Chelsea, MA Unsorted, 22 Aug 2022

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From YouTube: City Council Meeting of 8-22-22

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City of Chelsea

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We just never had.

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Okay, you ready.

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To call it a meeting too afterwards.

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Please stand for the pledge of allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands. One nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

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Call roll counselor cooper, counselor, tenari, garcia president council robinson yeah, councillor taylor, here, council lopez, council, vega, maldonado council, absentee here councillor brown, council of vedau president council de jesus president and council, judy garcia and I'm members president.

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Thank you at this time I'm asked for a motion to adopt the calling of the special meeting.

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Of the special meeting which is recorded in our package.

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Brown asked that we approve the call of the special meeting being held on august 22nd for the introduction of the approval of the special warrant and the introduction regarding mass votes act in respect to police details at the election.

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Under suspension yes, um prior to under expansion, I just noticed that there is a typo in the community.

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There's a typo, I correct that it does, but.

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The orders are correct.

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So uh the next item on our agenda is a communication received from city clerk, jeanette citron white. Regarding the state primary to be held on september, 2nd 2022.

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Mr president, that should be september.

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6Th sorry, can we note that in a minute.

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So we have it and also we have accompanying order, which we read later on. Do we have an acceptance of the communication.

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Can I just make a um the reflection of how it should read? Yes, thank you, mr president, um so the communication should read regarding the state primary to be held on tuesday september 6 2022.

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Do we have this.

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It's because we have a holiday before that. We just want the folks to know the posting.

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So again, this is communication with the uh call the special warrant, or rather election warrant for september 6th accepted under suspension. Yes,.

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Our next communication is a communication from our the city solicitor, cheryl watson, official regarding police details at the election locations in the math votes act requiring the council approval data council president and members of the chelsea city council on june 22 2022, the commonwealth adopted the mass votes act and in the act they accepted a lot of the pandemic emergency voting measures, including voting by mail.

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The act also amended a section involves police officers assigned to polling places.

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After a review of the new act and in consultation with the general counsel of the secretary of state's office, it appears that the legislature found it necessary to have the city council determine the sufficiency of the amounts of police officers detailed at each polling location, the act. It itself appears to state that the council assigned the details of police officers to poland locations city clerk, jeanette cetron white informed me that the city of chelsea's process is that the city does assign officers to our polling locations.

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Typically, the city assigns one police officer per location, but for highly contingent elections like in 2016 and 2020, there may be two officers. One is outside, and one is inside the polls, the actual assignment of the who is performing the details, is pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement and the chelsea police policy.

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As you can see, we've been following following the act by assigning officers. However, the act does require the city council to determine whether the city administration has detailed a sufficient number of officers for each building that hold a polling place.

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I am willing to discuss further with the city. Administration is a subcommittee. However, I think that the attached order required upon review and adoption of the election warrant. What is it? What is the wish of the council.

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To be coming up on the new business.

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Council brown, I'm.

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Sorry, I just do a lot of proof. Reading at my job um and again and this one here on b, it says communication to be received by city solicitor, cheryl washington fisher regarding police, detail, elections, locations and should be m-a-s-s.

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It's a typo in that also vote.

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Okay, the next item on the approve on the agenda is the committee reports. We have a committee report from chairperson calvin t brown of the special subcommittee to hire administrative assistants for the city council office.

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The communication.

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Please be informed that the special subcommittee to select administrative assistant to the city council has conducted and concluded for approval by the city council, the name of maryland and glace guzman for the position of administrative assistant.

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Wish the council.

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Adopt the order under suspension.

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I was going to say.

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Okay, any discussion any.

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Discussion, none, no so clever,.

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Sorry counselor quickly just want to say again: the committee met on numbers of nights. We had a bunch of applicants and resumes that we put through. We have a candidate tonight we fit. We feel that will fit the description and also the details that we outline it in the position for the assistant administrator.

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She is with us tonight. She's on chelsea grown chelsea educated, very well excited about the opportunity, and I just asked that we would roll call this vote tonight in favor. Thank you, mr president.

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Seeing no other speakers we'll now move on to new business, I'm sorry roll call! Apologies! I'm jumping ahead!.

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Cassava cupola?

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Yes, yes, yes, yes, casa, teneri, garcia, yes, council, robinson, yes, consular taylor; yes, council lopez; yes, council, vega, maldonado, absent, casa, amazoneda; yes, councillor brown; yes, council, video, yes, casa de jesus, yes, council, judy, garcia, absent nine in favor, not opposed to absent.

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Actually, that's the that was the communication. That was not the order. That was the communication, not the order. Okay, so.

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Now read the for on the new business, the order introduced by council of engineers regarding the approval of the election warrant for state primary election to be held on tuesday september 6th that the chelsea city council approves a warrant for the state primary election to be held on september 6 2022 in the city of chelsea massachusetts.

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What is the wish of the council council vedo asked that we adopt the measure of the order on a roll call vote counselor. I'm sorry uh clerk call roll.

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Joshua cooper.

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Yes, constantine garcia, yes, councillor robinson, yes, consular taylor; yes, councillor lopez, yes, jose vega, maldonado, absent councillor abzoneta; yes, councillor brown; yes, council veto; yes, council de jesus, yes, council, trudy, garcia after 9 or 5, not opposed to absent.

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I apologize, I made a mistake you that the committee, the if the communication was the.

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So I apologize.

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Counselor cooper was correct. uh You will be offered the position, so congratulations.

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And I, if I may before that, ends again, I just want to publicly uh thank the subcommittee for their work spending their time uh during the summer, um away from their family and friends and so forth um on on this process of having the job posted, doing the interviews reviewing all resumes and I'm happy to see uh the the candidate that they chose uh to be approved tonight, we'll be in touch with you via the hr department. Thank you. Thank you. We have a final order.

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We have the order introduced by councillor of agenda regarding the approval of the mass votes act in respect to police details at the election locations person to a chapter 92 of the acts of 2022.

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The city council of chelsea hereby finds that the city administration's process of detailing at least one police officer per polling location is sufficient to protect local election officers and supervisors from any interference with their duties and aid in enforcing the laws relating to elections. What is the council's wish.

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Move up, I will call vote.

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Council b doe asked that we adopt on a roll call vote.

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Okay, no discussion, councilwoman cooper; yes, counselor, tanery, garcia, yes, council, robertson; yes, councilor, taylor; yes, council lopez; yes, council, vega, maldonado absent, council, aberdeen; yes, council brown; yes,.

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Of rideau, yes, council de jesus, yes and council, judy garcia, absolutely favored unopposed two apps emotionally.

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Thank you. That concludes this evenings. We have no other business in front of us with that. I just like to wish everyone to enjoy the rest of the summer and to please come out on election day september 6.. Thank you.