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[Richard Caraviello]: Good evening, everyone. 33rd regular meeting of the Medford City Council. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.
[Clerk]: Presence.
[Richard Caraviello]: Four present, three absent. Please rise and salute the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 17721, request for an expenditure from the law department. Claims over $1,000. Dear Mr. President and members of the assembly, Stephanie Burke, Mayor. We have the Assistant City Solicitor here. Name and address for the record, please.
[k3Xg1illaRI_SPEAKER_15]: Thank you, Mr. President. My name is Kimberly Scanlon, Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Medford, and I reside at 75 Ashcroft Road.
[Richard Caraviello]: Okay, could you give us a brief description of this case?
[k3Xg1illaRI_SPEAKER_15]: Sure, so I'm here tonight, three requests for expenditures. This particular case involves Chapter 258 of the Massachusetts General Laws, also known as the Massachusetts Store Claims Act. The claimant in this case is requesting $4,633.18 as compensation for property damage done to his vehicle on January 1st, which involved a fire department vehicle. I received the appropriate paperwork from the claimant. The case was settled prior to trial, and I am here tonight respectfully requesting approval in that amount.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you. On the motion of approval by Councilor Dello Russo, seconded by Councilor Knight, all those in favor? Roll call has been requested.
[Clerk]: Yes. Yes. For in the affirmative three absent motion passes 17 7 2 2 because of the expenditure, a lot of the problems claims over $1,000. Dear Mr. Presidents and members of the office, city council, Stephanie Burke, Patricia Dyer,
[Richard Caraviello]: versus the city of Medford. Madam Solicitor, could you please give us a brief synopsis of the case?
[k3Xg1illaRI_SPEAKER_15]: Certainly, Mr. President. The claimant in this case, and by the way, this case involves chapter 84, also known as the street defect statute. The claimant in this case seeks compensation for injuries she suffered as a result of a uneven sidewalk panel on Grant Avenue. As she, due to her fall, she suffered cuts to her hands, her mouth, she broke her dentures, fractured her nose, and because her medical expenses exceed $6,500, I am requesting $5,000, which is the cap under the statute tonight.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you. On the motion by Councilor Dello Russo, excuse me, name and address of the record, please.
[Robert Penta]: Mr. President, um, on this address to the record, please. Robert Penta zero summit road, former member of this board. Um, whether it be this question or the next one, it is maybe the terminology is wrong. It says medical cost is 5,000, but in the narrative it says medical bills are in excess of 6,500. Could that be just explain why it's five and not 65 the next day about the next one is the same thing.
[k3Xg1illaRI_SPEAKER_15]: Sure. That's correct. Because $5,000 is the cap that you can recover under chapter 84 of the general laws. which also falls under this particular case and the next one as well. So for the medical, although they were in excess of $65, the maximum amount that I can ask for from this council is 5,000, which is why I've always put 5,000, because that's the max I can ask for.
[Robert Penta]: Then the question is, under the term other, can you just explain, this is for clarification.
[Unidentified]: Sure.
[Robert Penta]: For the purposes of other. Could she have collected the difference of 15? Point of order, Councilor Nate. Your common practice is to allow people to speak at the podium. The Assistant City Solicitor is here. She's willing to answer the question. I don't know what his problem is tonight, but if he wants to keep disrupting me every time I speak, he can show his rudeness. The Solicitor would— What is the gentleman suggesting that's problematic? What's problematic, Councilman Knight? Pardon me? What does that mean? I'm sure it's the floor. You better rest your case. Can you answer that please? I'm sorry, what was the question? The question on other, what does other mean? Could you take the money from other in terms of picking up the difference?
[k3Xg1illaRI_SPEAKER_15]: I guess I'm still not.
[Robert Penta]: Okay. On the chapter 84, you said the max is $5,000, but to get over and beyond that, there's a term there called other. Is there any other way? to get that person up to the 6,500?
[k3Xg1illaRI_SPEAKER_15]: In terms of the case itself? Expenses? Yeah. That type of thing?
[Unidentified]: Yeah.
[k3Xg1illaRI_SPEAKER_15]: Under medical expenses, which I guess would fall under medical cost, but the way that's always been worded is other. I suspect it would fall under something that's not necessarily medical cost, but a copay, something to that effect. Out-of-pocket expenses will usually fall under other as well. Okay.
[Richard Caraviello]: Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. On the motion by Councilor Dello Russo, seconded by Councilor Knight. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.
[Clerk]: Councilor Dello Russo? Yes. Councilor Falco? No. Councilor Knight? Yes. Councilor Caraviello? Yes. Vice-President Montz? Yes. Councilor Scott Pellegrino? Yes.
[Richard Caraviello]: President Calviro? Yes. For the affirmative, three absent. Motion passes. 17-723, request for an expenditure from our department. Claims offer $1,000. Dear President and members of Honorable City Council, Stephanie Burke, client name, Petra Alessio versus City of Medford. Could you please give us a synopsis of the case, please?
[k3Xg1illaRI_SPEAKER_15]: Certainly. Thank you, Mr. President, members of the City Council. Again, my name is Kimberly Scanlon, the Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Medford. The claimant in this case is requesting compensation for injuries due to a street fact at or about 161 College Avenue, namely a pothole. As a result, she fractured her elbow and sustained a concussion. She was treated at Massachusetts General Hospital, and because her medical bills are in excess of $7,000, again, under the statute, I am requesting $5,000, which is the cap.
[Richard Caraviello]: On the motion by Councilor Dello Russo, seconded by Councilor Knight, Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.
[Clerk]: Councilor Dello Russo? Yes. Councilor Falco? Yes. Councilor Knight? Yes.
[Richard Caraviello]: Yes. Uh, for the affirmative, uh, three absent motion passes. Mr. Clerk, could you please go in and inform the other three members? They have two minutes to come in or the meeting will be adjourned.
[k3Xg1illaRI_SPEAKER_15]: Thank you, Mr. President. Members of the City Council.
[Richard Caraviello]: Um, I cannot take those Mr. Dello Russo because the person that has made those requests is not here. So Mr. Clerk, if you, uh, we'll take a two minute recess. Motion to... You got five minutes, you had 10 minutes. Motion to resume the meeting. All those in favor? Motion passes. Suspension of the rules offered by Councilor Langlois-Kearns. Seconded by? Councilor Marks. All those in favor? Motion passes. Councilor Langlois-Kearns.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Thank you, President Caraviello. I first could just ask that you mark Councilor Marks, Councilor Falco, and I present for this meeting. We were over at the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting. The Zoning Board of Appeals is gonna be gracious enough to let any city councilor that wants to speak on the matter of Medford Street and Broadway, a development that we've received a number of complaints on this week. They're gonna allow us to speak in the next several minutes.
[Richard Caraviello]: Okay, if we can get done quick, we can go over there.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: We would, I would like, I would ask, respectfully ask that we take a break, a 20 minute recess.
[Richard Caraviello]: On the motion by Councilor Lungo-Koehn to take a 20 minute recess to attend the Board of Appeals hearing, seconded by? Seconded. Seconded by Council Member Falco. All those in favor? Aye. Mr. Clerk, the chair is in doubt. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll. Oh, excuse me, Councilor Knight.
[Adam Knight]: Mr. President, looking at the papers that are remaining here, I think that if we put our heads down and just focus on what's going on, we'll be able to get out of here before 10 minutes is over. I think we only have all the items on our agenda have been disposed of. The only items that we have here are a couple of under suspension items that Councilor Marks has put forward relative to some public, uh, public safety concerns that he has in the neighborhood from knocking on doors or from his, from his parks.
[Richard Caraviello]: Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.
[Clerk]: Yes. No. Moves the speech to take 17-726. Reading the prayer.
[Richard Caraviello]: Madam Mayor, I'm sorry, Madam Vice Mayor. 17-726. 17-726, offered by Councilor Caraviello, be it resolved that the Council vote to push the October 31st meeting from 7 p.m. to an 8 p.m. start.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Roll call vote, please. I believe... We didn't wanna push the meeting to a Monday or Wednesday.
[Richard Caraviello]: Can I just interject one second? Yes. I was informed by the clerk that there is a National Grid hearing that evening at seven that he has already sent out a notification for.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Okay.
[Richard Caraviello]: So, just wanna let you know that, so. All right. On the motion by Councilor Lungo-Koehn. All those in favor. Motion to adjourn. Motion two is that we have no for the paper of the business. We're all done with them. We just did the last two. We're all done with them. The records of the meeting. We're past two.
[Unidentified]: Is there a point of order, Mr. President?
[Richard Caraviello]: Sorry to be late. On 17-726, what was the resolution of that? 17-726, there's already a hearing scheduled for 7 o'clock that evening with National Grid, and the clerk has already sent out notifications, so that could not happen. Motion to table by Councilor Knight, seconded by Councilor Dello Russo. All those in favor? Aye. Motion passes. Reckons of October 17th will pass to Councilor Lungo-Koehn, which we will table as she has gone. Motion by Councilor Knight to table, seconded by Councilor Dello Russo. All those in favor? Aye. Motion to adjourn by Councilor Knight, seconded by Councilor Schapelle. All those in favor? Motion passes. Meeting is adjourned.
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