All right. Good evening everyone. We're going to start off with a roll call. Clerk, please uh walk us through. Councilar Garcia, present. Council Jimenez Rivera, present. Councelor Ricupro. Council Taylor here. Councelor
Robinson here. Council Tesher here. Councelor Kelly Grizzio here. Council Santigette here. Council Vega here. And Council Brown present. And Council Odus present. All 11 members present. Madam President. Awesome. Thank
you, clerk. First on our agenda is memorials and celebratory resolutions. Uh we have a certificate that we would like to present this evening. I'll ask councelor Robinson to please join me. Thank you, Madam
President. It's a certificate of recognition presented to Nina Lee in recognition of your outstanding commitment to the community engagement, historical scholarship, and youth advocacy in the city of Chelsea. As a sophomore at the Pioneer Charter School
of Science and a lifelong resident of Chelsea, you you have demonstrated exceptional dedication by volunteering with programs to recreation and cultural affairs activities that have been meaningful part of your life since
childhood. Through the support of the director Bervvada, you alongside your twin sister have given back to the very programs that help shape your early years. Your commitment to Chelsea extends further as a member of the youth
commission when you work to promote the well-being and voices of young people in the community. Inspired by Chelsea's rich past in the 400th anniversary of the settlement, your National Historical Day project focused
on the theme of rights and responsibilities in history. Your work advanced to the regional level and earned the distinguished special prize for outstanding project in Massachusetts history. This acknowledgement reflects
your deep understanding of the city's legacy enrichment through research at the Chelsea Public Library archives and interviews with uh Councelor uh Leo Robinson. Your passion for civil
engagement and community and history are a testament to your character and a source of pride for your school and your city. Signed by Council Robinson. Okay, councelor, how do you wish to proceed?
Um, I have some things to give if we can suspend the rules and maybe take some pictures and actually city manager is not here, but I want to give them a copy of her paper to make sure we get it on the website. I know that we're going down to the all-American city. I think
it would be something if they want to take a look at because they'll be asking questions about the city of Chelsea. Thank you, councelor. Seeing no objections, let's suspend for a few and celebrate our amazing stars in the community. Oh yeah.
Come on, Belinda. Me and you was little I was very impressed. Thank you. Get lost. by All right, my fellow counselors, we're going to go right back to where we left off on the agenda. We do not have a public hearing
this evening. Is there anyone here for public speaking? We have uh Damali in town. Nice to see you. Oh, this is fancy. We didn't have these fancy mics when I was here. Hi everybody. Honorable members of the city council, city
manager, city of Chelsea. I love this city so much. Um, I just wanted to come here. I was in town for a meeting and I just wanted to come here and just kind of talk a little bit about us as a community and the things that we're facing. It's no question that
we're going through some tough times right now. And you know, I think sometimes when these things happen, we tend to kind of, you know, like stand firm in our political ideologies or whatnot. But I just think it's important for us to remember that we are a community that stands together
regardless of what's going on outside. I remember during CO I remember during CO the way that we all banded together different organizations it didn't matter what your beliefs were um you know I've had my differences with the district counselor from Prattville but I know
that he was actually at the forefront during co delivering food and buying food for people so I know that when push comes to shove that we all show up as we need and it's really easy to get caught up in the negative aspect of everything but I just wanted just to remind us that
we all hold different roles here. And for example, I understand that the city manager, there may not be things that he can do as a city manager and as a city councelor, there's certain things that you can't really comment on or things that you can't say. Um, but I just think it's important to continue to build on
the trust that we have developed um here in the city so that at least we know that everybody's coming in in good faith and we can continue to work together. I worry that, you know, we we've seen the videos, we've seen all the things that are happening in the city, and I suspect it's going to get a lot worse before it
gets any better. Um, and I do not envy any of you all right now. I think if I was on the council at this time, I don't know that I would be able to do it and maintain my sanity or my health. So, I give you all a lot of credit for being here. Um, there are a lot of tough
conversations that need to happen moving forward. Um, and I just hope that you all continue to show up with the grace and the integrity that I know that you all have and continue to advocate for this community. Um, and yeah, I'm not going to sit here and say anything too
political or anything. I just kind of wanted to remind us of who we are, how we show up, and how I wish you all well, and hope that we continue to do the great work that we've always done here in Chelsea. Um, thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak. It's always a pleasure to visit and good luck to you
all. Thank you, Damali. It's always a pleasure to have you back in town. Okay, that concludes our public speaking portion of the agenda. Moving on to approval of the minutes. We have approval of the minutes of the regular
meeting of the city council dated May 5th, 2025. Move to approve the minutes of the May 5th meeting. There are no objections. Seeing none, thank you, councelor. Moving on, communications from the city manager. Our first communication received from
the city manager is responding to council order 2560, painting stop markings at central and sham. Accept and file the communication. There's no objection. Seeing no objections. Thank you, councelor. Moving on. Next communication received from the
city manager responding to council order 2561, increased overnight of parking enforcement. Dear councilors, I'm writing in response to council order 2561 requesting an increase in the enforcement of overnight residential park and file the communication. If there's no objection, I'd like to speak on it. Seeing no objections, you have
the floor, counselor. Um, thanks the city manager for giving this update. But, um, here it doesn't really say that we're going to have more enforcement. It just says that we're going to look into it. So
maybe here I would like to see more enforcement at night to and it's up to the individual counselor says to tell them whether area that it's needed. I don't know how many we have right now that enforce at night. I know there's one and one police officer to do that.
Maybe we should have two and two that way you go around the city because if I was a city resident and I wanted I'm going to tell you how it is. Okay, this is how it goes. If I was a city resident and I wanted to go get away with parking
over a night, I will watch wherever they go and then when they watch where they go, you know exactly which streets are going to go. So once you know that you have one person that goes around and they don't designated areas, then at night you know that they're going to come there, they're going to park because they're not going to get
tagged. That is the basic thing. That's what you would do and it's being done in the city. A lot of people know exactly what area of the city these are enforcing. If there's only one, you can only enforce one section at a time. So, if you know exactly which part they're
going to go, who's to stop you from parking? Nobody's going to enforce it. So, it doesn't really solve the issue. You need more enforcement of them at night. Thank you. Thank you, councelor. Moving on. Next communication received from the
city manager responding to council order 2563. Accept and file do the communication like to speak on it. Seeing no objections, councelor, you have the floor. This is regarding trash hauling. There was people that were picking it up and the city found out where it was and it specifically says it
here that it was on Maverick Street. So, they were picking up the trash at 2 in the morning. You know, this the city does have an ordinance that you can't pick up nothing after 7:00 or you can't it's called a noise ordinance which you can't start and do anything before 7:00. Even a
factory cannot start before 7:00. Anybody can't. So, if you have uh people picking up trash at 2 in the morning, it's a nuisance of people that go to work. So, thanks to city manager and inspectional service for addressing this issue and getting it resolved.
Thank you. Thank you, counselor. Moving on to the next item. Next communication received requesting approval of appointment to the affordable housing trust fund board. Dear councilors, pursuant to section 4-2 of the charter of the city of Chelsea, I am writing to recommend the following individual to a board and commission in the city.
Appointment to the affordable housing trust fund board, director of housing and community development Ben Cares to fill the unexpired term of deputy city manager of operations Deon Fields while she is away on maternity leave. Madam President, uh move to a second reading. There are no objections. Seeing no
objections. Thank you counselor. Moving on to the next item. Next communication received requesting approval for department to pay prior year expense. Dear counselors, I am writing to request approval for the Chelsea Emergency Emergency Management Department to make payments on prior year expenses using their FY25 budget. The department has
been working with Verizon to clear up prior year balances. There was some confusion given the large number of accounts we have with Verizon. These particular accounts are for phone lines from our 911 building at 45 Washington Avenue to our central police station at 19 Park Street. Madam President, move to
wave the rest of the reading accept and file under communication if there are no objections. There's an item coming up under new business. Seeing none, thank you counselor. Moving on to the next item. Next communication received regarding free cash requests for downtown and citywide event program account. Dear councilors, I am writing
to respectfully request funding from the city council to support critical programs and projects that continue our progress in downtown Chelsea. This investment will provide ongoing support to local businesses, expand inclusive community events, and ensure we are well positioned for the upcoming transformation of downtown Broadway. The
Chelsea City Council has historically allocated funds for downtown and citywide event programming from free cash, including a similar request approved in May 2024. These funds have allowed us to deliver high Madam President, I'd ask to wave the west I
would ask to wave the rest of the reading um and accept and file the communication under suspension. If there's no objections, there will be something coming up under new business. Seeing no objections, thank you, councelor. Moving on. Next communication received from the city manager regarding
the eminent domain taking of properties for the island and river flood barrier. Dear counselors, at your last meeting, we submitted a communication regarding our administration's request to pursue eminent domain takings of easements, properties, or portions of properties relating to the island and river barrier
project. To be clear, Madam President, I would ask to wave the rest of the reading and just have the clerk read the um the uh the addresses and the amounts and uh they'll uh to accept and file the communication under suspension. If
there's no objections, there'll be something coming up under new business. I would object to that motion. All right, let's proceed. To be clear, something. These takings are friendly and have been agreed upon with property owners. We are not requesting any new funds to complete this purchase. The
purchases will be funded through an MVP state grant and by city matching funds already appropriated for this use in the CIP. We have completed legal appraisals of these takings and as required by the state grant, we are not paying any more than the appraised value. Chelsea and Everett have been working on the island
and river flood barrier for close to a decade. This is a critical infrastructure project designed to protect thousands of residents and key facilities from severe coastal flooding. Although the recent loss of a $50 million brick grant has delayed the construction timeline, the project remains a top priority. We are
continuing to advance it using secured state funding for design, engineering, and land acquisition. The city will need access and ownership rights to the property along the path of the island and river flood barrier to construct and maintain the structure. We are prepared to proceed with the first set of these
takings at 145 Market Street and 359 Beichum Street. At 145 Market Street, the city desires to acquire through friendly eminent domain taking the entirety of the property at 145 Market Street. At 359 Beum Street, the city desires to acquire through a permanent
easement approximately 1/3 of an acre or 13,884 square feet of the property, seeking to acquire a temporary easement on the property for the purposes of construction in the amount of 3,54 square ft. The city recently completed independent appraisals of these
properties. The fair market value as of February 25th, 2025 are as follows. for 145 Market Street 821,163.51. We propose and the owner is prepared to accept the appraised value for 145 Market Street property in fee
for 359 Beichum Street the amount of $937,587. The city proposes and the owner is prepared to accept $528,83649 for the combined easement and fee takings on 359 Beach Street. making a donation of $483,751 worth of value. Our proposed
schedule to initiate such takings is as follows. On May 5th, council reviewed the initial communication and requested to hold a public hearing for the order of taking. May 19th, first reading of order of taking. June 2nd, public hearing and second reading of order of
taking. We appreciate your consideration of this request and look forward to taking the next step together to protect Chelsea's future from climate driven flood risks. Thank you, cleric. Is there a motion? Move to accept and file under communication that there are no objections. Seeing none, thank you counselor. Moving
on. Next communication received from the city manager regarding affordable housing, first-time home buyer program, and home ownership opportunities. Dear councilors, I am writing to provide an update on our ongoing efforts to expand affordable housing opportunities in Chelsea and to share information about
upcoming initiatives to support residents in securing and maintaining stable, affordable homes. Over the past decade, the city has supported the development of a diverse portfolio of affordable housing. Our internal review of projects from 2015 to present shows that we have facilitated the creation of
23 affordable housing projects. Across these affordable housing projects, 482 units of affordable housing have been created, of which 78 are home ownership condominiums and 404 are rental units. Attached to this letter, you will find a detailed breakdown of affordability,
including rental and ownership units. The city is proud to announce the launch of its first-time home buyers down payment assistance program, which will provide forgivable loans of $20,000 to income eligible long-term Chelsea residents purchasing their first home in the city. Funded through the affordable
housing trust fund, the program will mitigate the barriers to home ownership, increase economic mobility, and reduce displacement. A request for proposals is currently open to select a qualified administrator to manage this critical program. The affordable housing trust fund board and the community
preservation committee have opened new grant rounds to fund pre-development efforts, rental assistance, and the creation of new affordable housing. These resources help our community partners respond to ongoing housing insecurity, accelerate pipeline projects, and ensure that deeply affordable options remain available to
our residents. The city is also reviewing barriers to home ownership through our strategic housing plan, which will be completed in June of 2025. We are excited to share our proposed strategies to further rental and home ownership opportunities within the city of Chelsea and to continue to serve our residents. The city council has
prioritized housing stability and affordability for all Chelsea residents. This is a big focus for our administration and we thank the council for your ongoing support. Thank you, Cler. Is there a motion? Accept the follow communication on the suspension. Um, just briefly, there there is an
organization that's been here for a long time that have helped over 250 families purchase homes here in Chelsea. And half of those families are still living here. That's Chelsea Restoration. I see that we're going to be looking at a new um
firsttime home buyers and down payment assistance. I think it would be nice for us to have a conversation with them to see how they run their program and what help they might be to the city. Thank you, councelor. Moving on to the next item. Next
communication received requesting council vote for FY26 operating budget. Dear councilors, I am writing to share the council vote for the city manager's proposed fiscal year 2026 budget. The budget funds city expenditures at $110,89,868 and school department
expenditures at $150,891,360 for a total budget of 261,71,228. The school department budget has increased by 7.54%, most of it paid from new chapter 70 funding generated by the student opportunity act. The city's expenditures have increased by 5.84%.
84%. This year, our administration was very intentional in having a community process with regard to the FY26 operating budget. Our deputy city manager of finance, Michael Mason, held two community sessions on the budget. These sessions were incredibly engaging and communicated our priorities. We also
shared the budget through our monthly our communities recordings with Chelsea Community Cable Television and through the Chelsea record. The city council has completed budget. M president move to wave the rest of the reading and accept and file under communication if there are no objections like to just quickly uh speak on it. See none you have the
floor councelor just want to really quickly shout out uh the city manager and his team for uh three great nights of uh budget hearings. I know it was it was a lot but we got through it and thank you everybody for for all your insightful questions and everything. Looking forward to voting on the final budget. Thank you councelor. Moving on
to the last item in this section. Our last communication received from the city manager regarding year-end financial requests. Dear councilors, I am writing to request some votes to address some endofear financial matters, including the need for some supplemental appropriations to cover deficits. The
details are as follows. One, salary deficits funded by salary reserve transfers in the amount of $14,91. There is one salary account that has inadequate funding which can be covered by the salary reserve account. The specific amount is for the legislative department's regular salary
account in the amount of $14,91. There are sufficient funds remaining in the FY25 salary reserve to cover the deficit. There are other deficits where funding will be requested from free cash as noted below as the above noted transfer has exhausted the salary reserve balance. Number two,
salary deficits funded by free cash in the amount of $421,351. The specific amounts are as follows. Legislative Department regular salary $2757. Payroll department longevity in the amount of 500. Personnel department
temporary salary in the amount of $22,147. City clerk department regular salary in the amount of $6,138. City clerk overtime $8,697. City clerk pole workers $11,242. City clerk unused sick leave
bonus in the amount of $900. Permitting Department regular salary in the amount of $641. Emergency department overtime in the amount of $199,426. Emergency management holiday in the amount of 11,563. Parking department regular
salary in the amount of 3,493. Parking department overtime 826. DPW snow overtime 54,281. HHS. Madam President, I move to wave the rest of the readings if there are no
objections. I believe there's also a an order coming up on the new business. Seeing no objections. Thank you, counselor. Moving on to communications and petitions to the council. The sole communication received before the council comes from the assistant parking clerk regarding the agenda items
approved at the May 6, 2025 meeting of the traffic and parking commission. Is there a motion on the floor? Second and follow communication on the suspension. No objections. Seeing no objections. Thank you, councelor. Moving on to committee reports. Our first committee report
comes from the council president regarding the meeting of the subcommittee on conference held May 5th, 2025. Move to accept and follow communications if there are no objections. Thank you, councelor. Seeing none, moving on to the next item. Next committee report
received comes from councelor Jimenez Rivera from the meeting of the seven manager evaluation committee held May 6th, 2025. Councelor Himemenz move to accept and file under communication if there are no objections and I'd like to speak on it real quick. You have the floor councelor. Uh so I just um so this
report is for the first half of the meeting that we had to go over the uh 11 I believe categories that we are evaluating the city manager on. uh we were able to get through half of them uh in that meeting. We had a second meeting uh just before the submission deadline
for this meeting. So the second half of that meeting has already happened but uh we don't have a report yet. We will have that in the in the followup uh in in our next meeting. Um we were supposed to have a meeting today that was cancelled uh to essentially finalize the report uh due to other uh meetings that were
happening in the community. We had to postpone that but we will be finalizing that in the uh next week or two um and identifying a next meeting time so that we can finalize this before uh we go on break um after our June 2nd meeting I believe. Thank you councelor. Moving on
to the next item. Our next committee report received come from council Taylor from the meeting of the subcommittee on ways and means held May 12th 2025. Councelor Taylor to uh accept and file the committee report uh under suspension. If there's no objections, I'd like to speak on it. You have the
floor, counselor. So, uh in the last uh ways and means uh committee uh we uh discussed four financial orders. The first one was uh $200,000 from free cash
uh in order to cover the costs uh related to the uh cleanup of the Forbes site. The 500,000 that was previously appropriated by the city council to secure the site uh had almost been exhausted and we needed to replenish to
uh to uh complete the uh complete the task there. The second one was uh regarding uh 3, uh 712 uh excuse me, 3 million712,287 from overlay surplus to
the marginal street building improvements account. Um, as part of the civ city's effort to extend the lease with the current tenant of the property, the city would make uh building and land upgrades uh to its property at 324
Marginal Street, including a solar project that will cover cover 100% of the property's energy consumption. Uh the third item was $53,000 from free cash uh in order to cover uh conference travel and to pay related expenses for
the trip to Denver for the All-America City Awards ceremony. And the last one was $160,000 from free cash uh in order to cover the software license uh uh fees for the new permitting and ticketing
software. That's the uh conclusion of the report. Thank you. Thank you, counselor. Moving on to the next item. Next committee report received come from the council president from the meeting of the subcommittee on conference held May 12th, 2025. Madam President, uh can
we actually combine this with the next one given that they're both from the budget uh budget hearings and just move to accept um both committee reports under suspension if there are no objections. Seeing none. Okay, let's proceed. Thank you, counselor. And just for the public
to understand, these are the hearings that we had on the budget that were also televised. Moving on to uh nothing on under unfinished business. Second readings. First item under second readings, we have an order introduced by Council Taylor being read for the second
time. ordered that the Chelsea City Council authorizes the appropriation of $200,000 from free cash to the fiscal year 2025 public works department building emergency demos boarding account for Forbite receiverhip expenses. Councelor Taylor, move to roll call vote.
Moving to a roll call vote. Thank you, councelor. Yes. Vote to adopt. Councelor Tenar Garcia. Yes. Councelor Jimenez Rivera. Yes. Councelor Rupro, yes. Council Taylor, yes. Council Robinson, yes.
Council Tesher, yes. Council Kelly Garcia, yes. Council Santigette, yes. Council Vega, yes. Council Brown, yes. And council Jesus, yes. 11 members in favor, zero opposed, and zero absent. Order adopted. Thank you, clerk. Moving on to the next item. Next item under
second readings. Order introduced by council Taylor being read for the second time. ordered that the Chelsea City Council authorizes the appropriation of 3,172,287 from the overlay surplus to the marginal street building improvements account for land and building enhancements including funds
for a solar project. Move to roll call vote. Wings roll call vote. Yes. Vote to adopt. Councelor Tenner. Yes. Councelor Jimenez Rivera. Yes. Councelor Recupra. Yes. Council Taylor.
Yes. Yes. Councelor Robinson, yes. Council Tesh, yes. Council Kelly Garcia, yes. Council Santigette, yes. Councelor Vega, yes. And councelor Brown, yes. And councelor Desus, yes. 11 in favor, zero opposed, zero absent. Order adopted.
Thank you. Uh, clerk. Next item. Next, we have an order introduced by Council Taylor being read for the second time. Ordered that the Chelsea City Council authorizes the appropriation of $53,000 from free cash to the fiscal year 2025 executive department conference travel account for all American city award
conference expenses. Councelor Taylor move to a roll call vote. Moving to a roll call vote. Roll call vote requested. Yes. Vote to adopt. Council Tennar Garcia. Yes. Councelor Jimenez Rivera. Yes. Councelor Rupo.
Council Taylor. Yes. Councelor Robinson, yes. Council Tesh, yes. Council Kelly Garcia, yes. Council Santigette, yes. Councelor Vega, yes. Council Brown, yes. And council Dus, yes. 11 in favor, zero opposed, and zero absent. Order adopted.
Thank you, clerk. Moving on to the next item. Next, we have an order introduced by Council Taylor being read for the second time. Order that the Chelsea City Council authorizes the appropriation of $160,000 from free cash to the fiscal year 2025 inspectional services software
license account for the implementation and subscription cost for ISD permitting and ticketing software. Move to a roll call vote. Moving to a roll call vote. Yes. Vote to adopt. Council Tenari Garcia. Yes. Councelor Jimenez Rivera.
Yes. Councelor Rupro. Yes. Council Taylor. Yes. Council Robinson. Yes. Council Tesha. Yes. Council Kelly Garcia. Yes. Councilor Santigette. Yes. Council Vega. Yes. Council Brown. Yes. And Council Odus. Yes. 11 members in favor,
zero opposed and zero absent. Order adopted. Thank you, Cler. Moving on to the last item on this section. The final item under second readings is an order introduced by Council Kelly Garcia being read for the second time. Whereas the most common sources of lead and drinking water are lead pipes, faucets, and
plumbing fixtures. While pipes that carry drinking water from the water source to the home may also contain lead. And whereas lead can enter drinking water when a chemical reaction occurs in plumbing materials that contain lead causing corrosion. And whereas exposure to lead is harmful to
President. May I make a motion to withdraw this order. Seeing no objections. Thank you. Order withdraw. Tim, I will update you all in the coming meetings. Thank you, counselor. All right. Now, moving on to new
business. Moving on to new business. First item under new business, we have an order introduced by the council president ordered that the following sums as classified and designated with respect to each department or undertaking as salaries, operations, and maintenance and capital are hereby appropriated in
the general fund of the city of Chelsea as listed below and as summarized. Salaries 62,257,51. operations and maintenance 198,000 uh 570,727 and capital 865,000 totaling
$261,71,228. Thank you, Cler. Is there a motion on the floor? Move to adopt under uh move to second reading. Second reading. Yep. This is the budget and public hearing. What was that? Public hearing. Oh, move to
schedule a public hearing. All right, moving on. Thank you. Next, we have another order introduced by the council president regarding appropriation for fiscal year beginning July 1st, 2025, sewer enterprise fund. Order that the following sums designated as appropriations are hereby
appropriated in the sewer enterprise fund of the city of Chelsea as follows. Salary appropriations in the amount of $795,49. Operations and maintenance expense appropriations 12,83,775 and capital appropriations in the amount of
$1,985,043 for a total of $14,864,227. Madam President, uh, move to a second reading and to schedule a public hearing. Thank you, councelor. Seeing objections, moving on. Next, we have an order introduced by the council president regarding appropriations for fiscal year beginning
July 1st, 2025. Water enterprise fund ordered that the following sums designated as appropriations are hereby appropriated in the water enterprise fund of the city of Chelsea as follows. Salary appropriations in the amount of $795,49.
operations and maintenance expense in the amount of 7,862,797 and capital appropriations in the amount of [Music] 1,787,652 for a total of 10 million. President uh move to wave the rest of the reading and u move to a second
reading and schedule a public hearing. Thank you, counselor. Seeing no objections, moving on. And the final item before you related to the FY26 budget is an order concerning appropriations for fiscal year beginning July 1st, 2025, free cash order that the
city appropriations and assessments in the general fund are to be financed in part by certified free cash of the city of Chelsea as follows. Free cash in the amount of 1,710,663. Madam President, move to a second reading. Seeing no objections. Thank you,
counselor. Moving on. The public hearing has been scheduled for our following meeting on July June 2nd, 2025. Thank you, clerk. Next item under new business, we have an order introduced by council Taylor. Order that in accordance with Mass General Law Chapter 44, section 64,
budget management procedures, whereby cost incurred in FY24 were not paid and are owed to the vendor. And to meet this obligation, funds are required from the current year FY25 budget. As noted, the Chelsea City Council authorizes the following expenditures to satisfy the
unpaid balance that total $2,259.75 from prior years as follows for 911 in the amount of $2,259.75 for Verizon for cost of phone lines. Thank you, CL. Move to Ways and
Means. Seeing no objections, moving to Ways and Means. Next item on the agenda. Next, we have an order introduced by Council Taylor. ordered that the Chelsea City Council authorizes the appropriation of $100,000 in free cash to the FY25 housing and community development contract services expense
account for the downtown initiative, including local organizations and small business support, civic engagement and public art and events. Move to Ways and Means. See no objections. Thank you, councelor. Moving on. Next, we have an order
introduced by Council Taylor. ordered that the Chelsea City Council authorizes appropriations from free cash to the following salary accounts. $2757 to legislative regular salary 500,000 to payroll longevity
$22,147 to personnel temporary account $6,138 city clerk regular salary account $8,697 clerk overtime account $11,242 city clerk pole workers account
$900 city clerk unused sick leave bonus account $641 $81 permitting and land use regular salary account $199,426 emergency management overtime account $11,563 emergency management holiday
account $3,493 parking department regular salary $826 parking department overtime account $54,281 DBW snow overtime account $20,290 HHS admin regular salary
account. $1,650 HHS admin longevity $4,600 health officer regular salary account $28,300 library regular salary $900
fiscal year 25 library longevity and $43,000 fiscal year 25 employee benefit Medicare account. Thank you clerk. Is there a motion? Move to ways and means. Thank you counselor. Seeing no objections, moving on. Next, we have an order introduced by Council Taylor.
Order that the Chelsea City Council authorizes the transfer of $14,91 from salary reserve account to fiscal year 25 legislative regular salary account. Councelor Taylor. Move to Ways and Means. Seeing no objections, moving on.
Next, we have an order introduced by Council Taylor. Order that the Chelsea City Council authorizes appropriations from free cash to the following operating accounts. $20,000 to law department legal services account for Forbes bankruptcy council. $10,000 to personnel department medical services
account. $61,16 to MIS department contract services account for Cisco firewall and ubiquity extenders. $8,000 to city clerk department postage account. $10,385 to city clerk department voting
machines account for voting booth upgrades for elections. $10,000 to fire department software license account for records management system software license $169,531 to DPW snow department contract services
156,392 to DPW snow department salt account 10,000 to DPW buildings and grounds building maintenance for fencing at Boston Park and $15,300 to DBW Buildings and Grounds other expenditures for real estate taxes. Thank you, clerk. Is there a
motion on the floor? Move to Ways and Means. Thank you, counselor. Seeing no objections, moving on. Next, we have an order introduced by Council Taylor regarding revolving funds. Whereas, pursuant to Mass General Law, Chapter 44, section 53E1-2. The city has adopted a new
ordinance, section 2-200, authorizing six revolving funds. And whereas each year the ordinance requires the city council to vote annually on or before July 1st on the amount that may be spent from each of these revolving funds during the upcoming fiscal year. Now therefore be it ordered as follows.
Chelsea Community Schools aggregate expenditures shall not exceed 100,000 in a single fiscal year. All money received after the fund has reached the balance shall be credited to general fund. Elder Affairs revolving fund aggregate expenditures shall not exceed $1,000. All money received after the fund has
reached $1,000 shall be credited to general fund. Emergency management hazardous material revolving fund. Aggregate expenditures shall not exceed $30,000. All money received after the fund has reached a balance of 30,000 shall be credited to general fund. Vacant unsaved buildings and nuisance
properties revolving fund. Aggregate expenditure shall not exceed $30,000 in a single fiscal year. All money received after the fund has reached a balance of 30,000 shall be credited to general fund. tax title foreclosure properties revolving fund. Aggregate expenditures shall not exceed 100,000 in a single
fiscal year. All money received after the fund has reached a balance of 100,000 shall be credited to general fund and Chelsea public library revolving fund. Aggregate expenditures shall not exceed $20,000. All money received after the fund has reached a balance of 20,000 shall be credited to
the general fund. Thank you, clerk. Move to ways and means. Thank you, councelor. Seeing no objections, moving on. Next, we have an order introduced by Council Taylor requesting authorization of a revolving account for school department non-resident student tuition
revolving fund. Whereas, section 71F of chapter 71 of the general laws authorizes cities and towns to accept and establish departmental revolving funds subject to certain budgetary restrictions. And whereas the city of Chelsea school committee adopted and implemented a tuition fee to be charged
to other public school systems wishing to use the Chelsea public school special education programs and further voted to establish a non-resident student tuition revolving fund for the receipt and dispersement of said tuition and fees collected by Chelsea public schools. Now therefore, be it ordered that the
Chelsea City Council hereby authorizes the establishment of a revolving fund for the school department in accordance with the provisions of section 71F of chapter 71 of the general laws subject to the following conditions. Only proceeds received by the city pursuant to the provisions of Mass General Law
chapter 71 section 71F shall be credited to the fund. Aggregate expenditure shall not exceed $250,000 in a single fiscal year. All proceeds received after the fund has reached the balance of $250,000 shall be credited to the general fund. Expenditures from this fund shall be
authorized by the school committee or their designate and shall not to exceed the available balance of the revolving fund. Such funds shall be expended only for the purposes directly associated with the provisions of math general law chapter 71 section 71F. No expenditures
may be made from such revolving fund for the purpose of paying full or part-time employees wages or salaries unless the revolving fund is also charged for the cost of fringe benefits associated with the wages or salaries so paid. The school department shall provide a report including all receipts and expenditures
of this fund to the city manager on a quarterly basis and to the city council on an annual basis in accordance with the provisions of section 53E1-2 of chapter 44 of the general laws. The revolving fund requires authorization for each ensuring fiscal year and this fund is hereby authorized
until June 30th of 2026. Thank you clerk. Move to ways and means. Thank you counselor. Seeing no objections, moving on to the next item. Next item on the agenda, we have an order introduced by the council president. Whereas by section 30 of
chapter 43, section 14 of chapter 40 and chapter 79 of the Mass General law, all as amended, it is provided that the Chelsea City Council may take a temporary easement in and two, in the name of the city for any municipal purpose, land within the limits of the city not already appropriated for public
use. And whereas the city's administration has identified and recommended a parcel in Chelsea, which is necessary to be temporarily acquired by easement in order to promote and effectuate the city's protection from flooding for long-term economic development and for affordable and market rate housing goals. And whereas
the taking of a temporary easement by eminent domain of the lands herein described has been recommended by the city's administration. And whereas there is funding available for the anticipated expense of acquisition as required by the aforad sections of chapter 40, 43
and 79. However, this temporary easement is to be donated to the city. Now therefore, by virtue of and in the pursuance of the authority conferred by said chapters of the general laws, and by every other power and authority, it is there to enabling, the city of Chelsea by its council does hereby take
a temporary easement in the land herein after described in all privileges and effectu belonging for the purposes and use accessory thereto, intending to take and hereby taking a temporary easement within such description by whatsoever the same may be vote. A portion of the
property in Chelsea, Suffach County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, known and numbered as 30 359 Beach and Street, Chelsea, Massachusetts, bounded and described as follows. A certain parcel of land situated in the Commonwealth. Move to wave the rest of the reading.
Um, and seeing no objections. Yeah. And thank you, councelor. Moving to a second reading or public hearing. I'll move to schedule a public hearing. Thank you, councelor. Moving on to the next item.
Next item on the agenda, we have an order introduced by the council president. Whereas by section 30 of chapter 43, section 14 of chapter 40, and chapter 79 of the mass general laws, all as amended, it is provided that the Chelsea city council may take in fee. Madam President, I'll move to wave the
rest of this reading as well. Um for the public, this is just the um easements for the uh two properties that the city will be taking that we discussed earlier in the communication from the city manager. Um so we'll move to schedule a public hearing on this as well. Yes. Seeing no objections, thank you councelor.
Specifically, that order was for 145 Market Street. Thank you, clerk. Next, we have an order introduced by the council president by section 30 of chapter 43. Madam President, I would like to move once again to wave the rest of this reading. This is for the same same thing. I
believe this is this order is specifically for the takings themselves rather than the easements in the first two. Um so move to wave the rest of the reading and schedule a public hearing. Thank you counselor. Seeing no objections for clarification. The first order was for the easement. The other two were for the actual taking. The last
one was for the market street property. This is for the taking of 359 Beichum. All moved to a public hearing which are also scheduled for June 2nd at 7 p.m. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. And all of this you can find virtually on our website. Um, public announcements.
Public announcements. Counselors, any public announcements? Councelor Taylor. Just want to remind everybody that this coming Saturday is the celebration uh of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of
Chelsea Creek, which was the first naval battle of the American Revolution. And uh that will be celebrated in part. The Chelsea part will be at Port Park from
11:00 a.m. until 400 pm. It'll really be something, I think, spectacular. Everybody should come out and learn a little bit about the history of Chelsea. It's a great story and um it I hope the
weather uh cooperates, but uh even if even even if it doesn't, I I think it's a uh well worth your time to come out on Saturday between 11 and 4. Thank you very much. Thank you, counselor. Counselor for Cooper.
Uh the P one is that the 22nd they're going to lay the reefs for the veterans in uh the cemetery. Was that Woodlon, right? Woodlon Cemetery. And anybody that would like to come, please come and pay their
respect to the veterans. The next one is the 26. The city is laying the reef downstairs. Anybody from the city would like to come, please come. There will be food and uh there'll be a few food trucks and everything. It'll be a good event for all of us to come and honor the fallen veterans that have served our
nation. Thank you. Thank you, councelor. Councelor Sigate. Um thank you. Just to add to what councelor Rupro has said about Memorial Day, um I think the event is going to start at the garden cemetery and we're
going to walk back to city hall. I believe it's 10:00 a.m. at Garden Cemetery and a 10:45 start here at City Hall. And um I think that will be quite moving to be able to walk down together
and honor all of the fallen veterans in our city. I think I have those times right. I think so, too. Let's see. Yeah. Yeah, the times are right. Thank you, counselor. Um, councelor Robinson. Um, I
just want to recognize actually um last Thursday night the chief was recognized by the chief's association for all his work in department around mental health issues. It was quite moving to be at the event.
Thank you, counselor. Seeing no other public announcements, are there any moments of silence? No. Oh, councelor Brown. Thank you, Madam President. Um, just moment of silence for our dear friend um Suffet
County um DA um Hayden. He lost his mother over the weekend. They buried her today. They had a service on Saturday. Um she's a very interesting woman. Um very faithful woman and um ask for your prayers for that family. As we know,
Seph County DA, he's a very active member of our community. he comes over here to the different organizations to hear what's going on and work with the police and also with the the local government here. So, please keep his family in prayer. Thank you. Thank you,
counselor. Oh, counselor Rick Bro. I have a moment of silence for my nephew's best friend. His name was Mayo. He died at 30 32 years old and he just
got buried yesterday. Thank you counselors.