[Fred Dello Russo]: 将于2016年2月9日在梅德福市举行的第六次常规会议。 店员先生，打电话给卷。
[Clerk]: 卡拉维洛导演。 展示。 导演法尔科。 展示。 Caballero主任。 展示。 副总裁Leclerc。 展示。 品牌顾问。 展示。 导演Scampelli。 展示。 俄罗斯总统。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 展示。 七个成员，九个，没有。 请举起旗帜。
[Clerk]: 她认可辅导员骑士暂停规则。
[Adam Knight]: 采用文档1602，16021，16022，16023。 所有文件都有资格获得有关行政办公室重组的三读。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 关于暂停动议，从表中删除上述文件以供批准，所有这些都赞成收藏夹？ 抱歉，16-020年，第四条的修正案，官员和雇员，Cuatro部门（该市的律师）于1月19日在过去的第一个反应堆中介绍了该市的介绍。 他于1月28日宣布了他的二读，今晚有资格获得他的第三次也是最后一次阅读。 也就是说，恢复时间宝藏，这是对城市律师体重运动的提名。
[Adam Knight]: 嗯，总统先生，我相信这可能是可能相对削减和干燥。 这个问题是，该市的律师向政府提供了两年的任命。 总统先生，报纸经历了前两篇读物。 如果他们想谈论观众中有人，我认为我们应该给他们机会。 如果任何辅导员想谈论它，就是这样。 但是我会批准。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 骑士辅导员的批准动议。 由Caraviello辅导员强调。 这是通话的问题吗？ 店员先生，打电话给卷。
[Clerk]: 是的。 是的。 是的。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 是的。 是的。 是的。 以七票的投票，肯定。 没有任何。 负面运动被命令为16个零，以修正对参谋长的工作人员和工作人员至关重要的。 这发生在我们面前，与董事长的职位有关。 1月12日在我们面前。 它于1月19日提出。 解释后，第一读通过了。 1月28日，它被宣布为二读。 现在，今晚您的第三次也是最后一次阅读都有资格。 椅子在等待动议。
[Adam Knight]: 总统先生再次，这项立法将建立职位人员的立场并重组行政办公室。 他经历了第一读。 我们有一些问题。 如果回答问题，我将更改批准。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 在辅导员骑士批准的动议中，总统承认副总统汉科·克恩。
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: 谢谢俄罗斯总统。 关于这个问题，我认为我们只要求一个更新，我认为我们中的一些人调查了邻近社区中一些老板的数量。 106,000是脱颖而出的。 这几乎比市长所做的太近了。 因此，我们要求市长与您有关的交流，您知道为什么 这个职位的资金如此之高。 然后，他拥有了收购官员的预算预算总监，这两幅作品大约要做，即使并不比内阁负责人少一些。 因此，我想得到一个答案。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 我认为我们对辅导员骑士有解释。
[Adam Knight]: 嗯，总统先生在适当尊重辅导员的情况下，如果他认为该职位过剩，那就是立法。 它不能改变地面上的立法。 嗯，我们讨论了这一点。 我认为这是 总统先生，这是一个很好的位置，是必要的立场，这是必要的立场，我全心全意地支持我的问题。
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: 不，我很高兴这样做。 这并不是说它不支持位置或重组，我只认为像许多人一样，有106,000人认为这样的位置可能会有些大声，因为他们像这样的城市。 我们只是在寻找一些解释。 这个人的工作会超过40小时吗？ 我们得到了工作的描述。 我认为其中之一的描述， 这个人在市议会面前吗？ 我们仍然必须在董事会会议上甚至在整个会议的委员会中看到这个人。 所以你知道，一百的原因到底是什么？ 这是一笔高昂的钱。 再一次，当我们有接受双重工作并且做得少的人时，我只是看不到，我只是想澄清一下。
[George Scarpelli]: 好吧，也许是一个信息点，顾问Scarpelli。 我只是在澄清一个问题，但我认为这是团队团队。 正确的。 然后有两个工作。 正确的。 好吧，仅此而已。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 谢谢。 谢谢，辅导员。 可能与我们同在的预算和员工总监，预算总监Pro Tempore可以阐明这一问题。 在。 米勒，邦索尔。 辅导员的问题是调查。 我不知道它是否已被回答，甚至是正式要求作为决议，而是关于内阁负责人的薪水水平 这涵盖了人员负责人和市长的政策，以及人员管理的重要性。 辅导员的问题是他认为薪水很高。
[X_nYXZZ4ChY_SPEAKER_04]: 嗯，该职位是员工总监和政策总监。 而且，我没有获得有关薪水比较的决议。 我不知道市长办公室是否 收到这个。 我们回答了收到的问题，我不知道现在的比较会发生什么。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 谢谢。 好吧，我们有一项批准动议，该动议得到了Caraviello辅导员的支持。 是否希望Falco辅导员想谈谈这个问题？
[John Falco]: 不，实际上，斯卡佩利指出，这基本上是两个位置。 我认为这可能证明薪水是合理的，例如新的和收购。 他们也是一个人起飞的两个职位。 这就是为什么我认为这是上部细胞的理由。 谢谢。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 在批准动议中，店员先生致电卷。
[Clerk]: 是的。 是的。 不。 是的。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 是的，以6票肯定的投票，为1个负数，命令此事。 16-022，《收购局长》第5条第5条修正案。 该主题于1月12日出现在我们面前，并被介绍。 1月19日，他花了第一读。 它在28日宣布进行第二次阅读。 今晚在我们面前进行了三分之一也是最后一读。 椅子在等待运动。
[Adam Knight]: 总统先生再次，这是对行政办公室的重组。 他将建立收购总监，还允许收购总监继续担任预算总监。 总统先生，我提出了批准。 支持论文。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 关于辅导员骑士的批准动议，由法尔科辅导员支持。 店员先生，打电话给卷。
[Clerk]: 是的。 是的。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 是的，以7票的投票，没有负面，该动议被下令。 16-023，第66章的修正案，个人，第2条的Unión赔偿，于1月12日在我们面前出现，于1月19日提出，批准为1月28日的第一读，宣布了二读，目前在面对行动时进行了二读。 这是在... 建立人事分类，我相信位置。 这就是分类。
[Adam Knight]: 与假期有关的另一个已经批准。 然后椅子在等待动作。 总统先生，这是一份文件，将员工的付款分类归因于我们刚刚创建的职位。 总统搬家批准。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 辅导员骑士的批准动议，嗯，由Caraviello辅导员强调。 店员先生，打电话给卷。
[Clerk]: 尝试。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 尝试。
[Clerk]: 是的。 是的。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 是的。 以70个州的投票，没有负面投票。 嗯，这项运动是被任命的。 恭喜，父母先生。
[Mark Rumley]: 是的，主席先生，理事会成员。 我只是想感谢。 我很高兴他经历了三本读物。 我以为这是一个好政府，嗯， 我只是想感谢建议。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 谢谢。 谢谢。
[X_nYXZZ4ChY_SPEAKER_04]: 也谢谢你。
[Adam Knight]: 返回常规商业订单。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 总统先生在董事会当晚的动议下返回常规商业命令。 所有受到赞成的人，所有对立面均由副总统Lungo-Koehn 162提出，将决定政府提供该指标的市政厅 举行了每次公开会议的时间。 副总统。
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: 谢谢俄罗斯总统。 我想看看我们是否可以花时间参加所有公开会议。 我知道有关于娱乐的会议。 我知道上周在罗伯茨小学举行的有关海恩斯广场的会议。 总统先生，我也知道您正在主持许多会议。 喜欢 每周举行三到四次会议，我想祝贺市长。 我认为获取社区信息很棒。 我认为建议总是要求更多的社区贡献或业务评论。 我知道过去，我们在停车之前和签署废物管理合同之前要求更多的公共捐款。 因此，我认为这绝对是一个积极的一步。 当然，这并不是每个人都能做的事情，七个辅导员不能每次会议。 我本人，很难，您知道，我想看看正在发生的事情，我们的选民，关注点，兴趣，所有参加这些会议的人的兴趣，看看会议记录有多详细。 最后，无论是否详细，这对于将来进行投票仍然非常有用，您知道，找出答案 今晚，我们在18小时举行了一次有关目标的会议。 因此，这将有助于我们促进有关目标的讨论。 而且，您知道，获取公共信息总是很好。 因此，您知道，我们收到的电子邮件和电话非常有用。 但是，如果有的话，您知道，有几个参加了许多建议的会议中的几个人，我很想消化所有内容，在星期五的包装中拥有它，每周之后，所以我们知道，您知道，您知道，您知道 保持他们在一起，找出我们将如何进步。 因此，我问如果有会议记录，我们是否可以每周或每两周发送自己，以便我们可以收集这些信息并相应地移动。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 有关信息，夫人的副总裁智能出版在该市的网站上。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 进步。
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: 发布需要多长时间？ 我不知道。 哦，我没看到他们。 那里。 他们在那里。 合法的。
[George Scarpelli]: 斯科特顾问。 谢谢。 总统先生，这是我的问题。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 谢谢。 因此，在副总统的批准动议中，所有人都喜欢。 我全都相反。 我会喜欢咖啡。 恭喜。 零63副总统伦戈·科恩（Lungo-Koehn）提供。 尽管， 鉴于最近在梅德福高中对炸弹的威胁以及对父母的众多抱怨，直到放学后才被通知，梅德福学校委员会已决定寻求其政策和程序，如果将来发生这种情况，则学校部门立即警告，这一天，这是看不见的。 总统认可副总统穆诺·克恩（Mungo Kern）。
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: 谢谢你，总裁。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 导演法尔科。
[John Falco]: 我知道这是父亲的一个非常激动人心的问题，但是明天晚上，梅德福高中将与梅德福德学校委员会校长，警察局长，梅德福高中举行一次会议，这是负责所有与学校安全有关的政策和程序的人。 我认为是，我想在桌子上采取动议，因为我认为他们首先要开会很重要 在遵循推测和讨论发生的事情之前，应该如何发生的方式。 有协议。 而且我认为我们应该在遵循讨论这一问题之前就知道学校行政部门。 我想先听听他们，并确切地听到发生的事情。
[Fred Dello Russo]: 我在示意桌子。 桌子的移动无法完成。
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: I would ask him to withdraw so that I could speak on the resolution. There's a lot of people that have been complaining to me. And I think it does need to be discussed publicly. It's being thrown out that, you know, no discussion hasn't made. I'm very happy that there's a meeting tomorrow, but there are people here to speak on it tonight. And people have asked me. I think it's a disservice to the city to not publicly broadcast.
[Fred Dello Russo]: All those in favor, say aye. Mr. President. Councilor Falco.
[John Falco]: If we could reverse the tape. I'll reverse the table to hear from the resident, but I firmly believe that this here should be addressed by the school system before we address, this is not our jurisdiction, really. I mean, the way I look at it.
[Fred Dello Russo]: You're withdrawing your motion, Councilor. I'm withdrawing my motion. Point of information, Vice President-Elect O'Connor.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: I think, as one Councilor, I was getting the complaints two weeks ago, the day after this happened, and I went a whole week without saying a word because I agree. should have been brought up by the school committee. It was not, and people were on me to bring it up, and I don't disagree with them. I think people need to be able to hear what we have to say about it, what the school committee has to say about it. We're the ones that decide on the budget in June and decide whether or not the safety budget is enough. There's a reason why we should be able to talk about it. People are here tonight, and I just feel like it's definitely needed.
[Fred Dello Russo]: To take point of clarification, Councilor Knight.
[Adam Knight]: Has there been any communication between the administration of the school department and the council to date, prior to the filing of the resolution? I'm not in possession of anything.
[Fred Dello Russo]: The motion for tabling has been withdrawn. The chair recognizes the presenter of the motion, Vice President Lungo-Koehn.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Thank you and I appreciate Councilor, I understand where Councilor Falco is coming from and I appreciate the withdrawal of the motion. I learned about this bomb threat through Patch. I read it online and as a parent, I didn't even think of it as a parent, I actually called my mother who works for the school system and said, did you know there was a bomb threat three days ago? Yeah, I found out after the end of the day. So I had my mother in the building with a potential bomb threat, whether or not it was low or no threat, you know, I was concerned. And then I thought, after I started getting the complaints, I thought, you know, I have one child in the school system, soon going to have two, and then eventually have three. And whether or not it was a threat or no threat, I truly believe, and I think it's where a lot of people are coming from, I think that as a parent, I think I should be given the choice And I think a lot of parents do believe the same thing. They should be given the choice because it's not something that happens every day. This is actually the first threat of something like this that I've heard of happening ever in the Medford Public Schools. So I think parents are looking for me to come out and say they should have been notified whether that was through a phone call or some type of communication rather than after the children left school. And I think that's important to say. I think it's important. I have the right to voice my opinion. And that is my opinion. Parents should have been notified in a non-emergency fashion, but a phone call should have went out and said, this is the situation, this is what we're dealing with, and we just want to let you know, there's nothing to be concerned about. But, and parents, I have a number of parents that have called me upset, saying they would have, even though it was low threat or no threat, parents would have went and picked up their children. I know it's happening all over the state. It's unfortunate. It's something that was completely out of control, out of Medford's control. I don't think Medford did any, you know, there's nothing Medford, City of Medford could have done except probably better communication. So I'm very glad it's being addressed tomorrow night. And maybe one of the reasons it is being addressed tomorrow night and not last week is because we did put the resolution on. You know, we are going to talk about it tonight. So I think that it needed to be put on and I think people need and avenues to be able to speak and give their opinions on it. And obviously, that's going to be in a lengthy meeting tomorrow night. But if people want to voice their opinions now, or people looking to other politicians, not just the school committee, to speak out on it, then that's our prerogative. And I think it was wrong the way it was handled. And I hope that new policies are put in place after tomorrow night.
[Fred Dello Russo]: Thank you, Madam Vice President. On the motion, you wish to present yourself, welcome. Please state your name and address for the record.
[2pAQFYhyG5g_SPEAKER_24]: Robert Candy, 128 Grant Avenue, Medford.
[SPEAKER_04]: Monique DeVos, 128 Grant Avenue, Medford.
[2pAQFYhyG5g_SPEAKER_24]: Thank you. You may speak one at a time. Thank you. Well, Councilor, thank you for the motion. And Councilor Falco, thank you for withdrawing it for the time being. I don't think either of us is in any way opposed to the meeting itself or to working things out. There's been zero information other than what was in the transcript. To our knowledge, the bomb threat occurred somewhere around 9 a.m. when kids were in school. Neither the kids nor the teachers knew about it, to our knowledge as well. We don't know if any sweep was done or conducted, and in that regard, we trust the police and we trust that the school has our children's best interests in mind. That said, how dare they not call us? How dare they not give us the option of deciding what to do? And loco parentis, from a legal perspective, does not mean they get to make that decision. And they could be challenged on that, and we're thinking about that. It's very distressing to know we've had three children in the school system, currently one in high school. to know that he's sitting there hoping they got it right. If we wanted to take him home, that should be our option. Let us tell you a little story. We came in to have a meeting with one of the personnel on the third floor. There's an elderly gentleman who sits at the front desk of the high school. Very nice gentleman. He gives you a pass, and you walk up. Doesn't ask for ID. You could be anybody. Off you go. We've seen him before, so he knows us. On our way out, this gentleman was traversing down toward Mr. Belson's area, I guess to go to the men's room. There was nobody there. Anyone could have walked in that high school, and anyone could have done damage. That needs to change. So when they tell us they looked at the videos, really? That's the extent of determining whether or not somebody was doing some harm in a school that size? It's unconscionable. And I think it is your jurisdiction, because one, you approved the budget. Two, as Ms. Cain pointed out, the school committee did nothing. They didn't even raise the issue, and it is something they should be talking about. So I'm just going to say I think it's unconscionable we weren't called. I think we should be given that opportunity. And I think it would be a sad day if you folks did not act on this, if you determine after that meeting. that proper steps have not been taken. Remember, the resolution itself says parents may decide. That's what we're here about. We're not here to question the police or to question Mr. Belson or Dr. Perrella, whom we have trust in. We're here to say we wrote a call. Do you have anything else to add?
[SPEAKER_04]: Just the fact that I support everything you said and that absolutely People need to be informed. You can't make any decision without being informed, period.
[2pAQFYhyG5g_SPEAKER_24]: Thank you for hearing us. Thank you for being here tonight.
[Fred Dello Russo]: Chair recognizes Councilor Falco.
[John Falco]: I can wait. I can wait.
[Fred Dello Russo]: The chair recognizes the citizen at the podium. Please state your name and address for the record. Welcome.
[acqgxK4yhEM_SPEAKER_28]: Thank you, good evening. Jay Spaulding, 3610 Mystic Valley Parkway. As a former teacher in a public school district where we had bomb threats and active weapon reuse and a student was shot on property, I know that this issue is terrifying to both teachers, staff, students, parents, administration. And I understand the desire to have this resolution. However, School policy regarding safety and security is something that we cannot address here at City Council because the people who have the, in my opinion, the expertise, the knowledge on creating safety plans and security plans are not in this room tonight. In this room are parents who are scared. in this room are citizens who work in various areas of both city involvement and private industry. But the chief of police, the superintendent of the school, the principal of the high school, they're not here. Tomorrow night, as Councilor Falco said, a serious conversation where things can be addressed will happen. I will state as a former teacher that the worst thing, in my opinion, one can do during an active, whether it be an active weaponry incident, an injured student, or a bomb threat, is to have Parents show up on site and try to remove their child. That is a great way to cause chaos, to increase injury, and to cause further damage. Whether the bomb, whether the threat is real or not, the rush of parents to remove students from a building because they're making a decision based on emotion, and I understand that emotion. I've worked in those buildings. at those times, and I would like to leave myself. That's chaos. That further endangers everyone in the building. And in my opinion, again, having lived through this, the reason that staff, students, teachers are not informed right away or even that day is, again, chaos theory. We don't want people running through the hallways. We don't want teachers saying, screw this, you guys, I'm out. Good luck, kids. I don't wanna die. That's the reality of the situation. So I am disappointed that this has to come before city council tonight when the issue is coming tomorrow. I think it honestly is a waste of time when we can address this tomorrow with the actual stakeholders. Thank you.
[Robert Cappucci]: Good evening. Welcome. Please state your name and address for the record. Thank you, Mr. President. I'm Bob Capucci, 71 Evans street. Uh, I too am a former educator in, in, in Massachusetts and, uh, there are definite ways and orderly in, in, constructive way for parents to come in and retrieve their kids can happen without it breaking down into chaos. Uh, you know, school could be put on lockdown. Everybody stays in their room. And as parents showed up, you know, they're notified where their kids, uh, they communicate and they get them out in an orderly fashion. Now I went to, uh, chief Sacco of the method. Police holds a informational town hall meeting every first Wednesday of the month. And this was the main topic. The police got this threat and the threat was an automated robotic threat to the school. So that was one of the things that they used to determine the legitimacy of the threat. It came at a very inopportune time around 10 in the morning. The police did go through the school and make a search. But some of the things that they brought up that I think makes it pertinent for this council to talk about was that something like half of the cameras in the school don't work, not every single door is locked and being looked at. Another thing to consider is that it wasn't the police department's decision to put out the information about this bomb threat at six 30 at night, uh, hours after it happened. Uh, uh, I believe that was on, uh, the superintendent of schools, his decision, uh, and, uh, going forward. I, as you do consider the budget budget in, in June in, in the police department that we have, I mean, there's Metro police officer, that was up there on duty that day also has two kids in the school. So they did sweep the school. They did do a search. I don't know the full extent of that. And they did pass on the information of the call to the state police to try to track where this robotic call came from. But in considering the budget in June with our police department, I think it would be pertinent to do what you can to get uh, uh, enough police officers on, on the method police force. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. Capucci.
[Fred Dello Russo]: Good evening. Welcome. Please state your name and address for the record.
[Cheryl Rodriguez]: Hi, my name is Cheryl Rodriguez. I live at 281 Park street. Um, I heard about this bomb threat online as well. I have a student in the Roberts Elementary, but I pretty much get all of my information about the school online because my school doesn't notify. I know other schools call for snow days. So this call coming in at 630 for a bomb threat is no surprise. There's no clear policy in how schools are supposed to notify parents. I thought this was possibly the PR person's job to kind of unify us because at my school, we've had power outages, we've had heat being out, we've had issues where they can't clean things because there's no hot water, there's no parent notification. Somebody needs to unify this because everyone should know. We had the lockdown drill at my school and nobody notified. We had children having anxiety attacks because their parents couldn't prep them for this. This is just a larger issue that we need as parents. When I drop my child off at the school, I don't give up my parental rights. I found out about the power outage last year because I was volunteering in the school building and had to cancel a program for 100 children with less than two hours, walked in the school and found out they had no power. So something needs to be done on a systematic level of notifying parents. We're still the parent, and I need to know what's going on for my child. I don't want her to come home and give me this wild story of we had no heat and had to wear our winter coats, because I don't know to believe that. School didn't tell me that, so it's probably not true. So I think it's bigger than just bomb threat, and we really need to think about that. It's a bigger issue. Thank you.
[Fred Dello Russo]: Thank you. Chair recognizes Vice President Scarpelli. Vice President.
[George Scarpelli]: I'm sorry, I took over. Thank you. Again, I understand why this is put forth, but again, like my fellow colleague, as a former school committee member, these are issues we've vetted. And this is why it's important that we let the due diligence of our elected officials present what needs to be presented tomorrow evening, because it is important. These, as a school committee member, we can list out a litany of answers to all these questions, but it's the job of the school committee to inform everybody tomorrow at their meeting that then would be processed through us, and then we could have that next discussion. But I think right now, putting the cart ahead of the horse, I understand the questions that you have, the parents have. I got the same calls and one of the biggest questions was the notification issue. Well, there's a lot of security issues when and why notifications have to be given. So that's not for me to tell you that right now, that's for the chief of police and the superintendent to talk tomorrow because I have questions too. I have questions about the presentation of the PR. and PR person, and when that was done. But again, we want to make sure that we're not, you know, putting our school base in a frenzy right now until we really know what has transpired. So I think that's very important. So thank you.
[John Falco]: Thank you, Mr. President. I want to thank my consular colleague, Mr. Scarpelli, as well. The point that I was trying to make earlier was basically that we should hear from the school administration. They can give everyone the rundown as to what happened, what time it happened, why they made the decisions they made. If we're gonna comment on things tonight, it's purely speculation, and that is not safe for anything or anyone. So therefore, the important thing is, if you have questions, I think, please, I urge everyone, go to Medford High School tomorrow night, at the library, seven o'clock PM, the superintendent's going to be there. The chief of police is going to be there. All of the decision makers are going to be in the room and they will be able to go right through the timeline as to what happened and when and why they made the decisions they made. And that's what I was trying to put point, uh, put across. I mean, I am a parent of three children in the method public schools. I mean, I completely understand, um, you know, the notification issue. I mean, I have the same concerns, but I think that the administration should at least give us the information so we can, make decisions and ask good questions. So that's the point I was trying to get across. Uh, thank you.
[Fred Dello Russo]: Chair recognizes the citizen Councilor Marks.
[Michael Marks]: Uh, thank, thank you, Mr. President. I want to thank a council longer current for putting this on the agenda for tonight. Um, you know, it was mentioned, I think that this is the first time this has happened in the city and by far that's, this is not the first time there's been, a threat of this nature in the Medford Public Schools. But needless to say, I think Councilor Falco just mentioned about speculation. The reason why there's speculation is because there's no communication. And I think that's the main concern. I have two children in the public schools, and when I received the call that night, the first thing that came to my mind was, geez, I would have liked to have a little more information, and maybe I would have liked to have it a little sooner. And I realize it's a delicate balance because you don't want to create pandemonium. How do you release, you know, if the high school wants to release 800 kids, how do you release them? And how do you go on to do it in a safe manner? I understand that. And I think these are the issues that need to be discussed. But if there's a policy in place, why does it take eight days or tomorrow's nine days? Why does it take nine days to say this is our policy? This is what we implemented. This is what we found out. It shouldn't take that long. And I think that's the concern that I'm hearing. And then as a parent, when they tell me part of the reasoning why they consider this a low threat was they went through 18 hours of videotape. You know, anyone that goes up to the high school and the gentleman that spoke is right. If you had to go up and bring your student a book, say they forgot a book, they used to have you just sign a sheet of paper and you'd go bring the book to the main office. So they'd let you into the school. Just recently I was up there and now they are asking for ID. They've changed their policy. So the policy before was just sign a sheet. You could sign a John Lennon and walk in because really there's no check and balance. The second point I'd like to make too is that high school is open constantly Saturday and Sunday. Hundreds of people going in there. I go out myself, Saturday night, and watch my son play basketball. Every door up in the gymnasium is open. It's a free for all. There's not one security person up there. There's not one security person going on. So the public schools really have to take, you know, I'm not sure who's looking at 18 hours of videotape. But first of all, the back of the school, it's pitch dark out there. So I'm not sure what you're going to see with those cameras in the back. And secondly, the whole school's open. We have the Japanese program that's been up there for a number of years. And the city of Medford makes a fair amount of money for renting out almost the entire high school. But there's thousands of people that literally have been up and watched the program. They take over all the classrooms in the high school. They have other classrooms that are under lock and key. They come in with wheelers. And we don't know what they're bringing into the building. And these are the things. And I'm not saying that this program's a bad program. I'm just saying, how do you keep a sense of security when the building is open to everyone? There's really no security up there, especially after hours and on weekends, which is a real concern of mine. And I hope it's addressed tomorrow. But I think the issue that I've been hearing from parents is not whether or not they wanted to pull their children out was the lack of communication. Be open and upfront with people. And it shouldn't take eight days to figure out what's going on. And if there was a breach in policy or the policy wasn't followed, let us know. That's how we improve. This is how you improve upon policy and regulations when something like this happens. And to just brush it under the rug and then come up with a meeting. You know, I've been calling for two years. for a public safety summit, Mr. President, in this community. And it's not just on the city side, it's in general. It's to bring the police department, the fire chief in, the mayor, the council, and anyone else that wants to be part of it, Mr. President. And for two years, I just called for another one recently, that this council voted unanimously. We have got no response at all regarding a public safety summit. It's almost like people in this community don't want to discuss what's happening in the community. They don't want to discuss the robberies that are happening in our local drug stores almost daily, the bank robberies, an incident like this at the high school. And the list goes on and on and on, drug activity on our streets. And we've been asking, Mr. President, to get together, like any good community would, and discuss some of our shortfalls and maybe why we're seeing an increase in this particular activity in our community, and what we can do better to provide security. You know, so I'm glad that this was discussed tonight. We're not talking out of school now. We're not letting any secrets out about safety at the high school, you know, ways someone could breach the high school. We're saying that we believe there's a concern, and the concern has to be addressed in a much quicker fashion, so speculation doesn't get out there, and people start thinking, oh, my God, what's happening? So we hired a $90,000 PR person. I didn't see one communication from that PR person. Not one communication. If you can't address an issue of this nature, what are they addressing? Honestly, I don't know what's going on, Mr. President. This is a concern that parents should be upset about. And maybe this is not the best forum, but guess what? We're an open forum. People can come up to the podium and speak. And the day we start censoring what can be said at that podium, you might as well close the light and lock the door here at City Hall, Mr. President. I just want to thank Councilor Longo for bringing this important issue up.
[George Scarpelli]: Point of information, Councilor Scarpello. Just to clarify, I believe that this council, not to censor anybody, but the idea of systematically going through and understanding. Now tomorrow evening, I'll be there and I will ask those questions about communication and the protocol that my fellow councilmen and myself helped write and understand why that wasn't done. And then bring that forward in the following week. But what I think that at least this council's — this council's questioned issues are — Point of information, Mr. President.