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October 25, 2022
13 recorded votes, 5 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Present: Philip Ottaviani, Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Adam Steiner, John Stefanini, Cesar Stewart-Morales
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Refer to send the CFO reports to the Finance Subcommittee on quarterly revenues
Refer to send the CFO reports to the Finance Subcommittee on quarterly revenues
From the minutes
“Moved by John Stefanini; seconded by Michael Cannon to Refer to send the CFO reports to the Finance Subcommittee on quarterly revenues. Motion Passed: 11 - 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, John Stefanini, Adam Steiner, Cesar StewartMorales Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Stefanini, second: Cannon)
They move the topic of meeting time changes to the Rules and Ordinance Subcommittee
That they move the topic of meeting time changes to the Rules and Ordinance Subcommittee
From the minutes
“Moved by Michael Cannon; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Refer the topic of changes in meeting times to the Rules and Ordinance Subcommittee. Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, John Stefanini, Adam Steiner, Cesar Stewart-Morales Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Cannon, second: Leombruno)
Authorize drafting a letter to Legislative Delegation in regard to the MassDOT not attending the Council meeting
Authorize drafting a letter to Legislative Delegation in regard to the MassDOT not attending the Council meeting
From the minutes
“Moved by George King; seconded by Michael Cannon to Authorize drafting a letter to Legislative Delegation in regard to the MassDOT not attending the Council meeting. Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, John Stefanini, Adam Steiner, Cesar Stewart-Morales Voting Against: None.” (Motion: King, second: Cannon)
Order 2022-107
Approve: The matter regarding Zoning Map Change-Nobscot Village District, a recommendation to advertise consideration of the zoning map amendment for December 6, 2022 at 7PM. After reading the Order
Yes: Alexander, Bryant, Cannon, King, Leombruno, Long, Ottaviani, Stefanini, Steiner, Stewart-MoralesThe minutes say Leora Mallach was not in the room or not voting; left out of this vote.
From the minutes
“A roll call vote was called: 10-0 Councilor Mallach had stepped out of the room..”
Approve
Yes: Alexander, Bryant, Cannon, King, Leombruno, Long, Ottaviani, Stefanini, Steiner, Stewart-MoralesThe minutes say Leora Mallach was not in the room for this vote; left out. The minutes also say: “Councilor Mallach had stepped out of the room.”
From the minutes
“Moved by Christine Long; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Approve . Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Philip Ottaviani, John Stefanini, Adam Steiner, Cesar Stewart-Morales Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Long, second: Leombruno)
Order 2022-112-001
Approve: Affordable housing rents for Framingham Mill Creek, Bancroft Lofts, and Union House as suggested by David Cashman of SEB (Stockard, Engler and Brigham)
Approve
Yes: Alexander, Bryant, Cannon, King, Leombruno, Long, Ottaviani, Stefanini, Steiner, Stewart-MoralesThe minutes say Leora Mallach was not in the room for this vote; left out. The minutes also say: “Councilor Mallach had stepped out of the room.”
From the minutes
“Moved by Michael Cannon; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Approve . Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Philip Ottaviani, John Stefanini, Adam Steiner, Cesar Stewart-Morales Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Cannon, second: Leombruno)
Order 2022-102-001
Approve: The compensation and classification of the position of Assistant City Assessor. Councilor King made motion to accept (second reading)
Approve Second Reading
Yes: Alexander, Bryant, Cannon, King, Leombruno, Long, Ottaviani, Stefanini, Steiner, Stewart-MoralesThe roll call does not list Leora Mallach, so that councilor is left out of this vote.
From the minutes
“Moved by George King; seconded by Michael Cannon to Approve Second Reading . Motion Second Reading Approved: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Philip Ottaviani, John Stefanini, Adam Steiner, Cesar Stewart-Morales Voting Against: None.” (Motion: King, second: Cannon)
Order 2022-091-001
By the public (second reading)
Approve Second Reading
From the minutes
“Moved by George King; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Approve Second Reading . Motion Second Reading Approved: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, John Stefanini, Adam Steiner, Cesar Stewart-Morales Voting Against: None.” (Motion: King, second: Leombruno)
Order 2022-099-001
Approve: The Disability Commission's request that FY22 funds be transferred to the FY23 account in the amount of $78,035.64 to make appropriations on their own (second reading)
Approve Second Reading
From the minutes
“Moved by George King; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Approve Second Reading . Motion Second Reading Approved: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, John Stefanini, Adam Steiner, Cesar Stewart-Morales Voting Against: None.” (Motion: King, second: Leombruno)
Order 2022-106-001
And classified (second reading)
Approve Second Reading
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
“Moved by George King; seconded by Christine Long to Approve Second Reading . Motion Second Reading Approved: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, John Stefanini, Adam Steiner, Cesar Stewart-Morales Voting Against: None.” (Motion: King, second: Long)
Minutes
Approve with Amendments was made by Councilor Leombruno, seconded by Councilor Long. A roll call vote was called to approve as amended. Approved 11-0
Motion to approve with Amendments was made by Councilor Leombruno, seconded by Councilor Long. A roll call vote was called to approve as amended. Approved 11-0
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Christine Long to Approve as Amended . Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, John Stefanini, Adam Steiner, Cesar Stewart-Morales, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Long)
Make the change, to which Councilor Bryant replied yes
Approve as Amended
From the minutes
“Moved by Tracey Bryant; seconded by Christine Long to Approve as Amended . Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, John Stefanini, Adam Steiner, Cesar Stewart-Morales Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Bryant, second: Long)
Adjournment
Adjourn the meeting
To adjourn, Chair Ottaviani denied the request because there were two more hands raised via Zoom
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Michael Cannon to Adjourn . Motion Passed: 11 - 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, John Stefanini, Adam Steiner, Cesar StewartMorales Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Cannon)
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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