Council will come to order. I'll rise and salute the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. Please remain standing for a moment of silence in honor of our veterans, service members, and those who have given the ultimate sacrifice. We honor and acknowledge the Massachusetts, Pinnacook, and Pucket peoples whose ancestral lands we now call home and on which we gather today.
We express gratitude to the indigenous peoples who have cared for this land for generations, predating European colonization and continuing to the present. Moving forward, we are committed to ensuring that the histories, voices, and contributions of indigenous peoples are recognized and respected in the life of our city. The
clerk will now call the role. Council Cologne Hayes. Council Condan. Yes. Council Crow here. Council McDonald here. Council Ali. Council Seca, yes. Council Simmonelli, Council Sparifer is not with us tonight. Council Taylor
here. Council Winslow here. Council President Lahan here. Okay. Under the provisions of the open meeting law, for those of you in attendance, please be informed that UMA Urban Media Arts will be recording this evening's meeting. So, just be aware there will be audio and video recordings
of this meeting. First order of business. First order of business is public comment. Public comment is allowed under council rules. Each speaker is limited to the subject matter relevant to our evening's agenda and everyone must keep their comments to two minutes or less.
Clerk, do we have anybody signed up for public comment tonight? I do not. [snorts] Okay. Thank you. Next order of business is the consent agenda. This evening's consent agenda consists of meeting minutes to be approved, one order to be referred to finance, one appointment to
be referred to personnel, one communication to be placed on file, and one paper to be referred to the public property committee. Does any counselor have a desire to remove any of these items from the consent agenda for the purpose of further discussion? Okay, seeing one, do I I mean, seeing
none, do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda? Okay. On a motion by councelor Condan, seconded by councelor Winslow. All in favor? Okay. The agenda is approved. So nice we don't have anybody remote tonight. We don't have to do a roll call. Exactly. Next order of business.
Paper 470-25 committee report. The standing committee on rules and ordinance to whom was referred papers 377 and 407 series of 2025. Having considered the same make the following report. Committee recommends paper 377-25
out favorably as amended by adding the word an before annual. Committee also recommends paper 407-25 out favorably to the full city council. Okay. Thank you, madame clerk. Uh a motion by councelor Winslow, second by councelor Taylor to receive the
committee report. All in favor? Thank you. [snorts] Will the clerk please read the paper? Paper 377-25B ordained by the Malden city council that the code of the city of Malden 6.08.060 060 subsection B3 off-site parking facilities is hereby amended by adding
an annual between non-refundable and application and by striking $100 per vehicle and inserting the following $200 a base fee of $100 for the first nine parking spaces and $20 per each additional parking space over nine. We
also have paper 407-25 be ordained by the Malden city council that the code of the city of Malden 6.08.1 8.100 subsection A2B used cars dealers is hereby amended by striking in its entirety and inserting the following in its place a release signed by the
applicant authorizing city personnel to access the applicant's criminal record. Okay. Councelor Winsow. Yeah. And I I'll also um ask councelor Seika to speak because these papers went through licensing committee as well. But um so we uh last week in rules and
ordinance committee we discussed his papers. Um the building inspector Nelson Miller was there to also talk about his input on um these. So, the first paper really relates to, as you recall, um we have had um our fees related to um
off-site parking facilities challenged and the court ruled that um uh that the fees that appeared to be excessive and um so we have had to um we had legal office review those as well as the building inspector make recommendations.
That first went to license. um the license uh recommended the language and it came to rules and ordinance. We only had a small kind of uh typo to fix. Um so otherwise we uh made a favorable recommendation
for this paper as did the license committee. I don't know if councelor see wants to add to that at all. Thank you. Do you want to talk about the next one too? Are we doing this together? Let's do we're going to do Oh, we're doing separate one at a time. Separate. Okay. Sure. Um so yes, the license committee met a few weeks back and um we
voted unanimously to send this to ordinance so we could update our city ordinances. It like council Winslow said it was due um to the fact the recommendation from our city solicitor's office for both of these papers that we update our ordinances and change the way
that we've been handling these two particular items. So um the license committee was in full support and recommended these favorably. Thank you. Okay. Thank you, councelor Seika. I have a light from councelor Simonelli. Thank you, Madam President. I just want to say that, you know, looking at both of these papers, I think this is a ter
both papers are terrific papers. I think I like the uh the fee structure for for the first paper of 377-25 and 407-25. I think is long overdue and I think he did a great job by implementing this in in place because you know people that are selling like
used cars and have liquor license and stuff should be bonded and therefore should have a Corey background check because you got to be careful of uh you know the people that you're giving licenses to especially at those degrees. So I think that's great. Uh and I'm in full support of these papers. Thank you. Okay. Councelor Sea, did you want to respond to that
really quickly? Council Simmonelli, we we implemented the Corey a few years back, but the applicant has been providing us with a copy of their own Corey. Yeah, we've been told that that's not how it should be. Correct. So now they are going to sign a form and the
city clerk's office is going to handle the quaries themselves. So that's the only just so there's no confusion. People, we've already been doing this since we I did the moratorum on the class 2 a few years back. It's probably longer than a few years at this point.
Time's flying when you're having fun. Um, but yes, it's just the way that way now. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. So, I think it's great. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, great. And council wins, did you want to also respond? Yeah. No, I I just want to give on the open air parking lot fees um just a
little explanation of what's happening right now. We basically had for open air or off-site parking a per space uh fee. So, the structure now is to basically have an annual licensing fee and then um a $100 fee for the first nine spaces and
then tear it down for um $20 for over that. And you know, uh building inspector Miller thought that was consistent with what other cities were doing and is sort of cons also consistent with the compliance and enforcement efforts we have to make. And uh Solicer McNeel agreed that that
should be legally sufficient to to support these as as fees and not not excessive fees. So, so um so I would make a recommendation to um enroll this uh that ordinance. Uh we do have one with that amendment. So yeah,
question from councelor Ali I want to take first. Yeah. Which paper are we discussing right now? 37725. Yeah. This three the one on not 407. Yeah. Not Yeah. 37 37 I making a motion
to enroll 37725. It looks like we need a motion to amend first. Okay. So, make a motion to amend that um 37725 is that uh we just need to add an in front of annual as in part of the original paper because there was the
correct just to make it grammatically correct. So, that was just so yeah. So, okay. So, I make that motion too. Motion by councelor Winsow, second by councelor Seika to amend adding the word and before annual. All in favor? I I Okay, that motion carries. and then
then make a motion to enroll um per the recommendation of the committees. Just need a second. Okay. So, a motion by councelor Winslow. Councelor C, do you also want to second that? Okay. Uh motion to enroll. Uh all in favor? I
I Okay. Yeah. Council me, are you you didn't have any further questions on that P? Okay. So we'll next take up 407-25 and we have no amendments on that. Correct. Yeah. No, no amendments. The um and as councelor see explained this was really
another technical um correction to our ordinances. We had required a Corey check of the dealers and and some of the tradition there was that you know in the past especially used car dealers was always the concern that there might be um you know some fraudulent activities.
you back in the days where there were a lot of car thefts and stuff like that. So, it was really important that we had that information. Um, and but the pro procedure, the correct procedure is to have the person sign a waiver allowing
the city to get that information and we get the Corey rather than them providing it. And it also provides a little bit better of confidentiality um to that because you know there might be things on that Corey that are long gone or whatever. So um so it it um that
that was the you know the solicitor's office recommended that change that we go from requiring a Corey uh be submitted with the license to having uh the person sign a waiver allowing us to get that information. So I don't if
council see has anything else but that's the the gest otherwise I just make a motion to enroll next. Okay. And councelor McDonald has rightly pointed out that as I did last week I did not reiterate that we just successfully moved to enroll paper 377-25.
So I don't want to skip that step. Councelor Omali, do you have a question before we make that take that motion up on 40725? Yes. Make a motion. Correct. What were you saying about the other? I was saying that I didn't that I didn't affirmatively state that the motion
carried to enroll the previous paper. So I was just restating that. Understood. Yeah. Okay. So u my my question is more procedural. So on 40725 who's the sponsor? There's no sponsor listed. Yeah. I made a note here to add a sponsor. It should say JDA. It came out
of the license committee referred over to ordinance. Okay. Thank you. only the only reason I ask is because I know that we made a big deal about at the end of our on our table papers 27825 not having a sponsor and we there was a huge amount of discussion that was the short-term
rental and so I just want to make sure that we're being consistent. Um I in committee voted present and and the reason being is it was discovered in committee that currently um the city clerk is um using their discretion to
filter out applicants based on the quarry checks and that's not being sent to the license committee. And so I I I think that prior to um me participating in changing the ordinance, I want to really review the procedure to make sure that you know all applicants are getting
a fair shot at um getting a license. Um so I will just vote present tonight. It's not because I don't just agree I don't agree with the change. It's just I think that we need to look at the procedure prior to changing the the the ordinance. So thank you.
Thank you, Councelor Ali. Uh count just one one second. Councelor Simmonelli, do we I want to get clarity on that to respond to that before I take council smell. Is that what you're going to speak to? Okay. So, I'm going to take councelor SEA just to respond for to
clarify councelor Ali's question. So, really quickly, um it's not Carolyn or anybody in her office's decision as to who gets moved forward and who does not. We actually have this. It's as part of our city ordinance that um I'm going
to read it. 6.08.110 08.110 F2 states, "The city council may deny a license without a hearing to any applicant who has a criminal proceeding pending. Has been convicted of or has admitted to
sufficient facts in a nonviolent felony within one year of the date of the application. has been convicted of or has admitted to sufficient facts in a violent felony within three years of the date of the application. Has been convicted of or has admitted to
sufficient facts in an alcohol or drugrelated misdemeanor within one year of the date of application. Provided that no person shall be granted a license within three years of conviction or admission of sufficient facts in alcohol or drugrelated misdemeanor,
[snorts] which is a second offense. Has been convicted of or has admitted to sufficient facts in three or more drug or alcohol-related offenses within 10 years of the date of the application. Has been convicted of You
lost me. has been convicted of or has admitted to sufficient facts in an alcohol or drugrelated felony within three years of the date of the application. Has been released from incarceration in a correctional facility within one year of the date of application. Is included on or has been
removed from the Massachusetts SE sex offender registry within two years of the date of application. has been determined responsible for three or more motor vehicle accidents within two years of the date of this application. And this is not just on class 2 DA's
license. We actually follow these rules for anybody who so in license uh taxi cab drivers livery um anybody that our license committee issues a license to. We've been adhering to this ordinance for I
think as long as I've been a city councelor, which has been about 12 years. Um the class 2 ders are fairly new. I think maybe 2019 2020 is when I um asked for us to take a pause because at one point uh class 2 dalers were out
of control. We were known as the easy city to come and get a class two dalers license from. So, and you didn't need a Corey for years when I was on the council. So, this is just the last few years and this paper is just addressing
the fact that um we asked the applicant to provide the Corey instead of us running it. But this is no different than, you know, me volunteering at the school and having to sign a release so the city of Malden could do a quarry check on me so I could be in the school
with my kids. So I I just want to go on record in saying it's not Carolyn or her office. It's actually we have followed this ordinance for all of these types of license. Okay. I'm going to let councelor quickly respond and then I'm going to go to councelor Simali [snorts]
and and I appreciate that. It's just that the the words that you that you just read to us said that the city council shall or the city council may. So it doesn't say the city clerk may. Um, so what what I'm saying is um the the the filtering and the vetting by
ordinance has to happen by the city council, not the city clerk. Uh, and and I just want to make sure that everyone's getting a fair shot at that. Um, thank you. Yep. Okay. Councelor Simmonelli. Thank you, Madam President. So, I just want to say that my from 2008 to 2000
from 200 1998 to 2008, I was the licensed chair for like 10 years. So, it The procedure was to do a Corey background check, which we're getting back to. Let me let me ask you, does anyone up here know how to read a BOP, a board of probation? Do you know how to
read it? Know what it means? If it's an open case, closed case, there's all kinds of different uh nouns and phrases in there that people don't understand and just letters and stuff like that and everything else. So, here's the thing. Today, it's so easy to go and make your own Corey. Uh you can
just have your friend do it. That's that, you know. So if the city if the city clerk's a which is an extension of the license committee and of the procedurally uh on the city council so they they read this the chairperson
reads the BOP too and knows like when that person's coming in for a license they especially a cab license say look go clear that open case up you know it's been dismissed but you know we need you to get an updated BOP or we'll get it ourselves and we compliance are 2x
police officers that know how to read a BOP front and backwards. So, you got to have the consistency uh because if the city clerk is actually excluding those individuals that have a felony record and that have done some dirty deeds, which I we all have it sometimes, but I
mean, you know, the penalty of getting caught and getting a felony, man. You can't you can't have those licenses. So, if you're doing that, you're doing a good job. Uh so, I think the clerk's doing a good job with that. So, I think that procedurally we have to like continue to move forward. uh and and
have as much guidance as we can from compliance, from the clerk's office, and from legal on reading the BOP. I know a lot of attorneys that can't read BOPS. So, that's the procedure. So, and and I I am reading the ordinance and maybe council or Mali, we do look at
that and we change it from the city council to the city clerk's office because to be honest with you, I'm probably not going to be comfortable with um say let's say a taxi cab driver for instance who has a
pending criminal charge on their quarry um to even have to come in and explain themsel. I I think not even accepting the application is the easiest and the less humiliating for both. So we don't
have to bring them in. They're not on TV. They don't have to sit here and tell us why, you know, they have a pending charge against them. I would prefer not even to have to deal with that. So maybe we just look at, you know, in the future, let's do this, but in the future, let's look into maybe changing
the wording of that particular ordinance. I can create a paper for when we come back from the holiday. Okay. Thank you, Council Zika. Oh, Ally, did you want to come speak to us? Thank you. Yeah, I noticed that. Thank you. I just want [snorts] to talk about the
Corey policy. There is a policy that uh we had to develop for the city and part of that policy is that if there is adverse decisions taken based on the Corey that the person has to have an
opportunity to dispute the accuracy of the Corey policy. So, I don't think the Corey policy can just go to the clerk's office and the clerk's office says, "Well, this person has um an open uh
charge or open complaint on their Corey." And then say, "This person's not eligible to go forward with licensing. That person maybe Corey's are wrong." Often I I do know how to read a Corey and oftentimes the quaries are wrong.
So, we can't just take it in and say, "Oh, this is an open charge." And then say, "This person's not eligible to be moved forward." Okay. Yep. Councelor Simmonelli. Thank you. Usually when that happens, and I I'll defer to the current chair of the
license committee, but usually when that happens, um, you give that person that person will be screaming bloody murder and saying, "Look at that. It's it's closed. I'm telling you, it was dismissed." And you give them that opportunity. you say, "Okay, well, listen, you got to go to the courthouse [clears throat] and get a new new Corey
stamped by the clerk and bring it back to us the following meeting uh that we the committee meeting that we have." And you just kind of hold the license back until they come with it. So, a good faith type type of thing and and it really seemed to work out well. So, um you know, I I would still Yeah, I I' I'd
rather have the license in freeze. I mean, I don't know what the two their due process is as far as like we're concerned to not give them not have them be eligible because they've got a I'll give you a prime example. If if somebody's going to get a cab license
and they've got three drunken driving charges on their on their BOP and one of them's just showing open still, but it was closed three years ago, we're not going to give them a license to drive a cab, right? But we're going to also say because we know that like that person is really trying to get back on their feet
and everybody has problems, right? So we say, "Hey, look, you know, go get it straightened out, get it timestamped from the clerk's office. Bring us back a brand new BOP and uh it'll show closed instead of the open. It'll be a C. You're all set, right?" And that's so
that's how we've been doing it since I haven't been on the council since Paul Condaugh me how to do it. So I mean I used to read the Corey uh for the committee and you know again but you have the compliance guys there as well but usually if somebody's putting in an application and you deny them on the
basis of their Corey and show them you say hey look you know you got an open case you know you got to you know continue without a fine no I brought it back to court. So you say all right give them that opportunity to go go get it fixed bring it back by law I will just respond to that if I
may. Um madam yes please. Thank you. Um so by law talking about queries there can be an incident if you have three people named John Doe and the Corey for John Doe one
is on the Corey for John Doe 2 just automatically um not allowing that person to give to be provided a license um we can't do that we have to give them an opportunity
to dispute that the Corey is incorrect. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Councelor Sea, I apologize. I'll be brief, but really quickly. So, Alicia, this paper is came before
license because you had recommended that we change this. Does this have anything to do with currently how we're handling things and if like this paper needs to be enrolled tonight and then we can discuss how we handle it in the future.
like one has nothing to do with the other at this point. So, I would move that we enroll this ordinance and then we can have a conversation at a later date about possibly addressing the other issues we may have with how we
move forward for granting licenses in the future. And and that's fine. I do know councelor McDonald has been waiting to speak on the paper. So, I'm going to have Councelor McDonald speak and then we can take up the motion. Yeah, I agree that um just as a point of order, it's time to take a vote on this. So I I thank you for that councelor SEA.
Um I so procedurally will this work be in the way that because you'll be doing the Corey reports I guess is a question to the clerk. You'll be running the and we pay for the Corey. We'll pay for the Do we have to pay for Cory's? We have a program. Okay. So we So we So that's not a
marginal cost. But so if you if you then come up with something under this, if it uncovers something that hits one of these standards under the city's policy, will you then call them up and say we found this and give them a chance to dispute it? Is that how that would work? So [snorts] we do this. First of all,
I'd like to say this doesn't happen very often. We don't have it's very rare for a petitioner to come forward and have open cases on their Corey report. Um but the person is given a chance to as
council Simonelli said um come and bring the right documentation to show if it was a mistake if it was a mistake and and and discuss it. So I think moving forward and we discussed this in ordinance last week that there will be a policy when which will include
entering into executive session every time we have somebody who has anything questionable on that Corey report. So what we an ordinance last week was kind of what happened in the past doesn't matter anymore because we all agreed that the solicitor's office was going to
present us with a new policy moving forward. So, and as I said, part of that would mean entering into executive session. If you as a body don't want my office screening out quaries that are open and blatantly against the
ordinance, then we could put them all on the license agenda. license would have to go into executive session with every meeting and then when that paper comes out on the floor whether it's recommended favorably or unfavorably the city council would then also have to go
into executive de executive session to discuss what's going to happen with that point I that is helpful and I think that we I think councelor Ali is right that the way this is written it says the city council may not city council shall so it
would probably be helpful to have some some discuss question about like is there a situation where we would not want to deny a license based on any of these or is it kind of a standing directive? So, I I agree that that would be something we talk about the future. And I just want to state on the record, I don't think it's right, like morally
that we say if you if you've been released from incarceration within a year, you can't apply for a license because that means you serge your time. And there's a whole campaign called ban the box which says that you can't just say if you have a concluded criminal record, you are screened out from hiring
because it makes it very difficult for people to rehabilitate their lives when they have served their time. So, I do think there are some pieces to this ordinance and this practice on that side of it to clean up and I also 110% agree we got to clean this up right now um as proposed in the paper. So, I'm happy to
second councelor Seika's motion if you need a second. Do you need a second? Yes, I think we do. And it sounds like there's a new paper forthcoming. So, maybe we have appetite to work on that. [laughter] Okay. So, we have a motion from councelor Seika, seconded by councelor McDonald to enroll. All in favor? Okay,
that is enrolled. Oh, I'm sorry, Councelor Ali. Okay, thank you all for the robust discussion. Next order of business. Privilege. Okay, does anybody have personal privilege? Okay, councelor Simone,
quick tonight. Quick tonight. Thank you, Madam President. I appreciate it. So, I just want to just uh say I want to congratulate the uh chief in the Maldon Police Department along with the neighborhood. We last week or maybe two weeks ago, we had some car breakins on
Brian Street. They broke into a few cars there and uh they apprehended them very quickly within a week working with the community and uh so I just want to say, you know, if you're coming down to cause problems down in W 7, it's not going to work out well for you. That's all I can
tell you. Uh so keep it clean. Uh the other thing is uh I have uh just want to say that couple of events I got lined up here. Um, let me see here. Hold on. Bear with me. All right. I got uh Suffach Man holiday party. Uh, we're going to do it
on a Friday, December 19th from 6:00 to 8. Everybody's invited. We're having Chinese food, drinks, and dessert. Santa will be there dancing Santa. He's actually a DJ and a Santa. So, it should be a good time down there. And, uh, you know, everybody's welcome to come on down and enjoy the seniors and watch
them shake and move. Uh the other thing is, you know, my neighborhood particularly, you know, usually when I do uh community events, holiday time, you know, we've got uh Newland Street, Bowden, uh the rest of the neighborhood, and um so every year we should do like a
toy drive and do some things down there. So this year I said I'm going to do something different and not try and reinvent the wheel. So this is for the Ward 7 folks. I have uh teamed up with uh councelor Seika uh and councelor Spataphora for their u uh public safety
uh toy drive that they do. So I figured why reinvent the wheel so anybody from W 7 can you you can call me, you can call Jen, you can you know go by the police station. I know Mary Malden is doing something too um with local 22. Am I right? you guys still combine with them
and you guys do a great job and um so but you guys are not taking anybody right now. You guys are full. Um yeah, we're very blessed to be um fully sponsored this year, but thank you for the shout out. Yeah, no worries. I'm going to make sure that Chuck sends you a donation as well for for what you guys do. So, I figured
that I would just donate this year to the u the entities that are doing the job, you know, instead of trying to reinvent the wheel because it's tough to run all these parties. So, I figured I'd concentrate on the seniors. So, that's what I'm going to do. But I'm going to defer to councelor Seika cuz it's her, you know, without without her being the
tip of the spear there. Uh there would be no program over there, I don't think. So I just want to congratulate her on a job well done that she does. And I just want to say that uh you know I'm glad that you uh included my neighborhood into this thing. So council see I'm sorry. Okay. Thank you councelor Simelli.
Councelor SEA. Thank you council president. So yes, um I have we have a wonderful team that we do this um public safety day um toy drive with. The fire department participates, the police department participates. Detective Renee Kelly is
amazing. She handles this whole list. If anybody is still in need of toys for this Christmas or this holiday season, they can reach out to her. and don't laugh, but her email address is uh kelly ke ly
atmalden pd.com. No relation to the other uh Kelly. [laughter] Um she is the one that handles the list. Um no one no one sees these children's names, not even myself. Um, we we try to keep it as p private as possible because
we don't want anybody, you know, to to not want to sign up for that reason. That's why Detective Kelly is the one that's in charge of it. We um this year will be passing out the toys to the families on next Wednesday, the 17th. So, if you are in need, please reach out
to her sooner rather than later. Um, so we can make sure that your child gets a bag of toys uh for next Wednesday. the wonderful members of the Malda Police Department. We have one back there who um they go around on next Wednesday. Some bring their kids, some bring their
wives. It's kind of like a it's a wonderful if you show up and you see the the work in action. It's a we have like a little mini Santa's village type of a thing. Who's coming in with Santa's hats and I've gotten to meet the kids over the years and see them grow every
Christmas. Um, we fill up bags based on, you know, Renee writes little envelopes, asks the parents, you know, what their child's into, how old they are, type of a thing. So, it'll say boy, age three, and I like Paw Patrol and Blue Bluey, whatever that thing's name is. Blue
Blue. I don't think it's blue anymore. It's Bluey. Blue was when my children were little. But, um, it it really is an amazing, uh, site to see. We have a ton of people that volunteer for community service hours. So again, if you need um
some help this holiday season, you can reach out to Detective Renee Kelly at the Malden Police Department. If you are able to donate, we are still looking for toys. You can drop them off at the police station or the central fire station. There's boxes at both
locations. or we have an Amazon wish list um on Facebook that you can can just click and purchase and the toys get automatically sent to Renee at the police department. So, thank you and anybody from Wood 7 council
Simonelli has helped us this year. So, thank you. Thank you councelor Sika Counselor Ali. I just want to congratulate and thank the friends of the Malden Public Library and the Malden Historical Society for holding their annual winter con uh concert this past
Sunday. Um it was very well attended. It was great. It was held in the historic wing of the library uh in the Ryder Gallery. The acoustics were amazing. Um and the performance by Mystic Side Opera Company was just like it was really moving. Councelor Winsow was there. Um
there were some members of the public. It was really a great opportunity. Uh, and I appreciate that the library is increasingly opening up the historic wing so that we can all enjoy our public library. Thank you. Thank you, Councelor Ali. Councelor Taylor, thank you. Um, just a couple of
announcements. Tomorrow evening, um, Manta will be in city hall doing, uh, the silent witness, giving voice back to domestic violence victims at 6:30 p.m. So, I invite anybody, um, who can come
tomorrow night and stand with us and hear their stories um, to do so. So, 6:30 tomorrow night, right in city hall. Um, and then, uh, this weekend, Santa will be back at Pine Banks on December 13th. Um, he does
have a new location, uh, over by the fields. Um, but starting at 100 p.m. on December 13th, you can join Santa and Mrs. Claus um, until 4:30. They will be
in the in the barn um near near the baseball field and hoping to see everyone there. Great. Thank you, Councelor Taylor. Councelor McDonald. Thank you, Council President. I want to just let folks know who are watching
that our finance committee met earlier today and just before this meeting and did uh vote out a recommendation back to the full council around our Proposition 2 and a half tax override. And so that is going to I think be on our city
council agenda next week. Um we've had a lot of public discussion about this and want to encourage folks again to submit your comments and um suggestions about this. the council the finance committee voted to add an additional step based on required legally required school
spending um that we will be talking about in the full council next week. Um so just wanted to remind folks that uh this is we're we're honing in on a vote on whether to put this on the ballot and this is uh kind of a final opportunity before we do that to send in your
comments to contact your city councelor um and offer your input into that. Um and just want to have want to say a big thank you to um especially our mayor who has been at every single one of these finance meetings. Uh and his team, his finance team who have who have gone
through so many different discussions and questions and data points to try to arrive at a place that is really transparent and wrote and is [snorts] asking for. Um what we really have good information to um to to be clear with our voters uh about what the what the
ask is and why and the potential and and the potential risk if if it doesn't pass. So stay tuned for more of that next week. Uh and just wanted to say thank you to everyone including my especially my colleagues for your really good participation in this finance committee process and I'm really proud of where we've landed. Thank you
everybody. Great. Thank you councelor McDonald. Councelor Winsow. Yeah. Um, I know it's going to be busy Saturday. Um, at 11 o'clock, the friends of Malden Public Library is having their annual book sale. So, um, so you can go down there. Um, and then from 12:00 to
3, the Greater Malden Asian-American Community Coalition is having their, um, open house and barbecue that they had to delay for weather reasons down on Pearl Street facility down there. And then also um I believe just tenatively the um city manura lighting's scheduled for uh
December 21st which is a Sunday at 5:00 pm. I think it's you know later in Hanukkah but it's that's the plan here. So So but yeah I guess we'll probably have more information about that before next meeting but just wanted to make sure people had that on their calendar. Thank you. Great.
Well that's great. Thank you. Okay seeing no other lights do I have a motion to adjurnn? Okay. Motion by councelor Mali, seconded by councelor Simelli. All in favor? Okay, we are adjourned. Thank you everyone.