Page 8 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2021 Councillors look to rescind meeting start time ordinance By Adam Swift A 8 Norwood St. Everett (617) 387-9810 HOURS: Open Daily at 4:00 PM Don’t Forget to Book your Holiday Party Early! Order your Holiday Party Platters Now! Join us begining at 4 PM for our NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION featuring Everett’s own... NEW MIKE MATARAZZO ~ www.eight10barandgrille.com ~ n ordinance approved by the City Council last year ensuring that no City Council meetings begin before 5 p.m. may be having some unintended consequences. Ward 6 Councillor Richard Serino presented the ordinance to the City Council last year as a way to increase public participation at municipal meetings. But last week, City Council President Anthony Zambuto presented a motion to rescind the ordinance. Councillor-at-Large Jessica Giannino said she understands Serino’s motivation for wanting the later meeting start times, but said it has caused issues scheduling some City Council subcommittee meetings in a timetee meeting for my public safety committee, because when you limited the meetings to fi ve o’clock, we only have one hour to conduct city business on certain days,” Giannino said. The subcommittee meeting schedule would often quickly get booked up with zoning and ways and means subcommittee meetings with more pressing business, she said. “Although it was incredibly JESSICA GIANNINO Councillor-at-Large ly manner. “As a chairperson for a committee, I had to wait three months to get a subcommitwell intended, I couldn’t have a meeting for public safety, and Councillor [Steven] Morabito had a motion that sat in my committee tied up for months,” Giannino said, adding that it was diffi cult to get a quorum for the subcommittee meeting she MEETING | SEE Page 20 Happy Birthday, Nancy! Nancy Ring turned 95 years young on Thanksgiving Day, November 25. The City Council recognized her birthday and presented her with a congratulatory certifi cate from Ward 4 Councillor Patrick Keefe. Pictured are her two sons, Kevin and Paul Ring, at their family home on Fenno Street. (Courtesy photos)
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