. And the time is 7:45 PM And this meeting of the Melrose City Council is called

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