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March 3, 2026
13 recorded votes, 5 with disagreement.
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Note on these minutes: Noval Alexander arrived at 7:07 PM. Tracey Bryant arrived at 7:02 PM.
Present: George King, Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, Mary Kate Feeney, Janet Leombruno, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, John Stefanini, Brandon Ward
Absent: Christine Long
Every vote, in order
Minutes
Approve the minutes
To approve as submitted
Yes: Bryant, Cannon, Feeney, King, Leombruno, Mallach, Ottaviani, Stefanini, WardThe minutes say Noval Alexander was not in the room for this vote; left out. The minutes also say: “Councilor Alexander was absent.”
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Philip Ottaviani to Approve Motion Passed: 9- 0 Voting For: Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Brandon Ward, John Stefanini, Mary Kate Feeney, Tracey Bryant Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Ottaviani)
Order 2026-008-005
Approve: The appointment of Christine Guarino-D6 to serve in a member seat of the Women, Children and Families Commission through June 30, 2026
Approve
Yes: Alexander, Cannon, Feeney, King, Leombruno, Mallach, Ottaviani, Stefanini, WardThe roll call does not list Tracey Bryant (arrived 7:02 PM), so that councilor is left out of this vote.
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Mary Kate Feeney to Approve Motion Passed: 9- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Brandon Ward, John Stefanini, Mary Kate Feeney Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Feeney)
Order 2026-008-006
Approve: Upon request of the Appointments Subcommittee a recommendation regarding the appointment of two members to serve in member seats of the Human Relations Commission through June 30, 2026...
Approve
Yes: Alexander, Cannon, Feeney, King, Leombruno, Mallach, Ottaviani, Stefanini, WardThe minutes say Tracey Bryant was not in the room for this vote; left out. The minutes also say: “Councilor Bryant was absent.”
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Mary Kate Feeney to Approve Motion Passed: 9- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Brandon Ward, John Stefanini, Mary Kate Feeney Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Feeney)
Order 2026-008-007
Approve: The appointment Steven Dube-D4 to serve as a full member of the Planning Board through June 30, 2027
Approve
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Mary Kate Feeney to Approve Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Brandon Ward, John Stefanini, Mary Kate Feeney Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Feeney)
Order 2026-008-008
Approve: The appointment movement of Elsiana Zhaka-D6 from an associate member, to serve as a full member of the Planning Board through June 30, 2027
Approve
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Mary Kate Feeney to Approve Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Brandon Ward, John Stefanini, Mary Kate Feeney Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Feeney)
Order 2026-008-009
Approve: The appointment of Matthew Cuneo-D5 to serve as an associate member of the Planning Board through June 30, 2026
Approve
The vote record gives no result word; the result is read from the count (10-0).
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Philip Ottaviani to approve Motion : 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Brandon Ward, John Stefanini, Mary Kate Feeney Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Ottaviani)
Order 2025-074-001
Open Public Hearing
To open the Public Hearing
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Mary Kate Feeney to Open Public Hearing Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Brandon Ward, John Stefanini, Mary Kate Feeney Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Feeney)
Continue and keep the Public Hearing open until March 31, 2026
Continue and keep the Public Hearing open until March 31, 2026
From the minutes
“Moved by Philip Ottaviani; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Continue and keep the Public Hearing open until March 31, 2026. Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Brandon Ward, John Stefanini, Mary Kate Feeney Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Ottaviani, second: Leombruno)
Order 2026-022
Open the Public Hearing
To open the Public Hearing
Yes: Bryant, Cannon, Feeney, King, Leombruno, Mallach, Ottaviani, Stefanini, WardThe minutes say Noval Alexander was not in the room or not voting; left out of this vote.
From the minutes
“A roll-call vote was taken and approved, 9-0-0, Councilor Alexander was absent..” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Feeney)
Keep the Public Hearing open until March 17, 2026
To keep the Public Hearing open until March 17, 2026
From the minutes
“Moved by Philip Ottaviani; seconded by John Stefanini to Continue the Public Hearing to March 17, 2026. Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Brandon Ward, John Stefanini, Mary Kate Feeney Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Ottaviani, second: Stefanini)
Approve
Approve
From the minutes
“Moved by Philip Ottaviani; seconded by John Stefanini to Approve Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Brandon Ward, John Stefanini, Mary Kate Feeney Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Ottaviani, second: Stefanini)
Order 2026-021
Allow the Mayor to enter into the MOU under MGL c. 44, § 70
To allow the Mayor to enter into the MOU under MGL c. 44, § 70
From the minutes
“Moved by John Stefanini; seconded by Mary Kate Feeney to Approve Motion Passed: 10- 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Brandon Ward, John Stefanini, Mary Kate Feeney Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Stefanini, second: Feeney)
Adjournment
Adjourn the meeting
To adjourn,
From the minutes
“Moved by Philip Ottaviani; seconded by Janet Leombruno to Adjourn . Motion Passed: 10 - 0 Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Brandon Ward, John Stefanini, Mary Kate Feeney Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Ottaviani, 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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