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April 1, 2025
12 recorded votes, 3 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, Leslie White Harvey
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Order 2025-020
Open Public Hearing
To open the public hearing
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Michael Cannon to Open Public Hearing . Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Cannon)
Close Public Hearing
Close Public Hearing
From the minutes
“Moved by Michael Cannon; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Close Public Hearing . Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Cannon, second: Leombruno)
Approve: Grant of Location request by Verizon for utility pole work on Winch Street
Approve
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Brandon Ward to Approve . Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Ward)
Order 2023-103
Open Public Hearing
To open the public hearing
From the minutes
“Moved by Michael Cannon; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Open Public Hearing . Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Cannon, second: Leombruno)
Close Public Hearing
Close Public Hearing
From the minutes
“Moved by George King; seconded by Leora Mallach to Close Public Hearing . Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: King, second: Mallach)
Approve the loan order 2023-103-001 adopted by vote of this Council on June 25, 2024 appropriating $25,358,380 for various capital projects is hereby amended to allow for the $13,222,950...
Approve the loan order 2023-103-001 adopted by vote of this Council on June 25, 2024 appropriating $25,358,380 for various capital projects is hereby amended to allow for the $13,222,950 originally appropriated for Roof Replacement Construction Potter Road and Brophy Schools (together, the “Original Projects”) to also be used to pay for roof replacement construction at BLOCKS – Juniper Hill School in addition to the Original Projects
From the minutes
“Moved by George King; seconded by Leslie White Harvey to Approve the loan order 2023-103-001 adopted by vote of this Council on June 25, 2024 appropriating $25,358,380 for various capital projects is hereby amended to allow for the $13,222,950 originally appropriated for Roof Replacement Construction Potter Road and Brophy Schools (together, the “Original Projects”) to also be used to pay for roof replacement construction at BLOCKS – Juniper Hill School in addition to the Original Projects. Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: King, second: Harvey)
Order 2025-005-003
Open Public Hearing
To open the public hearing
From the minutes
“Moved by Tracey Bryant; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Open Public Hearing . Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Bryant, second: Leombruno)
Continue the public hearing to May 6, 2025
Continue the public hearing to May 6, 2025
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Tracey Bryant to Continue the public hearing to May 6, 2025. Motion Passed: 11- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Bryant)
Approve and fund the Non-Union Municipal Compensation and Classification Study to become effective as of January 1, 2025 (FY2025) and the associated salary schedules; and further approve the...
Approve and fund the Non-Union Municipal Compensation and Classification Study to become effective as of January 1, 2025 (FY2025) and the associated salary schedules; and further approve the transfer of $89,750 from the FY2025 Salary Reserve to departments as provided, in the background materials to be effective as of January 1, 2025 (FY2025)
Yes: Alexander, Cannon, Harvey, King, Leombruno, Long, Mallach, Ottaviani, Steiner, WardThe minutes say Tracey Bryant was not in the room for this vote; left out. The minutes also say: “Councilor Bryant was out of the room.”
From the minutes
“Moved by George King; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Approve and fund the Non-Union Municipal Compensation and Classification Study to become effective as of January 1, 2025 (FY2025) and the associated salary schedules; and further approve the transfer of $89,750 from the FY2025 Salary Reserve to departments as provided, in the background materials to be effective as of January 1, 2025 (FY2025).. Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: King, second: Leombruno)
Order 2025-017
Take the item off the table
To take the item off the table
Yes: Alexander, Cannon, Harvey, King, Leombruno, Long, Mallach, Ottaviani, Steiner, WardThe minutes say Tracey Bryant was not in the room for this vote; left out. The minutes also say: “Councilor Bryant was out of the room.”
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Christine Long to remove the item from the table. Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Long)
Table to table to April 29, 2025
Table to table to April 29, 2025
Yes: Alexander, Bryant, Cannon, Harvey, King, Leombruno, Long, Ottaviani, WardNo: Mallach, Steiner
From the minutes
“Moved by George King; seconded by Christine Long to Table to table to April 29, 2025. Motion Passed: 9- 2 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Philip Ottaviani, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: Leora Mallach, Adam Steiner.” (Motion: King, second: Long)
Adjournment
Adjourn the meeting
To adjourn
From the minutes
“Moved by Michael Cannon; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Adjourn . Motion Passed: 11 - 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey 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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