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September 17, 2024
16 recorded votes, 4 with disagreement.
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Present: Philip Ottaviani, Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward
Absent: Leslie White Harvey
Every vote, in order
Order 2024-008-063
Approve: The appointment of Sushama Mannan as Constable
Approve
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Michael Cannon to Approve . Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Cannon)
Order 2024-008-064
Approve: The appointment of 4 members of the Fair Housing Committee: John Rowlinson-D5 through June 30, 2027 Anand Bangalore-D3 through June 30, 2027 Sejal Sagar-D6 through June 30, 2027 Amy...
Approve
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Tracey Bryant to Approve . Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Bryant)
Order 2024-008-065
Approve: The appointment and reappointment of 3 members to serve on Team Framingham: Jacqueline "Jackie" Burgoyne-D3 appointment through June 30, 2027 Susan Richardson-D4 reappointment through...
Approve
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Michael Cannon to Approve . Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Cannon)
Order 2024-008-066
Approve: The appointment of Robert "Damon" Sherwood- D3 and reappointment of Alex Svirsky D4 through June 30, 2025 to the Zoning Board of Appeals
Approve
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Christine Long to Approve . Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Long)
Order 2024-008-067
Approve: The appointment of Bruce Warren-D2 and Robert Meltzer-D4 to serve on the Veterans Council through June 30, 2027
Approve
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Michael Cannon to Approve . Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Cannon)
Order 2024-008-068
Move the appointment of Damon Araujo to the Human Relations Commission forward
To move the appointment of Damon Araujo to the Human Relations Commission forward
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Michael Cannon to Approve . Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Cannon)
Order 2024-055
Approve: Seconded by Councilor Bryant
Approve
From the minutes
“Moved by George King; seconded by Tracey Bryant to Approve . Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward Voting Against: None.” (Motion: King, second: Bryant)
Order 2024-047-001
Approve appropriation of $10,000 from the Opioid Settlement Stabilization Fund to purchase a sharps kiosk and supporting materials to be spent under the direction of the Mayor or his designee; And...
Approve appropriation of $10,000 from the Opioid Settlement Stabilization Fund to purchase a sharps kiosk and supporting materials to be spent under the direction of the Mayor or his designee; And further, that the Mayor is authorized to take all action necessary or convenient to carry out the purpose of this order
From the minutes
“Moved by George King; seconded by Adam Steiner to Approve appropriation of $10,000 from the Opioid Settlement Stabilization Fund to purchase a sharps kiosk and supporting materials to be spent under the direction of the Mayor or his designee; And further, that the Mayor is authorized to take all action necessary or convenient to carry out the purpose of this order. Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward Voting Against: None.” (Motion: King, second: Steiner)
Order 2024-051-001
Authorize the reappropriation of $11,698.05, as outlined in the background materials
To authorize the reappropriation of $11,698.05, as outlined in the background materials
From the minutes
“Moved by George King; seconded by Michael Cannon to Approve the authorization the reappropriation of $11,698.05 of the unexpended FY24 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program funds from the Public Library Literacy Room of $1,398.05, Mothers Helping Mothers of $4,000 and Microenterprise Assistance of $6,300 to the revitalization and reinstitution of the City of Framingham Setback Tree Planting Program, excluding the Northwest section of Framingham. Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward Voting Against: None.” (Motion: King, second: Cannon)
Order 2024-023-002
Approve the motion including the friendly grammatical amendment
To accept
From the minutes
“Moved by Philip Ottaviani; seconded by Christine Long to Approve the motion including the friendly grammatical amendment. Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Ottaviani, second: Long)
Minutes
Approve as originally distributed
To approve as originally distributed
Yes: Alexander, Cannon, King, Leombruno, Long, Mallach, OttavianiNo: Bryant, Steiner, Ward
From the minutes
“Moved by Michael Cannon; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Approve . Motion Passed: 7- 3 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani Voting Against: Tracey Bryant, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward.” (Motion: Cannon, second: Leombruno)
To approve as originally distributed
Yes: Alexander, Cannon, King, Leombruno, Long, OttavianiNo: Bryant, Mallach, Steiner, Ward
From the minutes
“Moved by Michael Cannon; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Approve . Motion Passed: 6- 4 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Philip Ottaviani Voting Against: Tracey Bryant, Leora Mallach, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward.” (Motion: Cannon, second: Leombruno)
Approved as originally distributed
To approved as originally distributed
From the minutes
“Moved by Leora Mallach; seconded by Christine Long to Amend the minutes of 8/20/24 to reflect the addition of the word "later" to page two paragraph five. Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Mallach, second: Long)
Approve the minutes
Approve as Amended
Yes: Alexander, Cannon, King, Leombruno, Long, Mallach, OttavianiNo: Bryant, Steiner, Ward
From the minutes
“Moved by Michael Cannon; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Approve as Amended . Motion Passed: 7- 3 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani Voting Against: Tracey Bryant, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward.” (Motion: Cannon, second: Leombruno)
Adjournment
Adjourn the meeting
To adjourn
The minutes give the count (10-0-0) without names; it equals the councilors present, so each is shown voting yes.
From the minutes
“A vote was taken. Approved 10-0..” (Motion: Cannon, second: Leombruno)
Adjourn
From the minutes
“Moved by Michael Cannon; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Adjourn . Motion Passed: 10 - 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Cannon, second: Leombruno)
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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