February 27, 2023

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 7 | Ss ° The Public Speakers were: m= mec Lilian Gorham, John McDonald, John Popoulo, Steve lannaco, Paula Sterite, Tony ; 3: Raymond, Kit Bridge, Juan Solei-Ramos, Janice Lark and Mary Fortin. a Z per APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING aa aad} , s Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council of February 13, 2023 boll m The minutes were accepted as amended to reflect C0035-23 was posptponed to the February 27" meeting. MOTION: Accept Meeting Minutes MOVER: Stephanie Martins SECONDER: Stephanie Smith RESULT: Passed [0 TO 0] AYES: NAYS: AWAY:

The minutes record this vote as “Passed [0 TO 0]” with no names, which is how they show a vote taken without a roll call. Showing the result only.

§. C0533-22 Resolution/s/ Councilor Michael K. Marchese A resolution requesting that the Administration provide the City Council, the School Committee and the School Department with the Administration's comprehensive plan for implementing modular classrooms at the school's that require them, including a detailed cost analysis. Erin Deveney appeared and informed the Council that the Administration has been working on the RFP and would have some final work done with stakeholders, like the Everett teachers Union and the School Administration and should have this completed in the coming weeks. The Council requested the item be postponed to the March 27'" meeting in hopes that there would be more information in regards to the request for specific questions raised by councilors, such as cost, placement of modulars, size and scope of the projects at each school. MOTION: Postpone MOVER: Michael Marchese SECONDER: Stephanie Smith RESULT: Passed [0 TO 0] AYES: NAYS: AWAY:

The minutes record this vote as “Passed [0 TO 0]” with no names, which is how they show a vote taken without a roll call. Showing the result only.

6. C€0016-23 Order/s/ Councilor Michael K. Marchese An order directing the City Clerk to work with KP Law to develop a ballot question for this fall's local election which, if approved by the voters, will remove the Mayor as a voting member of the School Committee. MOTION: Refer Back to Sponsor(s) MOVER: Stephanie Smith SECONDER: John Hanlon RESULT: Passed [0 TO 0] AYES: NAYS: AWAY:

The minutes record this vote as “Passed [0 TO 0]” with no names, which is how they show a vote taken without a roll call. Showing the result only.

8. C0046-23 Resolution/s/ Councilor John F. Hanlon That the Mayor, Assessor, & C.F.O. appear at the next meeting to discuss why the real estate taxes have gone up so much in the past year, with no previous notification as usual. The mayor, CFO and assessor appeared and Assessor Deveraux answered that the main reason for the increase was due to the power plants reduction in value because they are closing in less than 2 years and that dropped the value by hundreds of millions of dollars. Councilor Hanlon was displeased with the reason, he stated it shopuld have been more widely known to the public such an increase in taxes would happen even if the Council was aware, much of the public was not and it came out of nowhere to most taxpayers. The Mayor and assessor stated the continued new growth would help the burden but that the next few years were going to be difficult with the plant continuing to be de-valued. MOTION: Refer Back to Sponsor(s) MOVER: John Hanlon SECONDER: Alfred Lattanzi RESULT: Passed [0 TO 0] AYES: NAYS: AWAY:

The minutes record this vote as “Passed [0 TO 0]” with no names, which is how they show a vote taken without a roll call. Showing the result only.

9. C0048-23 Resolution/s/ Councilor Stephanie V. Smith That the Mayor's Administration provide the City Council with the steps and any studies that have been taken to explore the provision of a stop on the MBTA Commuter Rail System as per the Community Host Agreement between the City of Everett and Wynn LLC. MOTION: Refer Back to Sponsor(s) MOVER: Stephanie Smith SECONDER: Wayne Matewsky RESULT: Passed [0 TO 0] AYES: NAYS: AWAY:

The minutes record this vote as “Passed [0 TO 0]” with no names, which is how they show a vote taken without a roll call. Showing the result only.

10. C0049-23 Resolution/s/ Councilor Stephanie V. Smith That the administration provide an update on the acceptance of ARPA funds in the amount of $300,000, through the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services, that was approved back in April 2022. Chief of Staff Deveney stated that this money is not part of the overall 47 million in ARPA funds the city received. MOTION: Refer Back to Sponsor(s) MOVER: Stephanie Smith SECONDER: Richard Dell Isola, Jr. RESULT: Passed [0 TO 0] AYES: NAYS: AWAY:

The minutes record this vote as “Passed [0 TO 0]” with no names, which is how they show a vote taken without a roll call. Showing the result only.

11. C0056-23 Resolution/s/ Councilor Stephanie Martins That allegations of discrimination by former employees of the Joint Committee for Children's Health Care who all recently quit together be looked into by HR and DEI departments. The Administration stated that this could not be discussed because it relates to personnel matters. The Council referred the itern to the Diversity Direcior for action. MOTION: Refer MOVER: Stephanie Martins SECONDER: Alfred Lattanzi RESULT: Passed [0 TO 0] AYES: NAYS: AWAY:

The minutes record this vote as “Passed [0 TO 0]” with no names, which is how they show a vote taken without a roll call. Showing the result only.

13. C0073-23 Resolution/s/ Councilor Michael K. Marchese A resolution requesting that the City Solicitor provide the amount of any outstanding invoices associated with the on-going Title 7 investigation and the current balance of the account that will be used to pay them Referred to the Solicitor for response back next meeting. MOTION: Refer MOVER: Michael Marchese SECONDER: = John Hanlon RESULT: Passed [0 TO 0] AYES: NAYS: AWAY:

The minutes record this vote as “Passed [0 TO 0]” with no names, which is how they show a vote taken without a roll call. Showing the result only.

14, C0074-23 Resolution/s/ Councilor Michael K. Marchese A resolution requesting that the City Solicitor provide information about when/if unredacted invoices for the on-going Title 7 investigation will be available to the public Referred to the Solicitor for resoonse back next meeting. MOTION: Refer MOVER: Michael Marchese SECONDER: John Hanlon RESULT: Passed [0 TO 0] AYES: NAYS: AWAY:

The minutes record this vote as “Passed [0 TO 0]” with no names, which is how they show a vote taken without a roll call. Showing the result only.

15. C0075-23 Resolution/s/ Councilor Michael K. Marchese, Councilor Darren M. Costa A resolution requesting that the Mayor reconsider renovating Pope John to be a school and to name the schooi afier Walter Carrington Item was amended to add Councilor Costa as a co-sponsor and the item was postponed to the next meeting for a response from the Administration. MOTION: Postpone MOVER: Michael Marchese SECONDER: Darren Costa RESULT: Passed [0 TO 0] AYES: » NAYS: AWAY:

The minutes record this vote as “Passed [0 TO 0]” with no names, which is how they show a vote taken without a roll call. Showing the result only.

16. C0076-23 Resolution/s/ Councilor Michael K. Marchese A resolution requesting information about who will represent the city in negotiating a new or revised Host Community Agreement with Wynn Referred to the Solicitor and Mayor's office for response back next meeting. MOTION: Refer MOVER: Michael Marchese SECONDER: John Hanlon RESULT: Passed [0 TO 0] AYES: NAYS: AWAY: -

The minutes record this vote as “Passed [0 TO 0]” with no names, which is how they show a vote taken without a roll call. Showing the result only.

C0078-23 Resolution/s/ Councilor Michael K. Marchese A resolution requesting that the city's Chief Financial Officer provide an estimate of how much it will cost the city annually to run its ambulance service and to contact Cataldo Ambulance Services to see if they would be willing to provide a comparable cost estimate Referred to the CFO for response back next meeting. MOTION: Refer MOVER: Michael Marchese SECONDER: John Hanlon RESULT: Passed [0 TO 0] AYES: NAYS: AWAY:

The minutes record this vote as “Passed [0 TO 0]” with no names, which is how they show a vote taken without a roll call. Showing the result only.

C0079-23 Resolution/s/ Councilor Michael K. Marchese A resolution requesting that the city's Chief Assessor provide information about whether or not people 65 and over can receive a larger Home Owner Exemption amount Referred to the Assessor for response back next meeting. MOTION: Refer MOVER: - Michael Marchese SECONDER: John Hanlon RESULT: Passed [0 TO 0] AYES: NAYS: AWAY: -

The minutes record this vote as “Passed [0 TO 0]” with no names, which is how they show a vote taken without a roll call. Showing the result only.

21. C0081-23 Resolution/s/ Councilor Stephanie Martins That the CFO provide a final draft of the budget to the Council once it is available and appear before the Committee cn the Budget for a discussion before the budget is finalized and submitted for consideration. Referred to the CFO to see if this can be made possible. MOTION: Refer MOVER: -- Stephanie Martins SECONDER: Darren Coste RESULT: Passed [0 TO 0} AYES: - i NAYS: AWAY: a

The minutes record this vote as “Passed [0 TO 0]” with no names, which is how they show a vote taken without a roll call. Showing the result only.

22. C0082-23 Resolution/s/ Councilor Stephanie Martins That the administration consider adding staff or the tools necessary for the public to be able to sign up for programs provided by the Rec Center online or at city hall. This item was referred to the Administration to take appropriate action and to request the Administration provide the Rec Center with a copy machine to print paperwork in- house. MOTION: Refer MOVER: - Stephanie Martins SECONDER: Stephanie Smith RESULT: Passed [0 TO 0] AYES: 3 NAYS: Geka AWAY: |

The minutes record this vote as “Passed [0 TO 0]” with no names, which is how they show a vote taken without a roll call. Showing the result only.

23. C0083-23 Resolution/s/ Councilor Stephanie Martins That the administration provide an update on the installation of the non-verbal communication boards at the parks This item was referred to the Administration to take appropriate action. MOTION: Refer MOVER: Stephanie Martins SECONDER: Stephanie Smith RESULT: Passed [0 TO 0}

The minutes record this vote as “Passed [0 TO 0]” with no names, which is how they show a vote taken without a roll call. Showing the result only.