Happy Valentine’s Day to all our readers! Vol. 31, No.6 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net snet Free Every Friday ee E City Council Honors Veterans’ Food Bank Volunteers y F 781-286-8500 Friday, February 11, 2022 Councillor proposes home rule petition for term limits By Adam Swift C ouncillor-at-Large Marc Silvestri is proposing term Last Monday night, Ward 3 City Councillor Anthony Cogliandro awarded Certifi cates of Appreciation to individuals in recognition of their work at the Veterans' Food Bank since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. Those honored included Richard Savage, Kathleen Savage, Jeannine Zichella, Ella DiPrima, Carol Pizziferri, June Deneen, Donald Boudreau, Betzy Martinez, William Reedy, Shawn Morris, John Coyne, Nicholas Rudolph, Mark Matheson, and Donna Dreezen. (Advocate photo by Adam Swift) Councillors want meters out of municipal lot By Adam Swift S everal city councillors want to see the parking meters removed from the Central Avenue Municipal Parking Lot. During last Monday night’s City Council meeting, Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna and Ward 5 Councillor Al Fiore presented a motion for the removal of the meters. Broadway, Shirley Avenue and the Central Avenue lot are the only three metered areas in the city. “I understand the need to JOANNE MCKENNA Ward 1 Councillor meter Broadway and Shirley Avenue, and I’m not asking for that now, but as far as the Central lot, as far as I am concerned, it is hurting businesses – businesses that have already suff ered during the pandemic,” said Fiore. “Again, why are we nickel and diming the little guy in a $250 million budget? I just don’t think it’s right that we continue to hit people with fees, fi nes, penalties and parking meters, so for the good of the public, I would ask the mayor to kindly recommend to the parking commission to remove the meters from the Central Avenue lot.” McKenna noted that there AL FIORE Ward 5 Councillor are residents who live near the lot in an area without much room for parking and now have to pay to park in the lot. City Finance Director Richard Viscay said the traffi c and parking commission made the decision for metered parking in PARKING | SEE Page 4 the lot. He added that the decision was made more to help clean up the lot rather than to bring revenue into the city coffers. “That lot, quite frankly, was a wreck for years,” said Viscay. limits for the city’s elected offi - cials. During last Monday night’s City Council meeting, Silvestri presented a motion asking the council to approve a home rule petition seeking term limits for the City Council, School Committee and the mayor. Silvestri presented a five-term, 10year limit for all councillors and School Committee members, and a three-term, 12-year limit for the mayor. The time for the term limits would only go into eff ect if the measure passes, so any previous time served would not count toward the term limits, Silvestri said. An elected offi cial who serves to the extent of the term limit could also run for and hold a different offi ce, Silvestri said. Silvestri’s motion was referred to the City Council’s Legislative Aff airs Subcommittee. In other council motions, Ward 5 Councillor Al Fiore requested that the city solicitor provide the council with a legal opinion reMARC SILVESTRI Councillor-at-Large garding the mayor’s authority to allow multiple board and commission members’ terms to expire while they continue to serve without the confi rmation of the council. “It’s very concerning that dozens and dozens of members on boards and commissions are serving on expired terms without the ability of the City Council to confi rm or deny,” said Fiore. During Monday night’s meetLIMITS | SEE Page 18 Basketball Pats win at Garden Invitational GARDEN PARTY: The Revere High School boys’ basketball seniors, pictured from left to right: Ramadan Barry, Hamza Ghoul, Kenny Arango, Co-Captains Ihssan Mourouane, Jack D’Ambrosio and James Clauto with Head Coach David Leary and Asst. Coaches Robert Sullivan and John Leone are shown before the TD Garden game on Saturday. See photo highlights and story on pages 12&13. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino)
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