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April 15, 2025
13 recorded votes, 2 with disagreement.
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Note on these minutes: Tracey Bryant arrived at 7:04 PM.
Present: Philip Ottaviani, Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Christine Long, Janet Leombruno, Leora Mallach, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Order 2025-025
Approve: Frosty Ice Cream, Hawker/Peddler Licenses
To approve
From the minutes
“Moved by George King; seconded by Tracey Bryant 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: King, second: Bryant)
Order 2025-026
Approve: Approval annual license renewals for 2nd hand articles, junk and old metals various vendors
To approve
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Michael Cannon 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: Cannon)
Order 2025-008-021
Approve: The nomination of Wayne Clark-D8 to serve on the Police Advisory Council through June 30, 2027
Approve
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Leslie White Harvey 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: Harvey)
Order 2025-008-018
Approve: The nomination of Linda Levitt-D6 to serve in a member seat on the Police Advisory Council through June 30, 2027
Approve
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Michael Cannon 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: Cannon)
Order 2025-008-019
Approve: The nomination of Christian Rivera- Public Health Inspector to serve on the Eastern Middlesex Mosquito Control Commission (EMMCC)
Approve
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Leslie White Harvey 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: Harvey)
Order 2025-008-020
Approve: The nominations of Damon Arujo-D6 through June 30, 2027 and Steven StraightD7 through June 30, 2028 to serve on the Cultural Council
Approve
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Leslie White Harvey 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: Harvey)
Continue new business after 10:00PM
To continue after 10:00PM
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Christine Long to Continue new business after 10:00PM. 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: Long)
Order 2025-019-001
Approve: The matter of the Community Preservation Committee's (CPC) recommended projects for FY2025
To approve
From the minutes
“Moved by George King; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Approve First Reading . 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: Leombruno)
Order 2025-022-001
Approve: The consideration of re-appropriation of CPA funds
Approve First Reading
From the minutes
“Moved by George King; seconded by Christine Long to Approve First Reading . 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: Long)
Order 2025-023-001
Approve: The matter of an appropriation of opioid stabilization funds for the Opioid Task Force FY25 budget
Approve First Reading
From the minutes
“Moved by George King; seconded by Adam Steiner to Approve First Reading . 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: Steiner)
Order 2025-024-001
Approve: An appropriation of opioid stabilization funds for grant
Approve First Reading
From the minutes
“Moved by George King; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Approve First Reading . 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: Leombruno)
Minutes
Approve the 3/18/25 minutes as distributed
To approve the 3/18/25 minutes as distributed
Yes: Alexander, Cannon, King, Leombruno, Long, Mallach, Ottaviani, Steiner, WardNo: Bryant, Harvey
From the minutes
“Moved by Michael Cannon; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Approve . Motion Passed: 9- 2 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward Voting Against: Tracey Bryant, Leslie White Harvey.” (Motion: Cannon, second: Leombruno)
Adjournment
Adjourn the meeting
To adjourn
Yes: Alexander, Cannon, King, Leombruno, Long, Mallach, SteinerNo: Bryant, Harvey, Ottaviani, Ward
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Michael Cannon to Adjourn . Motion Passed: 7 - 4 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Adam Steiner Voting Against: Tracey Bryant, Philip Ottaviani, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey.” (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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