Melrose Former City Councilor

Kate Lipper-Garabedian

At-large · 2 terms in this record

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Council terms

2020–2021 Council 2018–2019 Board of Aldermen / City Council

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Record at a glance · 2020–2021 Council

4 of 4meetings attended · whole council 99%

11votes cast by name (yes, no or abstain)

0no votes (0% of votes cast) · whole council 1%

0 of 1split votes where Lipper-Garabedian was in the minority · whole council 18%

0abstained

2terms in this record

How these numbers work

Counted from the official minutes, for 2020–2021 Council only. Committee meetings and routine votes (adjourning, approving minutes) are not counted.
Attendance counts the meetings where the minutes list Lipper-Garabedian as present or absent at the start.
Only votes the minutes record member by member are counted. Voice votes and votes given only as a count (for example 6-3 with no names) are not.
Percentages are shown only when there are at least 10 meetings or votes to count.
A split vote is one where at least one member voted yes and another voted no. “In the minority” means on the side with fewer votes; ties are not counted.
“Whole council” combines every member’s record for the same term.

These numbers describe the record; they are not a grade. A no vote, an abstention or a minority vote is neither good nor bad. MassVoter never rates officials.

Attendance

At the start of 4 of 4 City Council meetings in 2020–2021 Council.

Missed none.

Every meeting (4)

Feb 24, 2020 · Regular: Present
Feb 10, 2020 · Regular: Present
Jan 21, 2020 · Regular: Present
Jan 13, 2020 · Special: Present

Votes where councilors disagreed · 2020–2021 Council

Feb 24A Special Act to authorize the City of Melrose,…Motion: RESULT: PASSED AS AMENDED [9 TO 2] MOVER: Kate Lipper-Garabedian, At-Large…Passed 9–2 · Lipper-Garabedian: Yes

February 24, 2020: A Special Act to authorize the City of Melrose, acting through it's Liquor Licensing Commission, to convert up to three (3) retail food establishment licenses for the sale of wine…

ApprovePassed · 9–2

RESULT: PASSED AS AMENDED [9 TO 2] MOVER: Kate Lipper-Garabedian, At-Large SECONDER: Christopher Cinella, At-Large AYES: Grigoraitis, Tramontozzi, McNaught, Garipay, Thomas, Lipper- Garabedian, Eccles, Cinella, Migliorelli NAYS: Robb Stewart, Shawn M. MacMaster

Voted: Yes

Yes: Cinella, Eccles, Garipay, Grigoraitis, Lipper-Garabedian, McNaught, Migliorelli, Thomas, TramontozziNo: MacMaster, Stewart

From the minutes

“RESULT: PASSED AS AMENDED [9 TO 2] MOVER: Kate Lipper-Garabedian, At-Large SECONDER: Christopher Cinella, At-Large AYES: Grigoraitis, Tramontozzi, McNaught, Garipay, Thomas, Lipper- Garabedian, Eccles, Cinella, Migliorelli NAYS: Robb Stewart, Shawn M. MacMaster.” (Motion: Lipper-Garabedian, second: Cinella)

Read it in the official minutes, page 5 (PDF)

Jan 13Election of the President of the City Council for…Motion: RESULT: ELECTED [10 TO 0] MOVER: Christopher Cinella, At-Large SECONDER: Jack…Passed 10–0 · Lipper-Garabedian: Yes

January 13, 2020 (Special meeting): Election of the President of the City Council for the Year 2020 Clerk Kamosa proceeded to the business of electing a Council President stating: "at a Caucus of the City…

Confirm appointmentPassed · 10–0

RESULT: ELECTED [10 TO 0] MOVER: Christopher Cinella, At-Large SECONDER: Jack Eccles, At-Large AYES: Grigoraitis, McNaught, Stewart, Garipay, MacMaster, Thomas, Lipper- Garabedian, Eccles, Cinella, Migliorelli ABSTAIN: John N. Tramontozzi

Voted: Yes

Yes: Cinella, Eccles, Garipay, Grigoraitis, Lipper-Garabedian, MacMaster, McNaught, Migliorelli, Stewart, ThomasAbstained: Tramontozzi

From the minutes

“RESULT: ELECTED [10 TO 0] MOVER: Christopher Cinella, At-Large SECONDER: Jack Eccles, At-Large AYES: Grigoraitis, McNaught, Stewart, Garipay, MacMaster, Thomas, Lipper- Garabedian, Eccles, Cinella, Migliorelli ABSTAIN: John N. Tramontozzi.” (Motion: Cinella, second: Eccles)

Read it in the official minutes, page 2 (PDF)

Votes with no disagreement (9)

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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