MassVoter.com← Medford City CouncilMedford City Council · 2022–2023 Council · Regular meeting
April 5, 2022
14 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF)
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Attendance
Present: Zac Bears, Richard F. Caraviello, Kit Collins, Adam Knight, George A. Scarpelli, Justin Tseng, Nicole Morell
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Motions, Orders and Resolutions
Approval — Paper 22-300: Resolution: the City Solicitor provide the Medford City Council with a draft ordinance requiring a monthly presentation by the Finance Director to review the warrant...
Councillor Knight moved for approval (Vice President Bears second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed.
From the minutes
“Councillor Knight moved for approval (Vice President Bears second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed..” (Motion: Knight, second: Bears)
Approval on the B-Paper — Paper 22-301: Resolution: the Medford Traffic Commission establish a "Letter Carrier's Parking Pass" for our letter carriers in accord with the past practice of holding...
Vice President Bears moved for approval on the B-Paper (Councillor Scarpelli second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed.
From the minutes
“Vice President Bears moved for approval on the B-Paper (Councillor Scarpelli second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed..” (Motion: Bears, second: Scarpelli)
Approval as amended on the main paper — Paper 22-301: Resolution: the Medford Traffic Commission establish a "Letter Carrier's Parking Pass" for our letter carriers in accord with the past...
Councillor Knight moved for approval as amended on the main paper (Vice President Bears second)-approved as amended on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed.
From the minutes
“Councillor Knight moved for approval as amended on the main paper (Vice President Bears second)-approved as amended on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed..” (Motion: Knight, second: Bears)
Approval — Paper 22-302: Resolution: the Medford City Council request that the Traffic Commission approve similar signage along the impacted stretch of Judkins Road
Councillor Knight and Councillor Scarpelli moved for approval (Vice President Bears second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed.
From the minutes
“Councillor Knight and Councillor Scarpelli moved for approval (Vice President Bears second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed..” (Motion: Knight, second: Bears)
Approval as amended — Paper 22-303: Resolution: the Administration report back to the Council with the status of the Veterans Office and how the veterans of will be receiving services going forward
Councillor Caraviello moved for approval as amended (Councillor Scarpelli second)-approved as amended on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed.
From the minutes
“Councillor Caraviello moved for approval as amended (Councillor Scarpelli second)-approved as amended on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed..” (Motion: Caraviello, second: Scarpelli)
Approval — Paper 22-304: Resolution: the scope and goals of the Task Force; opportunities for short- and long-term waste reduction; an efficacy evaluation of our current recycling services;...
Councillor Collins moved for approval (Vice President Bears second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed.
From the minutes
“Councillor Collins moved for approval (Vice President Bears second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed..” (Motion: Collins, second: Bears)
Suspend the rules to take Public Participation
At 7:24 p.m., Vice President Bears moved to suspend the rules to take Public Participation (Councillor Collins second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed.
From the minutes
“At 7:24 p.m., Vice President Bears moved to suspend the rules to take Public Participation (Councillor Collins second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed..” (Motion: Bears, second: Collins)
Public Participation
A brief recess to address audio issues in the Chamber
At 7:32 p.m., Vice President Bears moved for a brief recess to address audio issues in the Chamber (Councillor Collins second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed.
From the minutes
“At 7:32 p.m., Vice President Bears moved for a brief recess to address audio issues in the Chamber (Councillor Collins second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed..” (Motion: Bears, second: Collins)
Revert to the regular order of business
At 8:00 p.m., Councillor Knight moved to revert to the regular order of business (Councillor Caraviello second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed.
From the minutes
“At 8:00 p.m., Councillor Knight moved to revert to the regular order of business (Councillor Caraviello second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed..” (Motion: Knight, second: Caraviello)
Reports of Committees
Approve the report — Paper 22-012: Subcommittee on ordinances
Councillor Knight moved to approve the report (Vice President Bears second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed.
From the minutes
“Councillor Knight moved to approve the report (Vice President Bears second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed..” (Motion: Knight, second: Bears)
Approve the report — Paper 22-078: March 30, 2022 Committee of the Whole Meeting Report to follow. 20-078
Vice President Bears moved to approve the report (Councillor Caraviello second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed.
From the minutes
“Vice President Bears moved to approve the report (Councillor Caraviello second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed..” (Motion: Bears, second: Caraviello)
Records
Approval — Records of the meeting of March 22,2022
Councillor Caraviello moved for approval (Vice President Bears second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed.
From the minutes
“Councillor Caraviello moved for approval (Vice President Bears second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed..” (Motion: Caraviello, second: Bears)
Councillor Collins moved for approval (Councillor Caraviello second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed.
From the minutes
“Councillor Collins moved for approval (Councillor Caraviello second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed..” (Motion: Collins, second: Caraviello)
Adjournment
Adjourn at 8:04 p.m
Councillor Knight moved to adjourn at 8:04 p.m. (Councillor Scarpelli second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed.
From the minutes
“Councillor Knight moved to adjourn at 8:04 p.m. (Councillor Scarpelli second)-approved on a roll call vote of seven in favor and zero opposed..” (Motion: Knight, second: Scarpelli)
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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