MassVoter.com← Medford City CouncilMedford City Council · 2018–2019 Council · Regular meeting
January 22, 2019
10 recorded votes, 9 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF)
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Attendance
Present: Richard F. Caraviello, Frederick N. Dello Russo, Adam Knight, Breanna Lungo-Koehn, Michael J. Marks, George A. Scarpelli, John C. Falco
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Records
Approval as amended — Paper 19-020: National Grid Replace Gas Main on Harvard Street (Part II of Severed Resolution) a. Councillor Knight offered an amendment requesting that the City Engineer rep
Vice President Lungo-Koehn moved for approval as amended (Councillor Knight second)-passed.
The records give the result only, with no count or names.
From the minutes
“Vice President Lungo-Koehn moved for approval as amended (Councillor Knight second)-passed..” (Motion: Lungo-Koehn, second: Knight)
Revert to regular business
At 7:16 p.m., Councillor Knight moved to revert to regular business (Councillor Dello Russo second)-passed.
The records give the result only, with no count or names.
From the minutes
“At 7:16 p.m., Councillor Knight moved to revert to regular business (Councillor Dello Russo second)-passed..” (Motion: Knight, second: Russo)
Motions, Orders and Resolutions
Approval as amended — Paper 19-027: Resolution: the Medford City Council again request that the Administration provide funding in order for the Council to be provided the opportunity to hire a...
Vice President Lungo-Koehn moved for approval as amended (Councillor Dello Russo second)-passed.
The records give the result only, with no count or names.
From the minutes
“Vice President Lungo-Koehn moved for approval as amended (Councillor Dello Russo second)-passed..” (Motion: Lungo-Koehn, second: Russo)
Petitions, Presentations and Similar Papers
Approval as amended — Paper 19-028: Petition by Joseph Spinazzola, Executive Director of the Foundation Trust, 49 Myrtle Street, Melrose, MA to make a brief presentation about grants available to...
Vice President Lungo-Koehn moved for approval as amended (Councillor Knight second)-passed.
The records give the result only, with no count or names.
From the minutes
“Vice President Lungo-Koehn moved for approval as amended (Councillor Knight second)-passed..” (Motion: Lungo-Koehn, second: Knight)
Communications from the Mayor
Waive reading of the communication in lieu of a summary provided by the City's Code Enforcement Officer
Councillor Knight moved to waive reading of the communication in lieu of a summary provided by the City's Code Enforcement Officer (Councillor Scarpelli second)-passed.
The records give the result only, with no count or names.
From the minutes
“Councillor Knight moved to waive reading of the communication in lieu of a summary provided by the City's Code Enforcement Officer (Councillor Scarpelli second)-passed..” (Motion: Knight, second: Scarpelli)
Send the communication to the Public Works Subcommittee, as amended
Councillor Marks moved to send the communication to the Public Works Subcommittee, as amended (Councillor Dello Russo second)-passed on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed.
From the minutes
“Councillor Marks moved to send the communication to the Public Works Subcommittee, as amended (Councillor Dello Russo second)-passed on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed..” (Motion: Marks, second: Russo)
Take papers in the hands of the City Clerk
At 8:14 p.m., Councillor Knight moved take papers in the hands of the City Clerk (Councillor Dello Russo second)-passed.
The records give the result only, with no count or names.
From the minutes
“At 8:14 p.m., Councillor Knight moved take papers in the hands of the City Clerk (Councillor Dello Russo second)-passed..” (Motion: Knight, second: Russo)
Approval — Paper 19-031: Resolution: a moment of silence be held for lifelong Medford resident and 25- year-member of the Medford School Committee William J
Councillor Knight and Councillor Marks moved for approval (Councillor Dello Russo second)-passed.
The records give the result only, with no count or names.
From the minutes
“Councillor Knight and Councillor Marks moved for approval (Councillor Dello Russo second)-passed..” (Motion: Knight, second: Russo)
Records
Approval of the records — Records of the meeting of January 15, 2019
Councillor Caraviello moved for approval of the records (Councillor Dello Russo second)-passed.
The records give the result only, with no count or names.
From the minutes
“Councillor Caraviello moved for approval of the records (Councillor Dello Russo second)-passed..” (Motion: Caraviello, second: Russo)
Adjournment
Adjourn at 8:21 p.m
Councillor Scarpelli moved to adjourn at 8:21 p.m. (Councillor Caraviello second)-passed.
The records give the result only, with no count or names.
From the minutes
“Councillor Scarpelli moved to adjourn at 8:21 p.m. (Councillor Caraviello second)-passed..” (Motion: Scarpelli, second: Caraviello)
From the Medford City Council’s official records (its minutes), posted in the city’s Municode document library (Council Records) and on its CivicClerk meeting portal. We check every vote against the councilors present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Councilor photos: City of Medford (medfordma.org), cropped from the captioned 2026 City Council photo on the official City Council page (Gotta Know Media). Justin Tseng: Harvard Law School. Former councilors show initials.
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