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Watertown City Council · 2024–2025 Council · Regular meeting

April 22, 2025

5 recorded votes, 5 with disagreement.

Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Meeting video · City meeting page

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Attendance

Note on these minutes: Page 8 of the minutes file is a scanned image (usually the signed last page, with the adjournment); MassVoter read it with text recognition (OCR).

Present: Caroline Bays, Lisa J. Feltner, John G. Gannon, Nicole Gardner, Emily Izzo, Anthony Palomba, Vincent J. Piccirilli, Mark S. Sideris

Absent: John M. Airasian

Every vote, in order

Minutes from City Council Meeting April 8, 2025

Adopt the minutes: Minutes from City Council Meeting April 8, 2025

Minutes, page 4 · Video

ProceduralPassed · Unanimous, 8 present

Minutes from City Council Meeting April 8, 2025 Councilor Piccirilli moved to adopt the minutes and Councilor Feltner seconded.

The minutes record this vote as unanimous; every councilor present is shown voting yes.

From the minutes

“The motion carried unanimously in a Roll Call Vote..” (Motion: Piccirilli, second: Feltner)

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

Resolution in Support of an Act to Modernize Funding for Community Media Programming

Approve the resolution: Resolution in Support of an Act to Modernize Funding for Community Media Programming

Minutes, page 4 · Video

Adopt resolutionPassed · Unanimous, 8 present

Councilor Piccirilli moved to approve the resolution and Councilor Feltner seconded.

The minutes record this vote as unanimous; every councilor present is shown voting yes.

From the minutes

“The motion passed unanimously in a Roll Call Vote..” (Motion: Piccirilli, second: Feltner)

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

Resolution Amending Fiscal Year 2025 Expenditure Limits for Revolving Funds

Amend the Fiscal Year 2025 expenditure limits: Resolution Amending Fiscal Year 2025 Expenditure Limits for Revolving Funds

Minutes, page 5 · Video

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 8 present

Councilor Piccirilli moved to amend the Fiscal Year 2025 expenditure limits and Councilor Feltner seconded.

The minutes record this vote as unanimous; every councilor present is shown voting yes.

From the minutes

“The motion passed unanimously in a Roll Call Vote..” (Motion: Piccirilli, second: Feltner)

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

Resolution Authorizing a Transfer of Funds in the amount of $455,800 from the Fiscal Year 2025 City Council Reserve...

Approve the transfer: Resolution Authorizing a Transfer of Funds in the amount of $455,800 from the Fiscal Year 2025 City Council Reserve to various Fiscal Year 2025 Capital Projects Accounts

Minutes, page 5 · Video

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 8 present

Councilor Piccirilli moved to approve the transfer and Councilor Feltner seconded.

The minutes record this vote as unanimous; every councilor present is shown voting yes.

From the minutes

“The motion passed unanimously in a Roll Call Vote..” (Motion: Piccirilli, second: Feltner)

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

Recess Or Adjournment

Adjourn

Minutes, page 8 · Video

ProceduralPassed · Unanimous, 8 present

RECESS OR ADJOURNMENT Councilor Piccirilli made a motion to adjourn and Councilor Feltner seconded.

The minutes record this vote as unanimous; every councilor present is shown voting yes.

From the minutes

“The motion was adopted unanimously in a Roll Call Vote..” (Motion: Piccirilli, second: Feltner)

Read it in the official minutes, page 8 (PDF)

From the Watertown City Council’s official minutes, posted on the city’s meeting portal (linked from the City Council page on watertown-ma.gov). We check every vote against the councilors present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos: Watertown News (watertownmanews.com) candidate Q&As, candidate letters and articles that name each councilor; Mark Sideris photo by Charlie Breitrose. The city’s website has no councilor photos.

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