--------- Good afternoon. Welcome to the Legislative Affairs Subcommittee meeting. Please rise and join me in salute to the flag. >> Roll call of the members of the legislative affairs subcommittee. >> Councelor Greeno SA >> here. >> Here. Councelor H
>> here. >> Here. Councelor Kelly >> here. here. Council McKenna >> here. >> Here. And chairman Argenzio >> here. >> Here. Cororum is present. >> First item on tonight's agenda is council order 25114, an ordinance further amending wage theft policies in
the city of River. >> Council, any comments? >> Oh, council has. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So, one thing I I was in favor of in a huge way was section three. Um, and it states and provisions for controlling other waste
on construction sites such as demolition debris, litter, and sanitary waste. Um, so many times we see companies leave behind a mess in areas that they worked and um I think inserting something like this into the the storm water management
ordinance would be would be great. Thank you. What is that? We're going to start with council order 25222, an ordinance further amending title 13 of the revised ordinances of the city of Rivier relative to storm
water management. So I believe this is just a housekeeping item. I spoke with the engineers uh earlier this uh last week and it's just to comply with D regulations.
So any uh comment? Okay, all set, madame clerk, a roll call, please in favor. >> Shall the legislative affairs subcommittee offer a fable recommendation to the full city council to adopt the ordinance as submitted?
Councelor Greeno Sio, >> yes. >> Yes. Councelor Hass, >> yes. >> Yes. Councelor Kelly, >> yes. >> Yes. Council McKenna. >> Yes. >> Yes. And Chairman Argenzio, >> yes. >> Yes. The ordinance has received a favorable recommendation for adoption. Uh, [clears throat] next item is council
order 25232, an ordinance repealing section 9.12.030 posting political signs of the revised ordinances of the city of Rivier. >> Any councilors wishing to speak? >> Councelor Cogleandro. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Anthony
Cogleandro, W3 city councelor. Um, as we've stated before, uh, this is at this point just simple house cleaning. Um, the ordinance was created in 2012, later proven in 2014 by the United States
Supreme Court to be deemed unconstitutional. We have an obligation to the residents to make sure that our ordinances are abiding by the law. So, I hope this gets supported this evening. Thank you. >> Thank you, counselor. Anyone else
wishing to speak? >> Madame clerk, roll call, please. >> Favorable recommendation. >> Shall the legislative affairs subcommittee offer a favorable recommendation to the full city council to adopt the ordinance as proposed? >> Councelor Green Slayo.
>> I'm sorry. >> Yep. Council. Yes. Councelor Hass. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Kelly. >> Yes. >> Yes. Council McKenna. >> Yes. >> Yes. And chairman Argenzio. >> Yes. >> Yes. The ordinance has received a favorable recommendation for adoption.
Next up is council order 25-269. Motion presented by councelor Aenzio that the city council approve the following special legislation. An act permitting the city of River to establish penalties and leans for rooming house and certificates of fitness ordinance violations.
>> Thank you uh madam. Um uh just briefly uh I was the maker of this motion. I know the uh ISD u gets complaints about uh rooming houses and they have to go through a
very tedious process to try to enforce it. Frustrating for them, frustrating for the residents that complain. Uh this is just one way of making it a little bit easier for them to enforce this in a more in a speedier manner.
It doesn't uh answer all our questions about rooming houses, but um it it'll go a long way in helping ISD, I believe, just do things in in a in a quicker manner and I think the residents and the
city council and everyone would uh appreciate that. Any uh council wishing to speak? Uh council go. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm very happy to support this motion because in Ward 5, there are more and more rooming houses operating in ways that do not
belong in our residential neighborhoods. These are properties that repeatedly ignore our rules, create instability, and disrupt the quality of life for the families who live around them. They take up parking spots, and they drive the neighborhood residents crazy. The
legislation finally gives this city of Riviera the enforcement tool we need, the ability to issue citations, require accountability through a fair appeals process, and ensure fines are collected when violations continue. It closes the gap that has allowed problem operators
to avoid responsibility while our neighbor our neighborhoods pay the price. This is about protecting the tenants and the residents and homeowners as well as the tenants of the rooming houses and equally protecting the
surrounding neighborhood from unsafe and irresponsible practices. Our neighbor uh residents and neighbors deserve safe housing and peace of mind on our street and I really commend you for putting in this motion. Thank you.
>> Any other counselors wishing to speak? Madam clerk, if you could call the role for a favorable recommendation. >> Shall the legislative affairs subcommittee offer a favorable recommendation to approve the special act permitting the city of River to establish penalties and leans for
rooming house and certificates of fitness ordinance violations. Council go. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor H. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Kelly. >> Yes. Yes. Council McKenna. >> Yes. >> Yes. And Chairman Argenzio. >> Yes. >> Yes. The special act has received a
favorable recommendation. [clears throat] And lastly on the agenda, council order 25114, an ordinance further amending wage theft policies in the city of Rivier. >> Any councilors wishing to speak?
>> Council Hario. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and through to the members 70 low street. I'm here to speak in support of this wage theft ordinance um which we've filed and we've been
debating for a few months now. Uh I you know what before I came here I didn't know what I was going to say and uh I I picked up Lucas on my way here and we stopped by the park and they have a little little library and he looked at
the little library and and I saw this book which is a book about the 2002 janitor strike. Um, so it was it was really interesting and I'll read you one excerpt from the book that spoke to me in relation to the wage ordinance. It
said, "One night, mama said to Caritos, do you know, Caritos, I can't take care of you or your grandmother the way that I want to." She sat me on her lap to explain. She said, "Even though I work full-time as a janitor, I also have to
clean houses and wash clothes on the weekend. That means that we don't have enough time together and I can't afford to buy the medicine that your grandma needs to help s her sore bones feel better.
I looked at my grandmother. I looked at my mother. I looked at the family photos on the wall. My favorite was the one of her dressed in the wedding gown with my grand with my father. When dad was still alive, we all lived
in Mexico, the country I was born. And I redo that excerpt because when we talk about wage theft, um we are talking about the people usually um folks who are
uh lowest paid, but sometimes they're well paid, but in really harsh or dangerous working conditions. This ordinance will create an additional layer of accountability for anyone that wants to do business in our city to ensure that they know that our city is
looking around looking out for them. I said this earlier in a meeting about this with some folks uh in in with such uncertainty at the state and the national level. Municipal government is the safest form of government for workingclass people.
They know you all. They know me. they can come in and they can feel government, taste government, touch government. Um, and this ordinance makes it more accessible for them. Uh, and for us as a city that is committed to working-class
values to stand up for them when an employer is not just paying them little, but sometimes Carito's mom doesn't get paid at all. And that's why I stand here in support of this. You'll hear the spiel. Exactly.
Again, later on at the council meeting should this come out of committee, but I hope that you'll take this on and uh pass it. Thank you. >> Thank you, councelor. Anyone else wishing to speak? My name is Jeff Cohen. Uh 12 Hancock Street, Salem, Massachusetts. I'm
Salem's W 5 city councelor. I wrote the Salem ordinance. Uh in 2018 when I wasn't a counselor, Lynn passed what was at the time the strongest ordinance in Massachusetts. There's only 12 communities that have ordinances and
many of them are very weak. I took that ordinance to the Salem counselors that I knew. I used to run the human rights coalition and not one of them was willing to put it in front of the council. So, I was determined to get on the council to pass that and a whole
bunch of other ordinances I've written and passed in I started this process at that that year myself uh and councelor Mlan who helped me a little bit on the ordinance. We met with
over a 100 entities, Salem City, uh, Salem's Chamber of Commerce, uh, the Enterprise Center, lots of business groups, and of course, lots of people from immigrant communities, uh, unions, uh, other labor
groups. So, we have a housing crisis, a climate crisis, a wage theft crisis. Wage theft isn't just, as the form, as the counselor said, uh, you know, not being paid over time. It's mclassification. It can be many times physical sexual
assault and human trafficking. You've seen that with Stashes Pizza and Doorchester where the owner got eight years for those crimes. all industries, especially service and trades. It's prevalent
as perhaps a majority of those who are victimized are from immigrant communities and people who are just too afraid to come forward. Rarely is wage step found by people reporting employees and that's too bad.
And in the ordinance, your the ordinance that's in front of you looks surprisingly like like the one that I wrote. Um we do have in the ordinance anonymous reporting and that is for the for the few incidents where someone is
brave enough to come forward. Um I met regularly with the Department of Labor representative and the Attorney General's office. They actually did webinars on our web page after the ordinance passed. And the Department of Labor, which manages a lot of overtime,
said to me, and when I presented him to uh people in the city staff, "All restaurants commit wage theft. We only go after the ones who do it intentionally." Why do businesses commit wage theft? I'm looking around, but the reason is
because they can. And I'm speaking now how this benefits the businesses in Revier. If you're a business and you play by the rules, you are at a disadvantage 100% of
the time to the businesses and contractors that don't. 100% of the time. If you're a plumbing company and you are always outbid by another plumbing company, guess what? It's because of wage theft. So,
uh, one of the things that's really important is that this ordinance is really simple in this respect. If someone does come forward and they go to the solicitor or whoever you deem the person that they would report to anonymously,
they can refer that to the attorney general, uh the department of labor, or even if it's physical sexual assault, the district attorney's office. And I've worked with all three of those departments to make sure that they're in in tune with the ordinance. But the
ordinance is really based on this. If a company has a contract like we have waste management, if w before the ordinance, if w if waste management didn't pay the prevailing wage or overtime, the employee could go to the
attorney general. Maybe they would get fined. In Salem, we can end the contract immediately. If a company or a nonprofit gets a tax benefit and we find that there's wage theft, we can end the tax benefit more than any other community,
more than Lynn even, we can affect licensing. This is important. A restaurant that doesn't, you know, pay workers overtime, doesn't give them uh time off, you know, breaks, whatever, we can take that away. we can take a license away from a
plumbing company that does the same thing in the ordinance. It's really important. It also pertains to subcontractors. Almost every single wage theft on a big job, the union shops. So, let's say there's a
big development. We've had several of these in Salem. You probably have 20, 25 subs on the job. Never is there wage theft in the union sub jobs. It's always the non-UN shops.
Since the ordinance was passed in the fall of 2023 several times, mostly union people, and understand for those who don't understand how important unions are, unions do not just fight for their
employees. They fight for the employees on the site that are not unionized. And in multiple instances, they came to me because they trust me. I got with our city solicitor. We laid down what we expected them to do. Most important, the
reason you haven't read about these publicly, wanted to make sure the workers were compensated, they got paid what they needed to get paid, they were classified correctly, which is a big deal. CL mclassification. And then myself, I laid out for these
developers a checklist of what they needed to do to submit to us so that we as a city did not feel like they were going to continue to commit wage theft. So, I encourage you to consider this and be the second community in Massachusetts
to have the strongest wage theft ordinance. It's important. The workers deserve better. Thank you. >> Thank you, counselor. Anyone else wishing to speak? Miss Korea, please. >> Thank you. Good afternoon. Call Korea Cor Street and I'm here to speak on
behalf of this uh filing this ordinance and encourage you to pass it. Obviously, we look forward to working with our mun other municipalities to learn more about how they are enforcing this and with our solicitor office. It is really important that we address this issue. But again,
um we definitely have to take a closer look as to how we enforce this. But um I'm very happy to stand behind uh this filing and obviously uh making sure that our workers in this across the city are protected. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Sure, please. >> Hi, my name is Josh Cologne. I'm a business rep with Carpenters Union. I represent thousands of carpenters in the Boston area and I speak in favor of this wage theft ordinance. Uh employers who commit wage theft not only evade payroll
taxes and insurance premiums. In Massachusetts, mclassification in the construction industry alone led to a shortfall of up to $40 million in 2019. Honest businesses that follow labor laws are undercut by those engaging in wage
theft, especially in industries like construction, hospitality, and janitorial services. This creates an unfair market and discourages ethical business practices. With only 14 of Massachusetts workers belonging to labor unions, many lack the support needed to navigate wage theft
claims this weekend's collective bargaining and leaves workers vulnerable to exploitation. Thank you for your time. >> Anyone else wishing to speak? Councilors open council has >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I was happy to
hear the counselor say that this would be the second strongest um wage theft ordinance in the state. I'm just curious. I know there were 12 other ones in the state. You said counselor and yeah if you don't mind and in your mind what separates this
from the ones that you consider to be weaker? >> Um so ours which is mirrored by yours or the one in front of you uh is is the strongest. Lynn is very close. The things that Lynn has that uh is not the same as ours is they do not affect
licensing in the city. They also have a commission uh a wage theft commission. And we decided not to do that because they only meet once a month or once every two months. And I mean it's hard
enough to get someone who's been victimized to come to the solicitor's office and anonymously report. Can you imagine going to a public meeting? Okay. Most of the other ones, including Ammerst and other places, uh, our
purchasing agent now was in Ammerst as their purchasing agent when they passed theirs. And most of the other ordinances, uh, are really just dealing with the nature of a contract with the city. And in my opinion, because I've read all of
them, they don't actually enable the city to get out of the contract. So as every contract that you have that we have will have the, you know, the corporate name of the company, the EIN number, you know, all their corporate
information in for our contracts and and an application for a tax benefit like a TIFF. It actually has a line that asks the company, have you been debarred which is in violation of wage theft in the last three years? Of course,
everyone's going to say no. But it's another layer which is doesn't exist in these other communities where if we find that someone has done that since cuz we don't actually deal with anything unless it's been adjudicated if that makes sense. So if we find out it's been done
that now that's a leverage that we can get out of the contract of the tiff. >> Great. Thank you. Happy to support. Thank you to the counselors Jeremyo and um Sylvester for submitting this. Um anything that protects workers, protects residents and
in turn protects the city um definitely in support of. Thank you. >> Any other counselors wishing to speak? >> Councelor Kelly. >> Thank you. For me, this is just a matter of making sure that individuals are
treated with respect and dignity and fairness. So, I highly support this. Thank you. >> We all set. Uh >> but not because of I'm for or against it. I just have questions about its applicability, its enforcement, and how it's used. I think the uh former
counselor from I mean the former the current counselor from Salem I think he articulated well the value of such an ordinance but I see this as a supplement to what's already on the already on the books. We already have a state wage law. We already have the attorney general's office that does enforcement for people
who are not paid fairly. So all we' be doing is adding another layer of bureaucracy which has some redundancies. I don't have a problem with that if you guys don't have a problem with that. I'm just pointing out that and there are other things within this law that I have concerns about. Well, first of all,
there the ones I know of, he mentioned there are several communities. The ones I know of that surround us, Boston, Sville, Lel, Salem, and Lynn. Boston, Sullivan, and Lynn each have all have a wage theft advocacy committee. I don't know the benefit of that or the disadvantage of that. That's not been
proposed in that particular piece of legislation. And I I will concede that I didn't even look at this until today. um for number one. Number two, Boston even created a wage theft um uh division for the city of Boston. So, I imagine we're not going to compare
with Boston, but they probably have a lot more going on in terms of projects where things like oversight on on things such as this are more important. Um it puts a little burden on the city to be the go-between between the employer and the employee. Again, it depends on the
demand. From what I understand at Salem, there hasn't been a huge demand for it. which would then beg the question, why do we need it? But that's for you guys to decide, not for me to decide. I have concerns about some of the requirements. For example, on a construction job, every employee would be required to sign
in when they come in and when they leave. And that list would be a public record. Now, generally on the wage statements, it's a public record who works for the city anyway. But now I can find out, for example, I'm going to throw out a crazy example. I'm a husband after my wife. I don't like her. I want to kill her. She's working on a
construction job. Now I can find out in public record when she signs in and when she signs out. So that to me was a private concern that I raised. It may not even be an issue at all. I have no idea. Another provision of this law mandates that I may be a mediator on a tiff agreement if the project that's
going up that got the tiff there's a problem with an employee who's working on that project. I wouldn't want me to be the mediator because if the mayor or the council are in favor of the project, they might think I'm being biased if for some reason maybe I agree or convince them that maybe you should do what the
employer wants. And I also think about due process because I'm a lawyer. I'm not saying it's not there. But everything in here that we do that we say, "Okay, you don't get your license. We're going to terminate your contract." Subjects us to a challenge by the person who gets that. And that's another level of fighting that I'm not necessarily
prepared for wanting to get into, but it can I'm I'm okay with it if you guys are okay with it. Um, right now the legislature, though I couldn't nail down the dates, the state legislature, there's a bill in the House and the bill and the Senate, both considering wage theft, uh, strengthening to the attorney
general's office so that they can file claims on behalf of an employee who who has his wages stolen or hasn't been treated properly. So, there are a lot of other pieces in place to this puzzle. I appreciate that the other towns passed this. I don't think it's a one-sizefits-all. So, those are the
legal considerations that I raised. Not opposed to it, just the as written as drafted right now. I don't know if maybe we could have done better job at going through it to to weed out some of the see what fits best for River and what doesn't. That's all.
>> Councelor Kelly, >> thank you. >> For me? >> Yes. >> Okay. So I believe that the counselor stated that these measures would be enforced or or after adjudication. So you're saying that when you were talking
about due process and that could open the door for these things to be challenged. >> Sure. >> I did he did mention that something would happen after adjudication. >> Sure. So if you but if an adjudication occurred to you in the negative for your your other business four years ago you
had an issue with an employee you come now to review and go I want a liquor license to open this restaurant and we go no you can't because four years ago we've got this adjudication that ruled against you that person says well here's what happened that day I'm still entitled to it now the license commission can still grant it but that's the kind of challenge I'm talking about
depending on the position that the city takes what information will we have how will this actually unfold and what will be the outcome of it. Again, I don't have a problem with it. Right now, any contract that the city enters into to build anything that we're paying for, we can get out of. In fact, most of our
contracts have uh a no fault exit from it. >> But the city would be relying upon that adjudication as to what action they're taking. So, the challenge wouldn't I I don't see if we're relying on that adjudication, >> but what would be the >> Nothing. You could totally rely on it if
you wanted, but I'm saying the person could challenge. The person could say, "Yeah, that happened, but that wasn't me. That wasn't my business at the time. I was associated with it. I don't know. I'm I'm making up possible scenarios where a person could come out and argue with this. That's all. >> But this does align with the um state
law as you mentioned, chapter 149. >> Some of it. Yeah. Not all of it. Yeah. It it enforces the state law says you got to pay a person the hourly rate they're entitled to and you got to pay them overtime. >> So, we're saying, "Yeah, we want you to do that. They should already be doing that." And if they don't do that, that individual, there's nothing that
prohibits that individual who's been um taken advantage of from going forward either the AG's office or getting their own personal cause of action. So, I'm just pointing it out that what this does is put us in between a scenario that already exists. There's already a
mechanism, statutory mechanism to deal with a lot of this stuff. And I don't know what the liability is on the city. I I reached out to Salem solicitor today. I have not yet spoken with her. If for example the the the the requirement of this statute of this ordinance is that if a person comes to
us and makes a report then we have 30 days to get it to the AG's office. Well what if we don't do that in 30 days? Is there anything that could happen to the city? Is there any statute of limitations I'm not aware of that becomes impacted by that? I just don't know the answers to that. I'm not saying that there is. I just wanted the the legislative body here to be aware of
some of the potential challenges. Preferably, I would have preferred to sit down with a committee, gone through this a paragraph by paragraph and drafted the best ordinance for the city of River, but I feel like there's a rush to get it passed and I understand that by just raising some concerns that I see
with a with a review of it today plus what the state is looking to do. So, like I said, there's redundancies here and I'm not I am not an advocate of just piling on piling on, but that's my personal feeling. You want to pass the ordinance, we may never get anybody that comes forward. It's likely possible at
Salem, I understand, only got one or two and since that thing's been passed. So, I'm not looking to kill it. I'm just I'm taking the language literally and seeing how does this apply if a person does come forward. What are we on the hook for? What are we required to do? And what happens if we don't do it? I don't
know the answers to all of those questions. I know what to, but not all of them. >> That's all. >> Any further questions for the city solicitor? >> Okay. Thank you. Would
you care to resp >> I respectfully uh believe that the solicitor misstated some of what's in the ordinance. For example, as I stated in the beginning of my presentation, if there is a violation that is state
federal law, the city would refer that case to the attorney general of the department of labor. the city is not enforcing that wage theft. It came up when we were deliberating that people wanted to know what we would do about retribution and
because the attorney general and the department of labor would be the punishing or the enforcing party, they would be responsible for dealing with retribution, not the city of Salem. Um, the declaration on the contract and the
tiff agreements does not make someone ineligible to do business in Salem. But if they are caught doing wage theft while they're doing business in Salem, that's different. And I think you want to change the beh as our mayor
said, we want to change the behavior. There are contractors who don't do business in Salem anymore. I want to just address one thing that is not particular to this ordinance, but the solicitor brought up signin sheets. There are certain requirements when you have a prevailing wage job that you have
to have signup sheets. You have to pay all the employees, you know, whether they're union or not union the same wage. The reason for a signup sheet to be really simple about this, think about it. 20 people go on the site to work. The bunch of us go for a tour. A crane
falls. You want to know who's on the work site? It's as simple as that. I'm going to tell you something. Someone brought me I said before I go forward with this this complaint, uh, bring me some evidence.
a prevailing wage job. A mason was brave enough to submit to me a payub 48 hours at 21.95 an hour, no overtime. The prevailing wage $62.
In six weeks, eight workers were denied $150,000. Most workers don't know when they're offered cash, when they're, you know, that they may be suffering because they don't get benefits. And most workers on a job don't know what the prevailing
wages. This ordinance is really more than anything to discourage bad behavior and mistreatment of workers. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> So, I think we've discussed this quite enough. Um,
do we feel comfortable taking a vote? >> Okay. Madame clerk, please call the role in favor. >> Shall the legislative affairs subcommittee offer a favorable recommendation to the full city council to adopt the ordinance as proposed? Councelor Gino Sio.
>> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Hass. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Kelly. >> Yes. >> Yes. Council McKenna. >> Yes. >> Yes. And Chairman Arjenzio. >> Yes. >> Yes. The ordinance has received a favorable recommendation. It will be forwarded to the full city council this evening. No further business. >> Thank you. No further business.
Meeting adjourned. Part: 2
Good evening. Welcome to the October 27th, 2025 city council meeting. Please join me in saluting the flag. I pledge algiance 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. >> Madam clerk, >> roll call of the members. Councelor Arenzio >> here. >> Here. Council Kleandro >> here. >> Here. Councelor Gino >> here. >> Here. Councelor Gino Sio >> here. >> Here. Councelor H
>> here. >> Here. Councelor Herio >> here. >> Here. Councelor Kelly >> here. Here. Councelor McKenna >> here. >> Here. Council Vasilski >> here. Councelor Zamudo >> here. >> Here. And council president Sylvestri >> here. >> Here. Quorum is present. Approval of the journal of the regular meeting of
October 6th. >> All in favor? All opposed? >> Accepted. >> Uh, madame clerk, uh, can we suspend the rules and take the legislative affairs report out of order, please? Motion to suspend the rules.
>> All in favor? All opposed? >> I >> I. >> So what? >> Legislative affairs committee report. >> Council Arzio. >> Thank you, Mr. President. The um first item before us uh tonight
was an ordinance further amending title 13 revised the ordinance for the uh storm water management. Uh this was basically a housekeeping item to uh get in line with new D regulations. We are in favor of it and I ask that a
roll call uh to look on this favorably, please. Madame clerk, order on a second reading. Order on a third and final reading. Roll call for engrossment or demon.
Shall the city council approve an ordinance relative to storm water management? Councelor Jenzio, >> yes. >> Yes. Councelor Cogleandro, >> yes. >> Yes. Councelor Gino, >> yes. >> Yes. Councelor Gino SA. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Hass. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Haramio. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Kelly.
>> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor McKenna. >> Yes. >> Yes. Council Nobleski. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Zamutoo. >> Yes. >> Yes. And Council President Sylvester. >> Yes. >> Yes. The ordinance is engrossed and ordained. The second item before us was an
ordinance repealing section 9.12.030 posting of political signs of the revised ordinances of the city of Riviera. We looked uh on this favorably and I ask that a roll call uh be taken to look on this uh pass this.
>> Thank you councelor. Roll call on a second reading. >> No. >> Okay. Madame clerk, this >> goes to the next meeting. >> Yeah, we'll we'll finish the role. >> Yeah. >> So, uh, roll call on the second reading.
Councelor Aenzio, >> yes. >> Yes. Council Kaggleandro, >> yes. >> Yes. Council Jino, >> present. >> Voting present. Councelor Gino SA >> here. >> Um, yes. Sorry. >> Yes. Council H. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Jammo, >> no.
>> No. Councel Kelly. >> Yes. >> Yes. Council McKenna. >> Yes. >> Yes. Council Novaski. >> No. >> No. Council Zambudo. >> Yes. >> Yes. And Council President Sylvester. >> Yes. >> Yes. The motion is tabled on the second reading. There's an objection.
>> Okay. >> Mr. President, the third item before us um was a motion that I presented that the city council approve the following special legislation. an act permitting the city of Revier to establish penalties and leans for rooming house and certificates of fitness ordinance
violations. Be it enacted that the state and house of representatives in general court and by the authority of the same as followers that the city of Revier may issue citations, establish appeal and hearing process for the citations real uh file real estate leans to collect
unpaid fines, penalties or assessments from citations and avail itself to any and all relevant enforcement or procedural provisions provided under 40U. Um this is specifically to address the
um rooming house uh issue that's before us and and the uh problems that uh residents and ISD has been having trying to uh enforce this. Uh they have a very uh tedious uh process that they have to go through. Now we we discussed this and we looked
on this favorably and I asked that the city council uh pass this in the affirmative. >> Thank you council. Madam clerk, can we have a roll call? Shall the city council approve an act permitting the city of River to establish penalties and leans for rooming house and certificates of
fitness ordinance violations? Councelor Arenzio. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Cogandro. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Janino. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Gino SA. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Hass. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Jammo. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Kelly. >> Yes. >> Yes. Council McKenna. >> Yes.
>> Yes. Council Nasellski. >> Yes. >> Yes. Council Zambudo. >> Yes. >> Yes. And Council President Sylvester. >> Yes. >> Yes. The special act has been approved. >> Thank you. The final item before us was an ordinance further amending wage theft policies in the city of REA. Uh we
discussed this. We had some input from city solicitor and we passed this and I um asked that the roll call uh be called to pass this in the affirmative. >> Council me. >> Uh just a point of personal privilege. Just wanted to thank the chairman uh
legislative affair for his work on this and the colleagues on the subcommittee. Uh I had a a longer speech I gave at the subcommittee and I'll spare you so that we can get to this roll call. >> Thank you councel. >> Um madame clerk uh roll call on a second
reading. Roll call on a third and final reading. >> No. Yeah. Roll call over grossman entertainment. >> Shall the city council approve an ordinance further amending wage theft policies in the city of River? Councel Jenzio. >> Yes.
>> Yes. Councelor Kagglandro. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Jino. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Gino Slaya. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Hass. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Harammo. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Kelly. >> Yes. >> Yes. Council McKenna. >> Yes. >> Yes. Council Nazilki. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Zambudo. >> Yes.
>> Yes. And Council President Sylvester. >> Yes. >> Yes. The ordinance is engrossed and ordained. >> Mr. President, >> councel, >> uh, if it's appropriate, I'd like to make a verbal motion at the, uh, at this point. >> State motion.
>> Okay. uh that the mayor be requested to form a working group made up of members of ISD, the solicitor's office, and any other department deemed appropriate to establish an ordinance requiring all rental properties in Revier to register
with the city. This will establish a comprehensive list of all rental properties and institute an inspection of these properties to ensure safe living conditions. Uh I looked into this uh quite a bit and the city of Lynn and the city of Boston have an ordinance
like this. Um it requires anyone renting anything in the city to register. This would be a substantial revenue stream. Um they would register and then each subsequent year they would pay a reduced
re-registration fee. I know ISD right now isn't fully equipped uh with inspectors to do this. Uh but that's why I suggested a working group. Um these city of Lynn and the city of Boston uh
they they're on a 5-year inspection rotation. So every year they inspect 20% of um these rental properties uh to to ensure that they're safe and uh
they can fine for non-registration um and they can address problem properties. So, this this gives the city a little bit more and and with the 40U that we've just passed, this gives the city some teeth to require everyone to
uh register uh set up an inspection for these uh properties to make sure that everybody uh has a safe living condition. So, I'd like to ask for a roll call on that or any discussion if necessary. >> City Council Council K.
>> Thank you, Mr. present through you uh to council Jenzio. Is this for uh property owners that have like a rental unit in their basement as well or what? >> It's any rental unit, even these large buildings. Um the city of Lynn does have
a caveat. If if we just inspected one of these large buildings that went up, they would be considered registered and there's a cap on the amount of money that they would pay. the um registration fee is is minimal, maybe $50, $40, and
then the re-registration would be like $15, but it's just a way of keeping a comprehensive list so we know what's out there. Uh there's even a large number of people. Uh I know we uh talk about rooming houses. Rooming houses are three
or more unrelated people. There are a ton of people out there renting one bedroom. And I certainly wouldn't want to take that away from the property owner trying to make a few extra bucks or somebody that has no other option
than to just rent a room. I I certainly don't want them uh uh take the roof away from uh over their head. Uh but this ensures that uh they get inspected and that people that are renting rooms aren't uh living next to the oil burner
or up in the attic through a trapoor. It it would give uh the the city uh little responsibility in making sure that anybody that's living in rever has a safe living condition. Thank you.
Thank you, councelor. >> Councelor Coleandro, >> I I I have some other questions, but at this point, I'd have to recuse myself from this from talking about this. >> So, this this why I I suggested a working group. This isn't something that's going to be easy to do. Uh it's a
herculean effort, but a lot of other cities uh do this. Um and it it has uh proven to be useful to them. So I I think as a group assembles, comes up with uh different questions and and different problems that may arise, we
can work through this. And this this will take several months. It's not something that's be happening quickly. >> Thank you, >> Councelor Goa. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Councelor Aenzio, I was actually working on this for next month. Um I would like
it to include condos as well. >> Condo sections as well. Well, if somebody owns a condo and they're renting their condo, it would apply to them. >> Okay. >> Any other city councilors? Councelor Novasowski. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President,
I have some questions and some concerns about this because the normal person that lives in Revier is now going to have to pay extra fees, you know, to be living here. And if they live in the building, it's even going to
cost more to have whatever expenses they have are going to be tacked on to the tenants. So, you know, I would I would like to see this put in in a committee and so we can discuss it further. >> You okay with this going to committee, councelor?
>> Well, I don't have no problem. I don't have any problem with it going to committee but I think if the working group comes up with a plan present presents it to us and then we then we can send it to to committee. Uh I understand what u councelor Novaski uh
has just brought up but the the fee is $40 a year. I mean so it it probably averages out to three or four dollars a month. So I it it I'm not talking exorbitant fees or anything. Uh so I do think it has to go to committee but
maybe if uh this working group can come up with some sort of a presentation and then we can send it to committee at that point and further discuss it. >> Mr. President, >> councelor, >> thank you. Um I don't have a problem
with the working group. The problem I have with the working group is they're going to take it as if they are making the final decision. And I don't want that to happen. I want to make sure it's clear that it comes back here, but I still want even though we send it to the mayor for the committee, I still think we ought to put it in committee and
leave it there so we know we have to get to it eventually. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Well, this is creating an ordinance. So, anything that this group comes up with uh hypothetically certainly has to come
before us for for an ordinance. Um, so I I if it goes to committee, I don't know what we would discuss without information from this group. That's my only uh problem with it just going to committee originally. >> Mr. President,
>> if I may, I'm I'm saying to uh split it and let it go both ways and let it go into the uh to the mayor, but keep it here for a final final decision. And so we have it on the books. >> Council Kleandro accused.
>> Yes. It's just a procedural question. Um I'm not here to discuss the uh councelor Aenzio's motion. If this goes to subcommittee and it stays there, will it not go sign die at the end of the year or is that next year? >> Is that next year?
>> The 15th of December. So if we keep it in there, it will die in in the middle of December. So that's all just procedural. I just wanted to clarify that. >> Okay. So are we just the vote will be on on
whether a a working group is formed to discuss rental properties to pay >> registry. Yes. >> Okay. Right. Right. >> Uh would you like a roll call on that council? >> Please. >> Madam clerk. >> Roll call on councelor Aenzio's motion.
Councelor Jenzio. >> Yes. >> Yes. Council Cogandro. >> Recused. >> Recused. Council Gino. >> Yes. >> Yes. Yes. Council Gino SA. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Hass. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Herio. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Kelly. >> Yes.
>> Yes. Councelor McKenna. >> Yes. >> Yes. Council Vasellski. >> Present. >> Voting present. Councelor Zambudo. >> Yes. >> Yes. And council president Sylvestri. >> Yes. >> Yes. The motion is approved. >> Uh Mr. President, could we also uh include council Grio Swire on that motion?
Clerk. >> Noted. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Back to the regular order business. Public hearings calendar item number three. Hearing called is ordered on an ordinance further amending title 12 of the river revised ordinances relative to construction procedures for street and
sidewalk openings. Amen. >> Anyone here before this? >> Okay. Do we have any proponents? Anyone here in favor? Hearing none. Closing that side. Opponents. Anyone here opposed?
Closing that side. Counselors. Okay. Madam clerk. Uh, this will be going to legislative affairs. Calendary item number four. Hearing called is ordered on an ordinance further amending the river revised ordinances relative to the affordable
housing trust fund. >> Proponents. Anyone here in favor? Closing that side. Opponents. Anyone here against? Closing that side. City councilors.
Okay. This will be going to legis legislative affairs also. Calendar item number five, hearing called is ordered on an ordinance further amending title 12 and title 17 of the REI revised ordinances relative to overhanging signs and storefront sign
maintenance. >> Proponents. Anyone here in favor? Hearing none. Closing that side. Opponents. Anyone here against? No. Okay, city councilors.
Okay, this will go to legislative affairs as well. Calary item number six, hearing called is ordered on the application of Reier Beach Waterfront, JV LLC, 84 State Street, Boston, Mass. requesting a chapter 148 license for the storage of
flammables to be exercised at 560 River Beach Boulevard for the following uses. 589 parking space garage and,200 gallons of diesel fuel above ground storage tank. >> Proponents petitioner.
>> Yes, Mr. President. Good evening. Tying up a U. all of the procedures and proceedings that are required for a certificate of occupancy. As uh the council may be aware, this is one of
the the newer um projects uh on on Revier Beach. It um was approved by the site plan review and sent through without requiring any relief from the board of appeals and no permits from the
from the uh city council. The buildings themselves as is I think set out in the application is 357 units. There's studios, ones, and twos. The
reason we're here for the chapter 148 license for storage of flammables is for the 300 I'm sorry the 589 cars that are approved for parking and it it pertains
to the gas gasoline in the in the tanks. Additionally to that, there is a 1,200 um 1,200 gallons of diesel fuel to be stored on on site to run generators in case of an emergency or power outage or
some sort of a catastrophe. This was looked at by the fire department. The um the deputy uh has inspected it. He has over he looked over our application, the plans and found everything in order. and I believe he
signed off to approve it. Um, with the application, we uh submitted all of the plans showing the parking, the parking garage, where the stalls would be, also the tanks, uh where the diesel fuel would be would be kept, all
other safety uh matters that uh pertain to uh the storage of the diesel fuel and any other pertinent um information uh with regard to fire safety and indeed um
health and safety matters at the at the building. Um I would respectfully request that u the council approve this affirmatively. Um if there are any questions regarding
some of the engineering here uh Rick Salvo from we are well familiar with uh from engineering alliance is here uh Tim Alexander who's the lead on this and uh is man managed the project to get it up
out of the ground and finished uh he would be able to answer any of the questions that the council may have with regard to the building itself. >> Thank you councelor. >> Thanks sir. Do we have any other proponents? Anyone else here in favor? Hearing none, we'll close that side. Any
opponents? Anyone here against? Hearing none, we'll close that side. Council Garino Suire. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um, this is a no-brainer. It has 300 and something units and they've given us 500 and something parking
spots. So, um I have no problem with this and they they have followed every protocol procedure. I spoke to uh achievers today and he said everything that they're doing is is within their right and they are following every protocol that he has set forth in front
of them. Um so I have no problem with this. Thank you. >> Thank you, councelor. Councelor Zambo. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh for many years I've been saying that uh this license should only be issued by the fire department should never be before
the city council. However, this particular uh building I think is the first in many years to be built with complete right not not any variance not any special permit from the city
council. Uh it's uh it's it's quite a uh quite a building and it's quite you know there's 589 parking spots for 300 and something units. Pretty good. And uh so I'm of course I'm in favor of this but I still making my pitch that someday we
won't be voting on this and the fire chief will sign off on it. And uh it it takes some it really takes some special legislation which is ridiculous but that's what it will take. Anyways, I'm certainly in favor. Thank you. >> Thank you, councelor. Any other city
councils? Okay, close on that side. Madam clerk, can we have a roll call? >> Shall the city council approve a chapter 148 license to be exercised at 560 River Beach Boulevard for its stated purposes? Councelor Aenzio, >> yes. >> Yes. Councelor Cognandro,
>> yes. >> Yes. Council Janino, >> yes. >> Yes. Council go. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor H. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Harmo, >> yes. >> Yes. Councelor Kelly, >> yes. >> Yes. Yes. Council McKenna. >> Yes. >> Yes. Council Noelski. >> Yes. >> Yes. Council Zambudo. >> Yes.
>> Yes. And council president Sylvestri. >> Yes. >> Yes. The chapter 148 license has been approved. >> Public comment pursuant to chapter 402 of the acts of 1965. >> Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Um
rea residents business owners. If you have anything to discuss, please come up. State the motion you'll be speaking on. Uh you have two minutes. Please give your name, address, and again the motion you'll be speaking on. >> Keep forgetting that. Thank you. Uh Jim
McCario 193 Crescent A Wood one. Uh I'd like to >> motion. >> Um yep. Just getting that down. Uh, I'd like to talk about motion 25-286, the Christopher Columbus statue. I think this is a great motion. This should have
been brought up a long time ago. Um, it's, uh, you know, very meaningful to our community uh, and that the formal designation of the Christopher Columbus statue at St. Anony's Church, uh, be designated as a historical landmark. Uh
this statue has stood for decades as a symbol of faith, family, and heritage for the people of Riviera. It was built through the efforts of local residents in the Knights of Columbus, which I am a member of, a very proud member of, and it continues to serving as a great
gathering spot for uh celebrations uh like the Christopher Columbus parade that we used to have and other events. Uh the motion asked for the city council to support this, endorse it, and recognize the statue's historical and cultural importance by working together
with uh representative Jeff Turo in the arch dasis of Boston uh along with the Knights of Columbus in Rivier. We could take the steps needed to apply for the National Historic Designation to the National Park Service. Doing so would
help to ensure that this monument and what it it represents is protected and preserved for future generations. Uh it's not only a tribute to the Italian-American heritage and Catholic faith uh but also the broader spirit of
the community that defines Rivier. So I strongly would and uh would like you all to support this motion and I thank you all for your time. >> Thank you. Anyone? Okay. Closing public comments.
>> Communications. Calendar item number 11. Communication from the mayor relative to the reappointment of Ellie Vargas to the disability commission. This will be referred to appointments on November 24th. >> Calendar item number 12, communication from the mayor relative to the appointment of Nicholas Godin to the
parks and recreation commission. >> Appointments November 24th. [Applause] >> Calendar item number 13, communication from the mayor relative to the appointment of Jaclyn Damiano to the parks and recreation committee. >> Appointments on November 24th.
Calendar item number 14, communication from the mayor relative to the appointment of Wilson Koreah to the parks and recreation commission. >> Referred to appointments November 24th. >> Calendar item number 15, communication from the mayor relative to the appointment of David Liry to the Parks and Recreation Commission.
>> Referred to appointments November 24th. >> Calendar item number 16, communication from the mayor relative to the appointment of Natalyia Ardagna to the Parks and Recreation Commission. >> Appointments November 24th. Calendar item number 17, communication from the mayor relative to the
appointment of John Shannon Bianke to the parks and recreation commission. This will be referred to zoning, no appointments November 24th. >> Calendar item number 18, communication from the chief of planning and community development, requesting time to conduct a presentation on the work of the North
Suffach Office of Resiliency and Sustainability. >> Okay. Anyone hearing discuss? Okay. All in favor? All opposed. >> So what? No. >> Did I miss it? >> Mhm.
Uh this will be going to climate sustainability on December First >> motions calendar item number 19 motion presented by councelor Kelly that the city council request Mr. Bamshi Pali of Rever.c city to conduct a presentation
on his AI powered public data accessibility platform. >> Council Kelly. >> Thank you Mr. President. Um Mr. Pi contacted me months ago several months ago actually. He is a resident of Rivier who completed his master's degree in
applied machine intelligence at Northeastern University and he contacted me with this wonderful I think um website that is an AI generated website um that has a whole
host of municipal facts and um just an incredible amount of data and information. Um, he's passionate about using technology to benefit communities. So, he independently created this interactive website using AI and it's called rever.c city. It's a free
opensource dashboard containing public data in one interactive hub. Um, at this point I don't know if it's something that we'd be interested in, but I think that we should I'd like to at least give him the opportunity to come in and give
us a little demonstration on the site, give him an opportunity to share with everyone what he created and then we can decide whether or not um we think this would be beneficial. I think it would be a great tool and a great resource not only for us but also for residents as
well. So, I'd like to try to give him that opportunity to come in and just give us a brief demonstration. Thank you. >> Thank you, counselor. Any other counselors? Okay, madam clerk. >> All in favor? All opposed? >> So ordered.
>> Calendar item number 20, motion presented by Council President Sylvester, that the mayor request the city's policy writer and analyst to draft an ordinance banning cryptocurrency ATMs and kiosks from being operated in the city of River. Further that the city council send a letter to the joint committee on
financial services in favor of bill 1247 enact relative to preventing fraud and establishing regulations on certain virtual uh virtual currencies. >> Permission to speak from the chair. >> Okay. Um so uh about a week ago, two
weeks maybe there was actually a a 2020 show on on this. Um it's becoming a a growing issue. They're targeting um elderly senior citizens and you know this is no way in shape or form am I
saying that you know there's not a legal safe way to invest in cryptocurrency. Not it. But these ATMs are literally are 90% use has been reported in DC on scams. Um they're taking they're they're
they're prying on on elderly get get rich quick schemes. And the thing is there's no there's no where to get after that. So they they're tracing where the money's going. They're tracing how it gets there. The store gets paid that has the ATM machines. The company gets paid that's doing the transaction. The thief
gets the money that they they conned out of the elderly person. And the person who just could put all their life savings into this machine gets nothing. There's literally no way to be for for them to get that money back. And I think that we need to regulate that. um other
cities around the area are looking at it and I think before we allow this we the state needs to to regulate this space um a lot more than than it is. Councelor Gino Swire. >> Thank you, Mr. President. So, this past weekend I went into Walmart. I had to
buy gift cards. So, I bought I think it was eight $20 gift cards. They made me go to customer service and I didn't understand why I had to go to customer service and exactly what you are talking about is what they said to me because
there could be somebody outside who's forcing me to buy them the $20 gift cards. So they wanted to make sure that it nobody was forcing my hand to purchase those. And what's been happening um I've also spoken to somebody at the police department. They
said the seniors, immigrants are very very seniors and immigrant people are very um vulnerable in the community to have this type of scam. And there's also been a number of like romance scams. Oh, they're meeting somebody online and
they're asking for these gift cards and all the this cryptocurrency online. And um this is a great motion and thank you so much for putting up and looking out for our seniors and our our residents. >> Thank you, counselor. Any other counselors?
Okay. All in favor? All opposed? So ordered. >> Calendar item number 21. Motion presented by councilors McKenna, Garino Saida, Kagglandro, and Argenzio that the mayor request representative Turo in conjunction with the Massachusetts
Historical Commission to collaborate with the arch dasis of Boston for the purpose of nominating the statue of Christopher Columbus located at 250 River Street is a national historic landmark. Council McKenna. >> Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to add Councelor Sylvestri to this
motion, please. >> Yes. And and councelor Zimbabuto and C and councelor >> the whole council. >> The whole council. Okay. All right. >> Excuse me. >> If the whole counselor doesn't want to
be on it, one >> I don't know. All right. >> Um, Garino and Oh, Gorino's on it. And um, Janino. >> Okay. >> Okay. You can have me, too.
>> Okay. In um 1892, the Christopher Columbus statue was sculpted by Eloise Biden's and presented to the arch ash archbishop Williams by the Knights of Columbus on October 12th, 1892.
It was gifted by Cardinal O'Connell to the Italian residents of Rivier and ordered the statue be moved from Boston in 1925 to the Piaza in front of the St. Anony's Church, which was once noted as
an Italian Catholic congregation. My last name might be McKenna, but I am first generation Italian. When World War II broke out, my mother was 19 years old. Her town in Kona, Italy, was one of the first towns to be
taken over by the German army and eventually bombed. My grandma grandfather took my mother, my aunt, and my nana by motorcycle to stay in a relative with a relative in Florence. From there, the bombing bombing
intensified into Florence. My grandfather out after curfew was taken by the Germans and put in a Polish concentration camp for three years to be used as slave labor. My grandmother crossing a farm field to get milk and
bread, stepped on a landmine. survived but was in the hospital for over a year. The bombs eventually destroyed my relatives home in Florence and my mother and aunt Lyanna were homeless and had fended for themselves for three years.
Both survived by living in train stations in the corns with nuns and in the woods. It wasn't until the war was over and the American army liberated Florence she met my father. My mother came to this country with only a three-month-old
baby, my brother Jill Beetto, which is Gilbert now, and landed on Ellis Island. For the longest time in this country, my mother was discriminated and not welcome be because she was Italian. Last Thursday, I met with Father Xavier,
Pastor Paul, the spiritual director, and the committee of St. Anony's. We talked about many issues, but a concern brought up was when five years ago, an unnamed organization wanted to remove the statue. The congre congregation never
wanted to see this happen again. I presented what the city council would like to do and it was wellreceived and they would like to move forward with it. The Christopher Columbus statue has been in St. Anony's property for over a hundred years, a historical monument.
and now going forward a landmark in the city of Rivier. This is a tribute to my mother and what the Italian immigrant people endured coming to the country to make a better life for themselves and their family. October is Italian
heritage heritage month. What a better time to put a motion in and get it done. Thank you. >> Thank you, councelor. [Applause] Any other city? Councelor Goa. Thank you, Mr. President. As a first
generation Italian American, I see that Christopher Columbus statue at 250 River Street as an important part of my heritage in my history. Um, I was born right when my parents got to America through Ellis Island and we've always
looked at St. Anony's been we've always gone to St. Anthony Church and we've looked at that statue as part of our heritage. Um, I don't know if everyone is aware, but this past weekend I was in front of St. Anony's Church and somebody
actually hit the sign. They um the sign is on the ground that says Columbus Square, Christopher Columbus Square. So, we need to get that fixed um as soon as possible as well. They they they hit we're saying at the knees um where the
Jesus statue is. So, um that's going to have to be done immediately as well. But thank you so much, Joan, for including in um including me in this because this is special to my heart. Thank you. >> Thank you, counselor. Councelor Kiano.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. I'm a proud Italian American, second generation Coandro. Five years ago, there were threats to take that statue down, and now we're here making it a landmark. This is a proud day. I'm proud to be a part of it. Thank you,
>> councelor. any council Zambo. >> Thank you, Mr. President. I think this is a wonderful motion. I support it wholeheartedly. Of course, I remember the horror a few years back when we had some marches, for to be specific, the
Black Lives Matter uh march and one of the people stood up and said that statue has to go. And I think uh if we go through with this, that'll never happen. It'll never happen as long as I'm alive.
But still it was horrifying to hear someone say that. And uh we we all saw that in this country a lot of statues were taken down. Uh thankfully they're being put back now and uh our history
was was being erased. This is this is our heritage, our history and it's not going to be erased. Thank you. >> Thank you counselor. Any other counselors? Council Kelly, >> I think this is an excellent motion. I couldn't support it anymore. I think
it's wonderful. Um, I'm a second generation, my last name is Kelly, but I am a second generation Italian American as well. Um, and this is something that is just important to the city and it it it should be a historical landmark. There is absolutely no doubt about it. Thank you.
>> Thank you, councelor. Any other counselors? All in favor? All opposed? So ordered. Council item number 22, motion presented by Council Cogandro, that the mayor be requested to dedicate the early childhood playground at the Lincoln
School in memory of Chris Shiovaria. >> Council Kleandro. >> Thank you, Mr. President. I'd uh before I begin, I'd like to add Councelor Hass to this motion. And uh if it's okay to add Mr. Council President Sylvester as well.
Um, I I want to read something that was emailed to me by someone who wishes to remain anonymous. And I want to read it because I I couldn't speak uh >> any better uh than than this. >> I believe the new earlyhood childhood,
the new early childhood playground at the Lincoln School should be dedicated to Chris Chavaria because his life and spirit represent the very best of our community. Chris was a bright, kind, and joyful student who once walked the halls of the Lincoln School as a fifth grader.
Even while facing a rare and aggressive leukemia, he showed remarkable courage, positivity, and love for others. The playground represents more than just a space for children to play. It symbolizes growth, imagination, friendship, and hope. These are the very
qualities that Chris embodied every day. Naming the playground in his honor would allow his spirit to continue inspiring the students who follow in his footsteps. It would serve as a reminder to all who visit that child uh that excuse me, all who visit that every
child, no matter how brief their time with us, can make a profound difference through kindness, courage, and love. By dedicating the Lincoln School's early childhood playground to Chris, we celebrate his life. We honor his family
and we affirm the values that make our school community strong. Compassion, resilience, and the belief that even the smallest the smallest acts of joy can leave the greatest legacy. Thank you. >> Thank you, councelor Council H. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you to
Council Laando for submitting this motion. Fantastic motion. Um I his parents referred to him as Chris as a soldier and he showed a tremendous amount of courage in life and the Lincoln school really came together for
him. Um shows what kind of what kind of child and what kind of friend he was to the community around him and I think it's a great motion to support and honor his memory. Thank you. >> Thank you councelor. Permission to speak from the chair. Um so councelor Kagglandro has thank you
for adding me this this emotion that is is is amazing. Chris was an amazing young man. Um the spirit in which he lived uh I got to know for for a good year solid. We we got to spend time and
and talk and we ran a blood drive for Chris. um in the amount of community outreach and and pouring that came out and in and the amount of of love and joy that was showed to that young man, there's there couldn't be a better motion. I couldn't support it anymore.
Um and I want to thank you for for adding me. Uh councelor Gino Suire, >> thank you, Council President. Um I'm going to end up crying. I'm sorry. Um Chris was a truly special little boy whose courage, spirit, and
joy touched everyone who knew him. I remember going on one of his blood drives and um though I couldn't give him blood, I was able to give him an angel that was given to me by my friend Patty when I was sick.
The mo that moment that small boy put that in his hand, he was ecstatic. He started crying. He called his mom, "Mom, mom, look what you gave me." And his mom had told me that he kept that till the day he passed and it was like so important to him. His bravery and his
radiant spirit will never be forgotten and this playground. Thank you Anthony. Thank you council Kaggleandro for putting this through. Um it's going to be a place that he exemplified where kids can play and laugh and grow like carrying his love and courage and joy
forward. And thank you so much for putting this through. It means a lot to me. Thank you. >> Thank you, councelor. Any other counselors? All in favor? All opposed? >> I. So ordered. >> Calendar item number 23. Motion presented by councelor Kaggleandro that
the mayor direct the chief of police to station a police officer directing traffic at the intersection of East Mountain Avenue and Kerry Avenue at the end of each school day in the interest of public safety. >> Council Kleandro. >> Thank you, Mr. President. the the motion speaks for itself and uh Chief Levita
could not be here but she is notified and she's working on it. So hopefully everyone supports it. Thank you. >> Thank you councelor. All in favor all opposed. So ordered. Calendar item number 24, motion presented by councilors Kagglandro and
McKenna that the city council in collaboration with the mayor, city planner, and any other relevant stakeholders begin a formal discussion on the feasibility of implementing tolls on certain city roads. Multiple state highways run through the city, putting a significant strain on the city's
residents and its infrastructure without any financial compensation from Massachusetts. >> Council Kaggleandro. >> Thank you, Mr. president. Um I think I don't think I have to explain why this idea was put forward. Um
in in doing research, there's been multiple cities throughout the country that have done this uh only to have these municipalities be taken over by the state, which is fine. Um, but I think because we are a pass through city, we have train stations, we have
the first public beach, we are a legitimate cutthrough city, and we don't get any aid or any any extra revenue to help us because of that. I think it's time to cut cut this will help cut down traffic.
This will help increase revenue. I mean, we imagine what we could do for our infrastructure uh if we did something like this. And I understand that this starts here. this is, you know, would have to be uh put in as a home rule petition. Um, but it's a I think it's a
good idea. It's a great revenue stream. It's not going to cost us any money. We don't have to do any enforcement because they just work on their own. Um, so I, you know, hoping we can support the idea of having a group of people get together and talk about this and see if it is something
that we want to move forward with. Thank you. Thank you, councelor. Councel McKenna. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh, walking door to door, one of the asks was the over development is causing so much traffic in Riviera. What can we do about
the city traffic? Yes, that would be a certain percentage, but the major reason is because Rivier is a cutthrough for many communities going in and out of Boston. Bennington Street alone has 12,000 cars a day cutting through
Beachmont. REI has one, if if not the highest car insurance in Massachusetts. Why? Because there are so many accidents. The Department of Transportation counts the accidents in the city, not
just by Ree residents, by everyone. In January of 2025, the New York Department of Transportation in Manhattan implemented toll charges as a part of a new congestion price program, which charges which which charges most
passengers vehic vehicles $9 per day to enter the zone below 60 60th Street during peak hours. The peak hours are weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and weekdays from 8 900 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Motorcycles pay 450. Commuter buses pay nothing. Commercial trucks pay between 14 and 40 uh cents or or 21 um $21.80 uh depending on their size. Taxis and
Uber drivers pay 75 cents. There are many other countries that do this. London and Stockholm um have this method. Um and it's not farfetch fetch for rever to charge cars from towns from other towns and cities to use our roads
and get to their destination. It's already existed in Massachusetts. Route 93 you have to pay a toll. Route 95 you pay a toll. And going in and out of Boston you pay a toll. With this revenue, we can pay for a new high school and in an infrastructure that is
needed of repair. Thank you. >> Thank you, councelor. >> Uh, councelando. >> Thank you for the leeway. I just want to also add councelor Garino SA to this motion. And I also want to state that, and I'm sorry I didn't bring this up. Uh, the goal would be to have Ravier
residents and employees be exempt from paying any tolls for the city. Thank you. >> Thank you, councelor. Councelor Novasowski. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, although I understand where everybody's coming from, but in reality and being
reasonable, >> okay, this will never happen because it has to be approved by Mass and we passed this back in 2009 on a motion by one of our counselors
to put a toll booth on Ocean Avenue. Now here it is 2025. Do you see that toll? It was never approved. It was It was never even considered by Massd. So you know I'm just trying to be
reasonable here. We know it's not going to happen and I I I have a lot of concerns about it. Thank you. >> Thank you, councelor Councelor Herio. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um I happen to think this is a brilliant idea. Uh, and
I know I know I was going to ask you if I can be added on it. Um, you know, I think dynamic pricing and tolls um around the city would definitely encourage something that's been something um that that I've been speaking a lot about that certainly to
residents which is the use of public transportation. We're so lucky to live with in a city that has not one but two >> rapid transit spot. Threes rapid transit spots. Yes, forgot. Uh don't worry, I remembered the beach want one. It was
the Wonderland one that um not not two but three rapid transit and a stone throw away from a fourth one. And we have at least five bus lines that run east, west, north, and south. Um and so so I I think this is actually
a right move you know whether it happens or not you know that's remains to be seen and I agree with my colleague uh council Novaski but at the very least I would be willing to support a conversation around this. So uh if if the counselor from uh the great ward three would uh have me on this morning
I'd be honored to be uh to join Absolutely. >> Any other counselors want to join team tax? Counselor Council Swer. Since the day I took office, I've been advocating for measures to address the
traffic concerns in Ward 5, especially with our neighborhoods serving as a cutthrough city for all vehicles in the Northshore. I believe it's imperative that we consider implementing these tolls on certain city roads. The first road I would look at is Northshore Road. The
very first road I would look at currently cars from the cor surrounding communities including Lynn, Saris, Marblehead, Manchester by the Sea, Swamp, Scott, and Salem use Northshore Road as a thoraway.
If we implemented a total of 50 cents per car and returned 40 cents to the state and the city of Rivier only kept 10 cents per vehicle, do you know how much money the city of Rivier would make? Because it's not Rivier residents
that are driving down Northshore Road. It's everybody coming through the city of Rier. So I it will generate millions of dollars at the end of the year for just one road. beyond revenue such as the tolls could reduce it would
lessen the traffic it would lessen the strain on our infrastructure because people don't want to pay the money and improve the safety and quality of life for our residents. So I absolutely commend council Kleandro and and councelor McKenna for adding me on this.
I appreciate you both and um stop laughing because I'm serious. This this is like day one. This is what I wanted and thank you. Thank you. Thank you, councelor. Any other counselors? >> Permission to speak from the chair.
>> Okay. Um I highly respect all of my fellow counselors here. Um but I adamantly disagree with this. Um in this meeting in in the past half hour, I've heard we're going to charge our workingclass residents to move into or
live into an apartment. We're now going to tax drivers to drive on our streets. And then when Lynn turns around and does the same thing to our drivers and Malden does the same thing. We're going down a slippery slope here, guys. I get everyone cuts to our roads. I get what we're trying to do here, but sitting up
here as a body advocating for more money to put on our residents heads is something I I can't be in support of. Um I wish you all the best of luck. Thank you, >> Mr. President. councelor, >> we're not talking about taxing the city
of Riviera or or charging city of Riviera. They would be exempt from this. It would be anybody coming through just like we have to pay to go through the SA tunnel or any of the other tunnels going into Boston. We pay. Chelsea doesn't pay. East Boston doesn't pay, but the city of Riviera has to pay. So why can't
everybody else pay us? That's all. Because councelor I'm gonna just answer that and I don't want to go back and forth but be for the same reason why then the city of Marlin Lynn Everett would then say reair drivers are going to pay us 50 cents. I mean if this is the battle we want to get into I don't
think we're the body that should be doing it. That's just my opinion. Um but that's all. >> Mr. President >> Council Hario, >> I just want to I just want to say that um you know I I I emphasize the point about the amount of public transit
availability that the city of River has because I think uh a lot of people that live in our city which has usually been a work workingass base for places like Boston, the hospitals, the universities etc actually do take public transit over
cars because a affordability. It's cheaper to take public transit and b um because of of convenience. And I think that the thing that communities like ours have struggled for a very long time uh and the state quite honestly, which is why we passed the fair share
amendment, everyone voted for it to tax the ultra rich, was to ensure that we can have the money and resources for our own public infrastructure. And I think that that's why this is a good idea in my book. um is that this actually would
allow the city to potentially and again, you know, I want to I want to highlight what councelor Novaski has said uh to have the resources it needs for its roads, for its bridges, and and potentially
help enhance or expand our public transportation infrastructure between within the city and even regionally at a time where our federal government has been cut and attacked. act. Uh, and the budget for our public infrastructure has
been slashed at a time where there are multi-billionaires proposing revenue cut on themselves. Uh, that would cut 20% of uh the income tax income revenue that the Commonwealth receives, which would
then be translated to deteriorating roads and schools and fire and police. Um, I I just want to say that this is about increasing accessibility to the cheapest, most affordable way to
transport yourself around the region. Uh, which is why again I'm I'm in favor of it and commend councelor uh Kaggleandro and councelor McKenna for working on this. >> I I guess I'm going to ask for some leeway as I I'm going to respond. Um,
councelor Hario, you you're the same K city council that is advocating for free tea transportation, correct? So, now we're going to tax our own residents to drive to give free tea. Both worlds can't we can't live in both worlds. We
can't do free transportation and then tax other people to to get to there. Um, I I just disagree. Uh, Council Kleandro, >> Mr. President, just because you've named me in your response. Yep. >> I I and through you to the members cuz I definitely did not direct that comment
towards you but clearly you took it that way. >> Um the uh study after study, transportation study after transportation study has showed that if we increase accessibility
to public transportation, people will take it. And if we make it harder for folks to get in those cars, people will take the trans transportation. The problem right now the Commonwealth has is with our aging infrastructure. We do not have the resources
to enhance our public transportation u options. And again private cars, you can fit 11 people or 12 people in the space that you can fit in one small Corolla.
and moving that amount of people on a train and on a bus is not only more economically efficient for the user, but it is also the right thing to do for the environment. It is also the right thing to do for our
workingclass families. Mr. President, public transportation, bus and train are the cheapest form of transportation, hands down, other than walking or biking
over you the usage of cars. So I I I I I hear your point and I take your point and I really appreciate it and I'm glad that we're having this this discussion. And it's so important to note that the cost of owning a car, paying taxes on a
car, the c cost of gas are far greater than the cost of a one-way ride into Boston on the blue line. And from the Northshore with the fairies are available. I mean, we are talking about if this were to pass, we could be
collaborating with our sister cities in the region to increase public transportation from the Northshore into Boston so that we alleviate the traffic and the congestion that we're seeing here in the city of River with these resources. Again, this is all highly
hypothetical and I will concede and I do agree that we're probably not the right body to be having these conversations. But since we're having the conversation, I really want to emphasize that it is far more expensive to own a vehicle than to jump on the blue line. Thank you, Mr.
President, for the leeway. >> You're welcome, Council Council Club. >> Thank you for the leeway. >> Mr. President, you know, I've asked to speak and you let him three three times already. I will council >> I I will I will wait for councelor
Novaski to have his turn. Mr. >> Council Kleando, >> thank you. >> Yes, Mr. President. Um so and and to that point, I I agree with everything that's been said up here. Council Armo just said we we are not the body that should be having this
conversation and I completely agree. That's why that I want to have it with stakeholders, the the real people that are going to make decisions like this. I agree with you, Councelor Sylvester, Mr. President, that this is going to potentially open up a can of worms. I do feel that River has more of an argument
to be made to have uh some sort of fee structure through tolls, but than most other cities do because of everything that we have here and how we're riddled with state roads and again to bring up the train stations and whatnot. Um, but it could potentially open a can of worms. And I do agree with councelor
Novaski, Masdot will laugh at this. They will and and that's the truth. So, you know what? I'm gonna I'm going to squash all the rest of the conversation here hopefully and except for Council Novaski
who's been waiting patiently. Um the bigger conversation is we deserve to be getting revenue for the impact to our infrastructure to everything that goes on in our city because of this traffic. Tolls is just an opening conversation. Let's sit down and figure this out. The state needs to look at River and say,
you know what, you guys are dealing with a lot. You are congested. You do have a beach. We You are riddled with state roads. What can we do to help River? That's the bigger conversation here. And if we can get money from the state to to help us pay because chapter 90 funds are getting lower and lower every year. How
many streets got paved? How many sidewalks have been done this year? Less and less. And it's no one's fault. It's no one's fault. So, how do we generate revenue? Tolls is an an initial conversation. Okay. And I I I agree. Tolls is a taxation. And we could then
they could say, you know what, you want to tax us to drive through your city, you got to pay to drive through us. I completely agree. So what's the real answer here? Is tolls the conversation? No. I don't really think it is. It could be. They could put tolls on route that if they put tolls on Route One North
getting off on Squire Road, that high school would be built off of that toll by itself. >> Tell me I'm wrong. >> Tell me I'm wrong. that >> but and and but but I'm just saying >> I know that this will be laughed at by
Masdat. I don't think the I don't I don't know if it's going to make it out of this room, let alone the mayor's office or the state reps or the Senate and the governor. That's the way this would have to go. So, let's start a bigger conversation then because it seems like I don't want anyone arguing up here. >> No, I not >> 5 days before the election. Let's, you
know, woo everybody. >> Tensions are high. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, council. Council No, >> I welcome this and I want to I'm sorry, Mr. President. I want to thank you for um allowing this debate and um and I appreciate all my colleagues for having >> that's why we're here. Council >> Noki,
>> thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, with all due respect to everybody, okay, we have to look at reality here. Even if there were tobos put on state roads in Riviera, okay, we wouldn't get a penny out of it.
We would not get a penny out of it because the state would take all the funds. They may feed us a few bucks, but not enough to build a new high school >> and not enough to pave 20 other roads in Rivier. We'd be lucky
to do get anything out of it if not pennies and it wouldn't be worth it. It wouldn't be that worth the headache. And you know, I'm just being reasonable and I appreciate everybody's thoughts on it with all due respect, but there's no way
I can I can see this going through. Thank you, >> Council Kelly. >> Thank you. Um, this is a little off topic, but I'm just glad that everyone here is just discussing and recognizing the fact that we do have a congestion in a traffic problem to begin with because
so many times I see um, at least the narrative for the last two years that I've been here when developments are proposed and the narrative is that traffic, no, there's no traffic. So, this that's no issue. We can put this up and put that up and put this up. And I understand here we're talking about traffic coming in from other cities and
not necessarily being generated by our residents that live here. But nevertheless, our residents have to put up with it. So I'm glad that we're at least recognizing tonight that we do have an issue. So thank you to everyone. >> Any other counselors?
All in favor? All opposed? >> No. [Music] >> Madam Cler, can we have a roll call? Roll call on council order 25-289. Councelor Aenzio. >> No. >> No. Council Kaggleandro.
>> Could you repeat that? I'm so sorry. >> Sure. Motion presented by councilors Kaggleandro, McKenna, and Gino SA and Jammo that the city council in collaboration with the mayor, city planner, and any other relevant stakeholders begin a formal discussion
on the feasibility of implementing tolls on certain city roads. Multiple state highways run through the city putting a significant strain on the city's residents and its infrastructure without any financial compensation for Massachusetts. >> On the motion, councelor Aenzio was no. Councelor Kagleandro,
>> yes. >> Yes. Councelor Janino, >> no. >> No. Council Go Slaya, >> yes. >> Yes. Councelor Hass, >> no. >> No. Council Hario, >> yes. >> Yes. Council Kelly, >> yes. >> Yes. Council McKenna, >> yes. >> Yes. Council Noaski, >> no.
>> No. Council Zambo is recused. Council President Sylvester. >> No. >> No. Motion fails. >> Madame Clerk, uh I would like to put a motion on the table to request the mayor to start
conversation with uh Mass Dot on getting the city of Riviera their fair share of the tolls that are are now in the city as i.e. other cities that surround the bridge get um no toll pass. They they do
get uh other things and and I believe that we should start that conversation. >> Point of information, >> council McKenna. >> Thank you uh Mr. President. So I've put this motion in three times uh since in the last 10 years. I've even gone to the
state house with Rosley Vincent and Steven Marabido uh to get this done. And it just it's poo poo. It's just they don't even look at us. So, um to get um >> I say we give it one more shot, counselor.
>> Okay, sounds good to me. Thank you, >> councelor. >> I'm I'm sorry. >> I I'm a little confused. We just shot down a motion to have a conversation and now that got shot down, now we're asking to have another one. >> Where? >> No, it wasn't.
>> That that in no way would have binded us to have to to put tolls in I I want to bring it up. It's over. But I'm just I'm just saying I you know, >> okay, but this is a conversation to get our fair share at the tolls that already exist in the state, not putting new
tolls into the city, counselor. >> But we just had someone testify that we're not going to get anything but pennies from something like that. So what's the use? I I this is this is what I don't understand. >> I I think totally night and day, counselor. We could have been having a conversation about River getting what it
deserves, you know, but now we're going to share the the current, you know, that's that's all I'm saying. It just doesn't make much sense to me to turn one down and and not the other. That's >> Oh, okay. >> Mr. President, >> councelor, >> with with all due respect to everybody's this conversations,
um, this particular motion does not affect the city in itself. It affects each individual driver that drives over the bridge or through the tunnel either tunnels and the city doesn't get any money on they just get a people just get
a reduced rate and I believe it's 40 cents. >> It's 85 cents. >> How much? >> It's 85 cent. >> 85 that they pay now. Yeah. So, but it but the individual residents get the reduced rate. The city doesn't get anything out of it in general.
Mr. President, just to reiterate, so that the mayor request the state legislature to provide the city of Rivier provide city of Rivier residents with a reduced toll rate such as city of Chelsea in East Boston. Yes. Okay. on councelor Sylvester's motion.
>> Did you want a roll call or would you do it now? >> Please. >> Roll call on councelor Sylvester's verbal motion. Councelor Aenzio. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Cogleandro. >> Yes. >> Yes. Council Janino. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Gino Slaya. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Hass.
>> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Hario. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor Kelly. >> Yes. >> Yes. Council McKenna. >> Yes. >> Yes. Council Noelski. >> Yes. Yes. Council Zambudo is recused and council president Sylvester. >> Yes. >> Yes. The motion is approved.
>> Mr. President, >> council call Gandle >> through you to Madame Clerk. Is it out of parliamentary procedure or against the rules of order for me to bring the past the last motion back up for reconsideration right now on the floor or would I have to do that in another meeting?
It's again, the city council makes its own rules. They can, you know, it's whatever the body decides. >> There'll be a vote for reconsideration. And I'm going to tell you why. We just voted to have a conversation about getting our fair share of tolls. All
this past motion just asked for was to begin a formal discussion on the feasibility of implementing tolls on certain city roads. That's it. It's just a discussion. So, if we want to vote it down again, that's fine. I'd like to bring it up for reconsideration. I'd
like a roll call on the reconsideration. >> They're not it's it's we're talking about pretty much the same thing. >> Okay. >> Suspend and the suspension of rules to take up council Cogandro's um
reconsideration. just requested a roll call on the suspension rules. >> Roll call on suspension of rules. >> Roll call to suspend rules. Councelor Aenzio, >> no. >> No. Council Kleandro, >> yes. >> Yes. Councelor Jino,
>> no. >> No. Council Gino SA. >> Yes. >> Yes. Councelor H. >> No. >> No. Council Hario, >> yes. >> Yes. Council Kelly, >> yes. >> Yes. Council McKenna, >> yes. >> Yes. Yes. Council Basilski, >> no. >> No. Council Zamutoo
>> is recused on suspension of rules. >> Yes. >> And Council President Sylvester. >> Yes. Suspension of rules fails. >> Okay. >> Regular business. >> Back to the regular order of business.
>> Calendar item number 25. Motion presented by councelor McKenna that the mayor request the police department to place electronic message boards around the city reminding the residents there is an election and to vote on November 4th. >> Council, >> thank you, Mr. President. Uh, so as I
walk, people don't know this November 4th is an election and I feel like we're going to have a low turnout. So, I just got a text from Chief Levita saying that she will put the sign boards out and remind everybody that November 4th is election day.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you, councelor. Any other city councilors? All in favor? All opposed? >> So ordered. >> Calendar item number 26. Motion presented by councelor goaya that the
mayor request masdot to recsynchronize the traffic signalization at the intersection of river street and northshore road in the interest of public safety. Council zamudo is recused. >> Council goa. >> Thank you Mr. President. Um Chris Chamel
has informed me that the state has already addressed and corrected the issue this past week. Thank you. >> Okay. So, >> are you are you pulling your motion, counselor? >> Place on a file. >> Okay,
madame clerk. Place on file. Calendar item number 27. Motion presented by councelor Goaya that the mayor request the city engineer and/or department of public works in coordination with national grid to evaluate the street lighting conditions along Breed Street near St. Anthony of
Pedua Church, specifically in the area west of the chapel toward the rear parking lot to determine if additional or upgraded lighting is needed to improve nighttime visibility and public safety. >> Counselor, >> thank you. Um, I received a letter from
a constituent uh expressing concern about the safety and at this area. It's completely dark at night. uh residents walking to events like the bingo are navigating um near total darkness is what he said and creating a hazardous
situation. I'd like this evaluated as soon as possible and determine whether additional lighting or upgraded fixtures are needed to improve nighttime visibility, enhance the public safety. Um could we send this to traffic, please? >> Sure.
>> All in favor? All opposed? So ordered >> calendar item number 28 motion presented by councilors H and Gino SA that the city council award certificates of commendation to the River Botchi team in honor of their victory over their friendly rivals in the River versus
Chelsea Botchi tournament this past September. >> Councelor, >> thank you Mr. President. I would like to save my comments for November 10th when the Botchi team is present. Thank you. >> All in favor? All opposed? So ordered.
>> There's no further business for tonight's meeting. Have a great night. Don't remember, don't forget November 4th, election day.