Public Service Committee — 2024-11-12
Agenda
Transcript
▶ 0:02 Good evening. The time is now seven 30. The date is November 12th, and this is a meeting of the Public Service Committee. I am John ob Bruski, the chair, and joining me, our vice chair, Mike gpe, Karo, Rob Stewart, and President Midgley Orelli. Also joining us, uh, is a non-voting member Manchetti. This meeting of the Public Service Committee is being recorded by MMTV and will be available on the city website@cityofmelrose.org. At this time, if there are no object objections, I will open up the public comment portion of the meeting, seeing objections. Public comment is now open, seeing that there is no one in the chamber who would like to speak. Is there anyone online? No. There is no one online at this time.
▶ 0:55 If there are no objections, I will close public comment. Public comment is now closed. We have two items before us for the Public Service Committee, and the first one is the reappointment of Craig Moway of 58 Goss Avenue to the Melrose Melrose Conservation Commission. What is the will of the committee? Motion to recommend? Second. There's been a motion to recommend by Council gpe, seconded by Councilor Stewart. Uh, at this time I'll call for vote. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? The ayes have it. The second item on the agenda is the appointment of Kaitlyn Calhoun at 5 85 Main Street, apartment two 12 to the Melrose Conservation Commission. Would Ms. Calhoun, please come forward. Good evening, Ms. Calhoun.
▶ 1:57 Good evening And welcome. Excuse Me. Yes. I think we just need to make a motion to suspend, um, suspend, I'm sorry. Three seven B I'll make that motion. Thank you. Thank you. All in favor of suspending. Aye. Aye. Aye. Thank you. All opposed? Uh, just for the record, counselor Williams has just arrived. Thank you. Thank you. He's a voting member. Uh, Ms. Calhoun, as anyone have any questions for Ms. Calhoun? Uh, Ms. Calhoun, would you like to speak? Sure. Um, so I'll just tell you a little bit about myself. Um, I'm a Texas native and I've made Massachusetts home. I've technically lived in Melrose for a year, but I was gone for about, for that year, um, in Germany, studying for my masters. Um, I have a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering
▶ 2:53 and I'm studying Natural Resource Management right now. I have a year left on that. Um, so I'm really looking to get involved in, uh, Melrose and give back to the community. And the Conservation Commission seems like the perfect fit for me. Um, I've worked, uh, during my time as an engineer, I did some projects, um, which we had to consider wetlands, wetland buffers, and, um, yeah, the Wetlands Act. So I am familiar with it and yeah, I'm excited to be a part of this. Great. Does anyone have any questions? Ms. Ro? Just Like to make a motion to recommend, There is a motion to recommend on the floor. Do I have a second? Second. Seconded. A motion to recommend by Ms. Ro, seconded by Mr. Stewart.
▶ 3:45 Leila Migliorelli: All in favor, aye. Aye. Congratulations Ms. Kho. This will go to the full counsel and you do not need to be present for that. Thank you so much. At this time, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn Mr. The Chair. I'll make a motion to adjourn. Second. Motion to adjourn by Council Stewart. Seconded by Council Agape. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. We are adjourned. Thank you. Good evening. The time is 7 45 on Tuesday, November 12th, 2024. This is a meeting of the Melrose City Council and I am President Elli in accordance with 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 MMTV and through the city website Link.