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Mark Garipay

On record 2020-01-13 to 2025-12-15. Derived from vote rosters and the minutes' attendance tables, not an official biography; the record of structured votes begins in 2012.

Service

BodySeatRoleFromToMeetings
City CouncilWard 4member 2020-01-132025-12-15153
Appropriations & Oversight Committeemember 2020-01-212024-12-09147
Finance Committeemember 2020-02-242021-10-1412
Protection & License Committeemember 2020-03-092020-12-146
Rules & Ordermember 2020-11-112021-09-085
Public Works Committeevice-chair 2020-11-162021-11-298
Public Service Committeemember 2021-01-252021-09-203
Protection & License Committeechair 2021-02-082024-12-0940
Health, Education & Welfare Committeemember 2021-07-192021-07-191
Legal & Legislative Committeemember 2021-08-162021-08-161
Finance Committeevice-chair 2022-01-242022-10-179
Public Works Committeemember 2022-03-312024-12-029
Public Service Committeemember 2023-01-172023-07-247
School CommitteeWard 4member 2023-05-102023-05-101
Public Service Committeevice-chair 2024-03-182024-11-254
Health, Education & Welfare Committeemember 2024-08-192024-08-191
Finance Committeemember 2024-10-072024-10-071
Appropriations & Oversight CommitteeWard 4chair 2025-01-132025-12-0426
Legal & Legislative CommitteeWard 4member 2025-01-132025-11-2412
Protection & License CommitteeWard 4member 2025-01-132025-11-178

Votes

1932 votes cast: 1901 yes, 31 no, 0 abstain; 28 against the majority on 91 contested motions; moved 213, seconded 132; recorded absent for 42. All rows (JSON).

2025-12-15 · City Council yes · Send Back to Commitee · Revise the existing Animal Leash Law to REMOVE this language : The Animal Control Officer may, at his/her discretion, waive the provisions of Subsection A if a determination is made that the owner or keeper has a valid reason to have the dog unleashed or untethered for training, exhibition or show purposes. [Amended 8-21-2017 by Ord. No. 2018-4]
2025-12-15 · City Council yes · Passed · Intermunicipal Agreement for Regional Emergency Planning Services with the Mystic Regional Emergency Planning Committee
2025-12-15 · City Council yes · Passed · Acceptance of FEMA/MEMA Grant for Lebanon/Sylvan Drainage Design
2025-12-15 · City Council yes · Passed · Police_State Earmark 50K Police Cruiser
2025-12-15 · City Council yes · Passed · Police_State Earmark 25K Equipment
2025-12-15 · City Council yes · Passed · Acceptance of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection RDP Grant plus Additional Award for Organics Collection Carts
2025-12-15 · City Council yes · Passed · FFY26 Municipal Road Safety Program - MPD has been awarded $19,290.00 to enable additional traffic enforcement and equipment. This includes extra officers for motor vehicle and pedestrian crosswalk enforcement. Equipment includes portable hand-held radars or traffic data recorders.
2025-12-15 · City Council yes · Passed · State 911 Training Grant - MPD has been awarded $82,903.80 for 16 hours of dispatch specific continuing education as well as the training class fees for all certified dispatch personnel.
2025-12-15 · City Council yes · Passed · State 911 Support & Incentive Grant - MPD has been awarded $90,505.00 to defray the cost of the dispatch specific equipment (new and existing) and the straight-time cost of dispatch personnel.
2025-12-15 · City Council yes · Passed · State 911 EMD Grant - MPD has been awarded $25,000.00 to defray the cost of 1 year of emergency service from the Armstrong Ambulance Services.
2025-12-15 · City Council yes · Passed · Title III B FY26 Grant for $5000. The funds will be used for funding Milano Center social programming.
2025-12-15 · City Council yes · Passed · Field Demonstration Grant - Memory Cafe for the amount of $4860. Funds will be used to provide a monthly Memory Cafe which would provide respite programming for those living with dementia and their caregivers.
2025-12-15 · City Council yes · Passed · Field Demonstration Grant- Senior Center Modernization for the amount of $9500 to replace aging toilets at the Milano Center with chair height models for accessibility. Replace worn countertops in 2 restrooms. Installation of grab bars in restrooms. Purchase and installation of a digital media board on the Milano Center lobby used to advertise programming, schedule changes and as a means of wayfinding within the building.
2025-12-15 · City Council yes · Passed · FY26 Earmark for Playing Fields
2025-12-15 · City Council yes · Passed · Appropriation from the Peg Access Fund in the amount of $282,640.36 to MMTV and Melrose Public Schools.
2025-12-15 · City Council yes · Passed · A Resolution Recognizing and Honoring President Leila Migliorelli, Councilor Mark Garipay, Councilor Robert Stewart and Councilor Ward Hamilton for their Exemplary Service to the Melrose City Council.
2025-12-15 · City Council yes · Approve · City Council Regular Meeting December 1, 2025 7:45 PM
2025-12-04 · Appropriations & Oversight Committee yes · Recommend · Intermunicipal Agreement for Regional Emergency Planning Services with the Mystic Regional Emergency Planning Committee
2025-12-04 · Appropriations & Oversight Committee yes · Recommend · Police_State Earmark 50K Police Cruiser
2025-12-04 · Appropriations & Oversight Committee yes · Recommend · Police_State Earmark 25K Equipment
2025-12-04 · Appropriations & Oversight Committee yes · Recommend · Acceptance of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection RDP Grant plus Additional Award for Organics Collection Carts
2025-12-04 · Appropriations & Oversight Committee yes · Recommend · FFY26 Municipal Road Safety Program - MPD has been awarded $19,290.00 to enable additional traffic enforcement and equipment. This includes extra officers for motor vehicle and pedestrian crosswalk enforcement. Equipment includes portable hand-held radars or traffic data recorders.
2025-12-04 · Appropriations & Oversight Committee yes · Recommend · State 911 Training Grant - MPD has been awarded $82,903.80 for 16 hours of dispatch specific continuing education as well as the training class fees for all certified dispatch personnel.
2025-12-04 · Appropriations & Oversight Committee yes · Recommend · State 911 Support & Incentive Grant - MPD has been awarded $90,505.00 to defray the cost of the dispatch specific equipment (new and existing) and the straight-time cost of dispatch personnel.
2025-12-04 · Appropriations & Oversight Committee yes · Recommend as Amended · State 911 EMD Grant - MPD has been awarded $25,000.00 to defray the cost of 1 year of emergency service from the Armstrong Ambulance Services.

On video

16 h 30 min of speech identified by voice across 248 recordings (5168 turns). Attribution is by voice match against this person's enrolled voice, not a human transcript; each clip links to the moment. All rows (JSON).

▶ 2026-06-04 Good evening. Thanks for the opportunity. I'm here to speak in support of item 2026-1175, the appropriation for 710,000 for the design and permitting of L Pond. I strongly believe we need to move this project forward to the next phase....
▶ 2026-06-04 Into the design and permitting phase, where those important discussions can take place. I'm sure the presenters tonight, I'm sure there'll be a presentation, but they will not have any of those answers because we haven't done the...
▶ 2026-06-04 chance for comment on that. So, I appreciate your time, appreciate all you do, and good luck. Hope you guys don't have a long night.
▶ 2025-12-15 Madam President, this comes from, uh, appropriation oversight with a recommendation for passage. At this time, I'll make a motion for passage. Second,
▶ 2025-12-15 A Madam President. This comes from appropriation oversight with the recommendation for passage. At this time, I'll make a pass. Motion for passage. Okay.
▶ 2025-12-15 And in present. This comes from appropriation oversight with a recommendation for passage. At this time, I'll make a motion for passage. Second.
▶ 2025-12-15 Madam President, this comes from appropriation and oversight with a recommendation for passage. At this time, I'll make a motion for passage. Second,
▶ 2025-12-15 Madam President, this comes from appropriation and oversight with a recommendation for passage. At this time, I'll make a motion for passage. Second.
▶ 2025-12-15 Madam present, this comes from appropriation, an oversight with a recommendation to passage. At this time, I'll make a motion for passage. Second.
▶ 2025-12-15 Madam Present. This also comes from appropriation and oversight, whether recommendation for passage At this time, I'll make a motion for passage. Second.

Attendance

From the attendance tables in full minutes (2013 onward): 421 present, 17 absent, 15 remote, 1 late, 0 excused. All rows (JSON).