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City Council — 2024-09-16

City Council Regular Meeting

This meeting starts at 21:10 in a recording that covers several meetings.

Attendance

Cal Finocchiaro present · Ward 6; Mark Garipay present · Ward 4; Ward Hamilton present · At-Large; Maya Jamaleddine absent · At-Large; Manjula Karamcheti absent · Ward 1; Leila Migliorelli present · At-Large; John Obremski absent · Ward 2; Devin Romanul present · Ward 7; Robb Stewart present · Ward 3; Kimberly Vandiver present · Ward 5; Ryan Williams present · At-Large

Agenda

  1. Call to Order (21:12)
  2. Public Comment (22:17)
  3. New Business (22:47)
  4. APPT-2025-7 : Appointment of John White, 40 Youle Street, Melrose, MA, as Fire Chief (22:54)
  5. APPT-2025-8 : Appointment of Gayle-Jean Angelo, 245 West Wyoming Avenue, Melrose, MA as District Director of Veterans’ Services (23:04)
  6. APPT-2025-9 : Appointment of Jeffery Ugino, 41 Howie Street, to the Zoning Board of Appeals (23:12)
  7. TRNSF-2025-1 : Library Fines Appropriation FY2025 Appropriate the amount of $15,000.00 from account 29032-590000 (Library Fines Account) to account 016112-534200 (Lib Exp Books & Periodicals). (23:19)
  8. PET-2025-1 : National Grid Petition to construct line of underground electrical conduits northeast of the centerline of the intersection of East Emerson Street & Main Street - plan #30755314 (23:44)
  9. PET-2025-2 : Petition of National Grid to place one (1) JO on East Emerson Street beginning approximately 141 feet east of the Main Street and East Emerson Street intersection Plan # 30755314 (24:08)
  10. Rule 53 Reports (24:47)
  11. Adjournment (25:58)

Minutes

CITY OF MELROSE CITY COUNCIL BULLETIN● SEPTEMBER 16, 2024 Council Chamber, First Floor, Melrose City Hall Regular Meeting 7:45 PM 562 Main Street, Melrose, MA 02176 Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Cal Finocchiaro Ward 6 Present Mark Garipay Ward 4 Present Ward Hamilton At-Large Present Maya Jamaleddine At-Large Absent Manjula Karamcheti Ward 1 Absent John Obremski Ward 2 Absent Devin Romanul Ward 7 Present Robb Stewart Ward 3 Present Kimberly Vandiver Ward 5 Present Ryan Williams At-Large Present Leila Migliorelli At-Large Present

APPT-2025-7 Appointment/Reappointment Appointment of John White, 40 Youle Street, Melrose, MA, as Fire Chief Assign to Committee Protection and License Committee

APPT-2025-8 Appointment/Reappointment Appointment of Gayle-Jean Angelo, 245 West Wyoming Avenue, Melrose, MA as District Director of Veterans’ Services Assign to Committee

APPT-2025-9 Appointment/Reappointment Appointment of Jeffery Ugino, 41 Howie Street, to the Zoning Board of Appeals Assign to Committee Appropriations & Oversight Committee

TRNSF-2025-1 Appropriation Library Fines Appropriation FY2025 Appropriate the amount of $15,000.00 from account 29032-590000 (Library Fines Account) to account 016112-534200 (Lib Exp Books & Periodicals). Assign to committee

PET-2025-1 Utility Petition City of Melrose Page 1 9/17/2024 10:50 AM Minutes City Council September 16, 2024 National Grid Petition to construct line of underground electrical conduits northeast of the centerline of the intersection of East Emerson Street & Main Street - plan #30755314 Withdrawn

PET-2025-2 Utility Petition Petition of National Grid to place one (1) JO on East Emerson Street beginning approximately 141 feet east of the Main Street and East Emerson Street intersection Plan # 30755314 Withdrawn City of Melrose Page 2 9/17/2024 10:50 AM

Transcript

▶ 21:09 Leila Migliorelli: We're adjourned. Thank you. Six years old. Good evening. The time is 7 45 on Monday, September 16th, 2024. This is a meeting of the Melrose City Council, and I am president gl me in accordance with the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law. This meeting is being broadcast and recorded by Melrose Cable Access tv, and will be available for viewing in its entirety on MM MTV and through the city website Link. Madam Clerk, will you please call the Role Council Firo? Here. Council Repe. Here. Councilor Hamilton. Here. Councilor Jamine. Councilor Karen Shady. Councilor Reky. Council Romano. Here. Councilor Stewart? Here. Councilor Vandiver? Here. Councilor Williams. Here. President. Me Here. 1 2 3 4 7 8. That's eight. That

▶ 21:58 Leila Migliorelli: Is a quorum. For the record at this time, please rise if you're able to join in the Pledge of Allegiance. Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands. One Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay. Okay. No meetings to approve. So now we'll move on to public comment. I will motion by unanimous consent to open the floor for public comment. Seeing no objection, we are now open for public comment. This is a portion of the meeting where anyone can speak on any item on our agenda tonight. Um, Madam Clerk, is there anyone Online? No remote attendees. All right. If there's no objection, I would like to motion to close public comment.

▶ 22:44 Seeing no objection. Um, we are now closed for public comment. Um, mayor is not here with us this evening, so we'll move on to new business Appointment 2025 dash seven. Appointment of John White, 40 ELL Street, Melrose, mass Fire Chief. This will go to protection and license. Appointment 2025 dash eight. Appointment of Gail Jean Angelo, 2 45 West Wyoming Ave. As District Director of Veteran Services. This will go to Health Education Welfare Appointment 2025 dash nine. Appointment of Jeffrey uo, 41 Howie Street to the Zoning Board of Appeals. This will go to Appropriations and Oversight. Transfer. 2025 dash one Library finds appropriation FY 2025 appropriate the amount of $15,000 from account 2 9 0 3 2 5 9 0 0 0 0.

▶ 23:30 Library finds account to account oh 1 16 1 2 5 3 4 2 0 0. Library Expenses, books and periodicals. This will go to finance. Next is petitions Petition 2025 dash one National Grid Petition to Construct line of Underground Electrical conduits Northeast of the Center line of the intersection of East Emerson Street and Main Street. Plan 3 0 7 5 5 3 1 4. I believe they withdrew this, uh, petition. So Public Works Pub, It will go to Public Works. No, the Department of Public Works Withdrew. Oh yeah. Okay. Yeah. DPW re uh, withdrew this. So, um, Just It's withdrawn. Withdrawn. Yeah. No vote to withdrew it. Withdrawn. Petition 2025 Teh two Petition of National Grid to place one Jo Pole on East Emerson Street,

▶ 24:17 Robb Stewart: beginning approximately 1 41 beat east of Main Street and East Emerson Street. Plan number 3 0 7 5 5 3 1 4. This was also withdrawn. They did mention they may, um, national Grid may resubmit. Okay. Um, next up, there's nothing under Expiries. Um, rule 53. Counselor Stewart. Thank you. Mad Prison. Um, we had the special committee on polling locations this evening at seven o'clock. And the initial meeting, uh, identified the, uh, the roles of what individuals are gonna track down as next steps. Uh, the plan is to come back with, uh, information data, uh, that the, the, uh, committee will be collecting, uh, to more formally, uh, look at what the options are for, uh, presentation. Some of the information that we collected included, um,

▶ 25:14 Ward Hamilton: locations, um, analytics, some of the cost, uh, some of the regulatory and legal, uh, requirements. So we're making progress and, uh, we'll, we'll be scheduling a meeting, uh, in the not too distant future, uh, once we have collected some data. Great. Thank You. Thank you, Madam President. Anyone else under Rule 53? Councillor Hamilton. Thank you, Madam President. The Mayor's Public Safety Facilities Advisory Committee has met three times. And on Wednesday evening, September 25th at 6:00 PM in the Learning Commons, we'll host a, uh, town hall information session for residents. And I include, encourage my fellow counselors to attend. Thank you. Great. Thank you, Councillor Hamilton. Um, there's no other reports under Rule 53.

▶ 26:01 I will motion by unanimous consent to adjourn. Seeing no objections, we are now adjourned.

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