MassVoter.com← Melrose City CouncilMelrose City Council · 2024–2025 Council · Regular meeting
October 7, 2024
6 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Attendance
Note on these minutes: The attendance table marks Manjula Karamcheti, John Obremski and Cal Finocchiaro absent.
Present: Mark Garipay, Ward Hamilton, Maya Jamaleddine, Devin Romanul, Robb Stewart, Kimberly Vandiver, Ryan Williams, Leila Migliorelli
Absent: Manjula Karamcheti, John Obremski, Cal Finocchiaro
Every vote, in order
Reading of the Minutes
Accept the minutes of the regular meeting of September 9, 2024
RESULT: ACCEPTED [8 TO 0] AYES: Garipay, Hamilton, Jamaleddine, Romanul, Stewart, Vandiver, Williams, Migliorelli ABSENT: Cal Finocchiaro, Manjula Karamcheti, John Obremski
From the minutes
“RESULT: ACCEPTED [8 TO 0] AYES: Garipay, Hamilton, Jamaleddine, Romanul, Stewart, Vandiver, Williams, Migliorelli ABSENT: Cal Finocchiaro, Manjula Karamcheti, John Obremski.”
Accept the minutes of the regular meeting of September 16, 2024
RESULT: ACCEPTED [8 TO 0] AYES: Garipay, Hamilton, Jamaleddine, Romanul, Stewart, Vandiver, Williams, Migliorelli ABSENT: Cal Finocchiaro, Manjula Karamcheti, John Obremski
From the minutes
“RESULT: ACCEPTED [8 TO 0] AYES: Garipay, Hamilton, Jamaleddine, Romanul, Stewart, Vandiver, Williams, Migliorelli ABSENT: Cal Finocchiaro, Manjula Karamcheti, John Obremski.”
Unfinished Business
Library Fines Appropriation FY2025 Appropriate the amount of $15,000.00 from account 29032-590000 (Library Fines Account) to account 016112-534200 (Lib Exp Books & Periodicals)
RESULT: PASSED [8 TO 0] AYES: Garipay, Hamilton, Jamaleddine, Romanul, Stewart, Vandiver, Williams, Migliorelli ABSENT: Cal Finocchiaro, Manjula Karamcheti, John Obremski
From the minutes
“RESULT: PASSED [8 TO 0] AYES: Garipay, Hamilton, Jamaleddine, Romanul, Stewart, Vandiver, Williams, Migliorelli ABSENT: Cal Finocchiaro, Manjula Karamcheti, John Obremski.”
Appointment of Gayle-Jean Angelo, 245 West Wyoming Avenue, Melrose, MA as District Director of Veterans' Services
RESULT: PASSED [8 TO 0] AYES: Garipay, Hamilton, Jamaleddine, Romanul, Stewart, Vandiver, Williams, Migliorelli ABSENT: Cal Finocchiaro, Manjula Karamcheti, John Obremski
From the minutes
“RESULT: PASSED [8 TO 0] AYES: Garipay, Hamilton, Jamaleddine, Romanul, Stewart, Vandiver, Williams, Migliorelli ABSENT: Cal Finocchiaro, Manjula Karamcheti, John Obremski.”
Appointment of John White, 40 Youle Street, Melrose, MA, as Fire Chief
RESULT: PASSED [8 TO 0] AYES: Garipay, Hamilton, Jamaleddine, Romanul, Stewart, Vandiver, Williams, Migliorelli ABSENT: Cal Finocchiaro, Manjula Karamcheti, John Obremski
From the minutes
“RESULT: PASSED [8 TO 0] AYES: Garipay, Hamilton, Jamaleddine, Romanul, Stewart, Vandiver, Williams, Migliorelli ABSENT: Cal Finocchiaro, Manjula Karamcheti, John Obremski.”
Appointment of Jonah Chiarenza, 515 Lebanon Street, Apt. 2, Melrose MA 02176, to the Traffic Commission
RESULT: PASSED [8 TO 0] AYES: Garipay, Hamilton, Jamaleddine, Romanul, Stewart, Vandiver, Williams, Migliorelli ABSENT: Cal Finocchiaro, Manjula Karamcheti, John Obremski
From the minutes
“RESULT: PASSED [8 TO 0] AYES: Garipay, Hamilton, Jamaleddine, Romanul, Stewart, Vandiver, Williams, Migliorelli ABSENT: Cal Finocchiaro, Manjula Karamcheti, John Obremski.”
From the Melrose City Council’s official minutes (the Board of Aldermen’s until October 2019), posted on the city’s Agendas & Minutes page (its CivicClerk portal, City Council). We check every vote against the councilors present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Councilor photos: City of Melrose (cityofmelrose.org), from the official City Council page. Cal Finocchiaro: Melrose Weekly News. Former councilors show initials.
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