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August 3, 2021
6 recorded votes, 4 with disagreement.
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Present: Stephen Ruggiero, Barbara Flockhart, Rob DeMarco, James Letterie, Tracey Honan, Rich Ferrino, Peter Christopher, Philip Boncore
Absent: Nick LoConte
Every vote, in order
MINUTES
Accept Minutes of July 20, 2021
Motion by Councilor Letterie to accept Minutes of July 20, 2021
From the minutes
“Motion by Councilor Letterie to accept Minutes of July 20, 2021 2™¢ by Councilor Honan Passed Unanimously.” (Motion: Letterie, second: Honan)
OLD BUSINESS
Town will retain the Tennis Courts and under the management of the Parks and Recreation and the maintenance by the Dept. of Public Works
Motion by the Capital Assets Committee that the Town will retain the Tennis Courts and under the management of the Parks and Recreation and the maintenance by the Dept. of Public Works
The minutes say only "Motion Passes", with no count and no names. The minutes do not say who made this motion.
From the minutes
“Motion by the Capital Assets Committee that the Town will retain the Tennis Courts and under the management of the Parks and Recreation and the maintenance by the Dept. of Public Works No 2"4 Needed Discussion Councilor Letterie, the ownership remains with the town, this is just to maintain ownership, it will still be discussed on DPW Director states they have never maintained these tennis courts and he does not have manpower or is it in is budget. Interim Town Manager realizes, and this will not be all through the DPW. Councilor Ferrino states this is just normal maintenance, grass, weeds,etc. Councilor Letterie states we must come up with a plan to maintain the assets that we have. We know and have discussed that DPW does not have personnel. Interim Town Manager agrees, there is a maintenance plan that must be addresses Motion Passes.”
NEW BUSINESS
Appoint Kimberly Hirsh to the Planning Board
Motion by the Council President to appoint Kimberly Hirsh to the Planning Board
The minutes say only "Motion Passes", with no count and no names.
From the minutes
“Motion by the Council President to appoint Kimberly Hirsh to the Planning Board Motion Passes.” (Motion: Boncore)
PUBLIC COMMENT
Refer to New Business
Motion by Vice President to refer to New Business
From the minutes
“Motion by Vice President to refer to New Business 2"4 by Councilor Ruggiero Passed Unanimously.” (Motion: Christopher, second: Ruggiero)
Rules 2 of the rules of the Town Council relating to the submission and inclusion of items on the agenda for consideration Town Council meetings are hereby waived with respect to the proposed law...
Motion by Councilor Letterie that rules 2 of the rules of the Town Council relating to the submission and inclusion of items on the agenda for consideration Town Council meetings are hereby waived with respect to the proposed law loan order authorization a borrowing for the Ingleside Park Drainage project in order to meet a deadline imposed by the Mass. Clean Water Trust to be considered for approval of low-cost financing of the project by the trust
The minutes write the count as 8-1; the roll call shows 8 yes, and Nick LoConte absent, so the second number also counts councilors who did not vote yes or no.
From the minutes
“Motion by Councilor Letterie that rules 2 of the rules of the Town Council relating to the submission and inclusion of items on the agenda for consideration Town Council meetings are hereby waived with respect to the proposed law loan order authorization a borrowing for the Ingleside Park Drainage project in order to meet a deadline imposed by the Mass. Clean Water Trust to be considered for approval of low-cost financing of the project by the trust 2™4 by Vice President Christopher ROLL CALL VOTE Approve: Councilor Ruggiero, Councilor Flockhart, Councilor Demarco, Councilor Letterie, Councilor Honan Councilor Ferrino, Council Vice President Christopher, President Boncore Absent-Councilor LoConte Motion Passed 8-1.” (Motion: Letterie, second: Christopher)
ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn
Motion by Councilor Letterie to adjourn at 8:45 PM
The minutes say only "Motion Passed", with no count and no names.
From the minutes
“Motion by Councilor Letterie to adjourn at 8:45 PM 2™4 by Councilor Ruggiero Motion Passed.” (Motion: Letterie, second: Ruggiero)
From the Winthrop Town Council’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center. We check every vote against the members present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Member photos: Winthrop Sun Transcript (candidate announcements for Letterie, Millar, Dimes and Romano; Costigan and Swope from a captioned June 2026 Strawberry Festival photo by Salza). Former members and Tassinari, Reardon and Finn show initials for now.
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