YOUR LOCAL NEWS AND SPORTS FOR 3 DECADES! Vol. 31, No.19 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday Revere Police promote two at City Hall ceremony By Tara Vocino A sergeant was promoted to a lieutenant, and a police offi cer was promoted to a sergeant during last Thursday’s promotional ceremony in Revere City Hall council chambers. Stacey J. Bruzzese was promoted from Sergeant to Lieutenant, and Sean G. Matthews was promoted from Patrol Offi cer to Sergeant. PROMOTE | SEE Page 1 781-286-8500 Friday, May 13, 2022 Fiore resigns from City Council, cites medical issues Special election called for Ward 5 issues, I cannot effi ciently represent the residents of Ward 5,” stated Fiore in a letter read at Monday night’s City Council meeting. “Therefore, effective today, I am resigning from the offi ce of Ward 5 City Councilor. I would like to thank the residents of Ward 5 for the opportunity to serve and I wish everyone well.” Fiore ran an impressive camAL FIORE Resigns from City Council due to medical issues By Adam Swift W FAMILY PRIDE: The family of Lt. Stacey Bruzzese is pictured, from left to right: father-in-law William Fantasia, mother-in-law Deborah Fantasia, husband, Offi cer Nicholas Fantasia, son, Anthony Fantasia, proud mother Marian Bruzzese, Lt. Stacey Bruzzese, father, Anthony Bruzzese, sister, Laurie Cogswell and her nephew, Timothy. See page _ for photo highlights. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) ard 5 City Councillor Al Fiore has resigned from the City Council because of health concerns. Fiore’s resignation sets up a midsummer special election for the remainder of his term. “Due to my ongoing medical paign in 2021 to return to the City Council after nearly two decades away, defeating longtime Ward 5 Councillor John Powers. Fiore is a former Council President, who was fi rst elected at the age of 22 and then stepped down at 31 to raise his family before running again for the Ward 5 seat in 2021. Several councillors wished Fiore well on Monday night. “It’s unfortunate that the councillor has given his resignation, but he has to do what is best for RESIGNS | SEE Page 17 City Council approves parking benefits district By Adam Swift M onday night the City Council approved the adoption of a Parking Benefi ts District in the city. The council’s Economic Development Subcommittee recommended the full council adopt the parking benefi ts district at its May 2 meeting. The district would allow the city to use revenue from its parking meters on Broadway, Shirley Avenue and the Central Avenue parking lot for a number of aesthetic and safety upgrades. “A parking benefi ts district allows us to be a little more fl exible in how we use our parking meter revenues throughout the city,” said Richard Viscay, the city’s fi nance director, at the subcommittee meeting. “A parking benefi ts district essentially gives us more fl exibility to use those meter revenues in a more expansive way than we currently use them now, which is primarily paying our parking meter control offi cers and maintenance of the parking meters.” The money collected from the meters could be used in districts around those metered areas for aesthetic upgrades, such as new barrels and planters, as well as maintenance and tree plantings, and even some pedestrian safety improvements and green energy initiatives, such as installing new electric vehicle charging stations. “We do want people to know that we do collect these monies and that we do put them to use; we’re not using it to balance the tax rate or anything else,” said Viscay. As part of the Parking BeneIRA NOVOSELSKY Ward 2 Councillor fi ts District, the city would also create a parking advisory committee to oversee the use of the funds. That committee is likely to include city councillors, representatives from the mayor and fi nance director’s offi ces, the parking director and local business people. Ward 2 Councillor Ira Novoselsky said the new district is a great idea and asked if it would use funds from collected tickets and fi nes as well as the meter revenues. Viscay said the state law only allows cities to collect the meter revenues, not the fi nes. “There are a lot of things in that list you mentioned that we have been looking at for a long time, specifi cally more barrels and more cameras,” said Novoselsky. “This is designed to improve the aesthetics of some of our main drags, Broadway and Shirley Avenue, where it would be a huge uplift to have more barrels, more streetscaping and more lights,” said Parking Director Zachary Babo. “It also benefi ts the amenities related to our green energy and our alternative transportation.” Councillor-at-Large Marc Silvestri, the chair of the Economic Development Subcommittee, said the Parking Benefi ts District looks like a great idea.
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