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May 24, 2022
19 recorded votes, 7 with disagreement.
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Present: Philip Ottaviani, Janet Leombruno, Noval Alexander, Christine Long, Tracey Bryant, Leora Mallach, Michael Cannon, Adam Steiner, George King, John Stefanini, Cesar Stewart-Morales
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Order 2022-061
Approve: The Chair and the Framingham Public Schools issue a joint proclamation declaring June LGTBQ Pride Month
From the minutes
“ROLL CALL VOTE 11-0-0: Long, aye; Cannon, aye; Mallach, aye; Stefanini, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Leombruno, aye; King, aye; Alexander, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye; Steiner, aye; Bryant, aye. The Joint Proclamation declaring June Pride Month was approved..”
Order 2022-058
Approve the resolution
From the minutes
“ROLL CALL VOTE 11-0-0: Long, aye; Cannon, aye; Mallach, aye; Stefanini, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Leombruno, aye; King, aye; Alexander, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye; Steiner, aye; Bryant, aye..”
Stefanini motion to take no action first
Yes: Alexander, Cannon, King, Leombruno, Long, Ottaviani, StefaniniNo: Bryant, Mallach, Steiner, Stewart-Morales
From the minutes
“ROLL CALL VOTE 7-4-0: Long, aye; Cannon, aye; Stefanini, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Leombruno, aye; King, aye; Alexander, aye; Mallach, nay; Stewart-Morales, nay; Steiner, nay; Bryant, nay..”
Order 2022-059
Approve: Owner, Tommy’s Taxi, Inc., a request for approval of a taxi rate increase
From the minutes
“ROLL CALL VOTE 11-0-0: Long, aye; Cannon, aye; Mallach, aye; Stefanini, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Leombruno, aye; King, aye; Alexander, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye; Steiner, aye; Bryant, aye. The request to increase taxi rates by Tommy’s Taxi was approved..”
Order 2022-060
Approve: Refer request of Trenda Wallace, Property Manager of the Buckley, to consider approval of affordable housing rental rates for The Buckley, to the Economic Development and Housing Subcommittee
From the minutes
“ROLL CALL VOTE 11-0-0: Long, aye; Cannon, aye; Mallach, aye; Stefanini, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Leombruno, aye; King, aye; Alexander, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye; Steiner, aye; Bryant, aye. The request was approved.”
Order 2022-064
Approve: Approval of No Parking signs Oakcrest Condos/Old Worcester Road William Sedewitz, Chief Engineer, Department of Public Works, shared with the Council that after multiple discussions with...
The minutes type the count as “11-00”; read as 11-0-0.
From the minutes
“ROLL CALL VOTE 11-00: Long, aye; Cannon, aye; Mallach, aye; Stefanini, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Leombruno, aye; King, aye; Alexander, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye; Steiner, aye; Bryant, aye. The item was approved..”
Order 2022-063
Approve: Approval of Land Expansion of the Centre Common Historic District to include the property at 110 Edgell Road Stephen Greeley, Chair-District Resident, Historic District Commission, spoke...
From the minutes
“ROLL CALL VOTE 11-0-0: Long, aye; Cannon, aye; Mallach, aye; Stefanini, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Leombruno, aye; King, aye; Alexander, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye; Steiner, aye; Bryant, aye. The request for approval of Land Expansion of the Centre Common Historic District to include the property at 110 Edgell Road was approved..”
Order 2022-047
Approve: Review of Draft Policy for License Plate Readers
From the minutes
“ROLL CALL VOTE 11-0-0: Long, aye; Cannon, aye; Mallach, aye; Stefanini, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Leombruno, aye; King, aye; Alexander, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye; Steiner, aye; Bryant, aye..”
Order 2022-055-001
Approve: The transfer Salary to Operating for the Treasurer’s Office
Yes: Alexander, Bryant, King, Leombruno, Long, Mallach, Ottaviani, Stefanini, Steiner, Stewart-MoralesThe roll call does not list Michael Cannon, so that councilor is left out of this vote.
From the minutes
“ROLL CALL VOTE 10-0-0: Long, aye; Mallach, aye; Stefanini, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Leombruno, aye; King, aye; Alexander, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye; Steiner, aye; Bryant, aye..”
Order 2022-056-001
Approve: The Pearl Street Garage and recession of previously voted capital projects
Yes: Alexander, Bryant, King, Leombruno, Long, Mallach, Ottaviani, Stefanini, Steiner, Stewart-MoralesThe minutes say Michael Cannon was not in the room for this vote; left out.
From the minutes
“ROLL CALL VOTE 10-0-0: Long, aye; Mallach, aye; Stefanini, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Leombruno, aye; King, aye; Alexander, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye; Steiner, aye; Bryant, aye. The vote to approve the item was made and it was noted that Councilor Cannon had stepped out of the meeting..”
Order 2022-057-001
Accept this in the first reading with the understanding that they would go through the budget line by line at the next Council meeting (June 7th)
To accept this in the first reading with the understanding that they would go through the budget line by line at the next Council meeting (June 7th)
From the minutes
“VOTE 11-0-0: Long, aye; Cannon, aye; Mallach, aye; Stefanini, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Leombruno, aye; King, aye; Alexander, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye; Steiner, aye; Bryant, aye..” (Motion: King)
Order 2022-062
Approve: The City Council’s nominee, Christian Estrella, to serve on the Strategic Initiatives and Financial Oversight Committee (SIFOC) (formerly 2022- 008-018) Motion to approve
From the minutes
“VOTE 11-0-0: Long, aye; Cannon, aye; Mallach, aye; Stefanini, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Leombruno, aye; King, aye; Alexander, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye; Steiner, aye; Bryant, aye..”
Order 2022-008-024
Approve: The Mayor’s nominee for the Framingham Union Hospital Grants Panel. Carol Phalen - District 3-June 2025 Motion to approve the Mayor’s nominees for the above-mentioned Boards and...
From the minutes
“VOTE 11-0-0: Long, aye; Cannon, aye; Mallach, aye; Stefanini, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Leombruno, aye; King, aye; Alexander, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye; Steiner, aye; Bryant, aye. Each were approved..”
Approval of Minutes
Approve the minutes
Yes: Bryant, Long, Mallach, Ottaviani, Steiner, Stewart-MoralesNo: Alexander, King, Leombruno, StefaniniAbstained: CannonMichael Cannon abstained (shown as present, not voting).
From the minutes
“ROLL CALL VOTE 6-4-1: Steiner, aye; Bryant, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Mallach, aye; Long, aye; Alexander, nay; King, nay; Leombruno, nay; Stefanini, nay; Cannon, abstain. Councilor Bryant’s first amendment was accepted..”
Yes: Bryant, Long, Steiner, Stewart-MoralesNo: Alexander, King, Leombruno, Ottaviani, StefaniniAbstained: Cannon, MallachLeora Mallach and Michael Cannon abstained (shown as present, not voting).
From the minutes
“ROLL CALL VOTE 4-5-2: Steiner, aye; Bryant, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye; Long, aye; Alexander, nay; King, nay; Leombruno, nay; Stefanini, nay; Ottaviani, nay; Mallach, abstain; Cannon, abstain..”
Accept the minutes of March 1, 2022 with Ms
From the minutes
“ROLL CALL VOTE 11-0-0: Long, aye; Cannon, aye; Mallach, aye; Stefanini, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Leombruno, aye; King, aye; Alexander, aye; Steiner, aye; Bryant, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye..”
Them. Councilor Bryant referenced page 2, paragraph 5, “Councilor’s Bryant and Alexander joined the meeting at 7:14”
Yes: Alexander, Cannon, King, Leombruno, Long, Mallach, Ottaviani, Stefanini, Steiner, Stewart-MoralesAbstained: BryantTracey Bryant abstained (shown as present, not voting).
From the minutes
“ROLL CALL VOTE 10-0-1: Long, aye; Cannon, aye; Mallach, aye; Stefanini, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Leombruno, aye; King, aye; Alexander, aye; Steiner, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye; Bryant, abstain. The minutes of May 3, 2022 were accepted.”
Amend the time to 7:00PM
To amend the time to 7:00PM
From the minutes
“ROLL CALL VOTE 11-0-0: Long, aye; Cannon, aye; Mallach, aye; Stefanini, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Leombruno, aye; King, aye; Alexander, aye; Steiner, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye; Bryant, aye. The minutes of April 26, 2022 were accepted.” (Motion: King, second: Cannon)
Adjournment
Adjourn the meeting
To adjourn
From the minutes
“ROLL CALL VOTE 11-0-0: Long, aye; Cannon, aye; Steiner, aye; Stefanini, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Leombruno, aye; King, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye; Mallach, aye; Alexander, aye; Bryant, aye..” (Motion: Cannon, second: Long)
From the Framingham City Council’s official minutes, posted on the city’s public meeting portal (linked from the Public Meeting Calendar on framinghamma.gov). We check every vote against the councilors present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Councilor photos: Framingham Patch (George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Michael Cannon, Noval Alexander, Philip Ottaviani, Leora Mallach, John Stefanini; candidate and courtesy photos), District2Framingham.com (Brandon Ward), Run for Something (Mary Kate Feeney) and Framingham SOURCE (Tracey Bryant, 2021 candidate Q&A, photo courtesy of the candidate). The city’s website has no councilor photos. Former councilors show initials.
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