##VIDEO ID:HK0CgFWd9hg## e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e if I can ask everybody to please stand so I a pledge allegiance to the flag pledge Al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one na indivisible ask the clerk to call the Roll Call of the members Council ten Reger you it is absent councelor Jimenez Rivera present councelor recupero Council Taylor here councelor Robinson here councelor tesher is absent councelor Kelly Garcia here councelor San here Council Vega is absent councilor Brown here and councilor desus present eight members present you have a quum okay at this time I have a couple brief comments to make to to the audience and to the council as we enter the second year of our city council term we need to work with the city Administration on a new growth and economic development by reaching out to companies to help grow the tax base and provide employment opportunities for our residents we need to keep a close watch on our bottom line by reviewing the city's finances when it comes to tax abatements exemptions loopholes our generosity needs to remain in check for the future of Chelsea the city council needs to be prepared and have plans for the time to oper funds are expended we need to participate encourage our residents to participate in the pl plant a comprehensive master plan process which will help guide the future of Chelsea I think it's important for this board to encourage our residents to partake in the LA planta process to help guide our city over the next few years at this time I'll to open up the floor for nominations for the president of the city council I'd like to nominate uh councelor nor leis Jesus can I get a second second nomination seeing no other nominations we'll close that portion of the meeting you would vote by name by roll call when your name is called State the name of the councelor you're supporting for council president for 2025 councelor tener gar he is absent councelor Herz Rivera councelor Deus councelor cero councelor Taylor councelor De Jesus councelor Robinson councelor De Jesus councelor Tesh is absent councelor Kell you councelor Council San councelor de Council Vega it's absent councelor Brown councelor De Jesus and councel desus councelor Deus Council Vegas presid do you want to excuse her record your vote Yes councelor the Jesus please with nine members voting affirmative two absent councel norly D who is elected president of the city council for 2024 i' ask for her to come forward and be sworn in and then SW and take over the meeting your name do solemnly swear do solemnly swear and affirm and affirm that I will Faithfully that I will faithfully and impartially and impartially perform all the duties perform all the duties incumbent upon me incumbent upon me as president as president of the city council of the city council according to the best according to the best of my abilities of my abilities and understanding and understanding agreeably agree to the rules and regulations to the rules and regulations of the Constitution of the constition and laws of and laws of the the charter the charter and the ordinances and the ordinances of the city of Chelsea of the city of Chelsea so help me God so help me God congratulations we shall continue we shall continue now with um nominations for vice president I nom is there a second I'll second okay uh clerk could you please take us with a roll call seeing no further nominations when your name is called please State the name of the council or your supporting for Council vice president for the year of 20125 councelor tener Garcia abson councilor Herz R councelor Taylor councilor cupero Council tayor coun Tor presid presid Council Robinson councelor Taylor councelor Tesh is absent councelor Kelly G councelor Todd Taylor councelor sanip councelor Todd Taylor Council Vega councelor Todd Taylor councel Brown councelor Todd Taylor and Council desus councelor Todd Taylor with members voting in favor two absent one voting present Council Taylor has been elected vice president of the city council for 2025 [Applause] God Taylor do solemnly swear do solemnly swear and affirm and affirm that I will Faithfully that I will Fai ful and impartially and impartially perform all the duties perform all the duties incumbent upon me incumbent upon me as vice president as vice president of the city council of the city council according to the best according to the best of my ability of my ability and understanding and understanding agreeably agreeably to the rules and regulations to the rules and regulations of the Constitution of the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth laws of the Commonwealth the charter the charter and the ordinances and the ordinances of the city of Chelsea of the city of Chelsea so help me God so help me God thank you congratulations counselor moving on now to the nominations for delegates of the school committee uh nominate uh councelor Kelly Garcia second Kelly all right congrats motion that the nominations be closed for a delegate to the school committee okay thank you clerk when your name is called please State the name of the councelor you are supporting for delegate to the school committee for the year 2025 councelor tanari Garcia is ABS councel Jimenez Rivera Kelly Garcia councelor copero Council Taylor councelor Kelly Garcia councelor Robinson councelor Kelly Garcia councelor Tes is absent counc Kelly Garcia present councelor sandate councelor Kelly Garcia councelor Vega councelor Kelly Garcia councel Brown councelor Kelly Garcia and councilor oers councelor Kelly Garcia with eight members voting affirmative two absent and one voting president Council Kelly Garcia has been elected delegate to the school committee for 202 I state your name Kelly Garcia do solemnly swear do solemnly swear and affirm and affirm that I will Faithfully that I will faithfully and impartially and impartially perform all the duties perform all of the duties incumbent upon me and combing upon me as delegate as delegate to the school committee to the school committee according to the best according to the best of my abilities of my abil and understanding and understanding agreeably agreeably to the rules and regulations to the rules and regulations of the Constitution of the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth and laws of the Commonwealth the charter the charter and the ordinances and the ordinances of the city of Chelsea of the city of Chelsea so help me God so help me God thank you than motion okay I don't have okay congratulations counselor moving on now [Music] to um my apologies councelor Madam president I'm sorry madam president I make a motion that the rules uh for the 2024 rules and regulations be the same as 2025 until time touch the city council subcommittees and rules and administration meet for recommendation otherwise thank you counselor do I hear a second second thank you counselor um moving on now to counselor Taylor uh I'd move that the roll call order for the year 2025 be drawn 2024 thank you counselor is there a second mam Madam president I ask said if I can speak briefly um second I said second just because we already took the organizational meeting just for public transparency ask that we call the names out in public thank you thank you counselor positions the roll call order as drawn during the organizational meeting December 16th 2024 as follows councilor tener Garcia councelor Herz Rivera councel grupero Council Taylor councelor Robinson councelor Tesha councelor Kelly Garcia councelor sanate councelor Vega councelor Brown and councelor desus thank you clerk um moving on to the second and I believe counselor Robinson you had a motion yes uh I'd like to make a motion that the seating arangement for the year 2025 be as drawn during the organizational meeting held on December 16th 2024 is there a second second yes I'll second the motion thank you councelor s just briefly uh just ask if we can also make a roll call of the names that was drawn on the 16 of December 24 so the voters will know who we are see no objection uh seating arrangement is is as you see on the Das from my right to left councelor copero councelor her menz rivera councelor robinson Council Vega councilor Tesh council president Aus Council Brown Council Kelly Garcia Council sanate Council tenary Garcia and Council Taylor all right thank you Clark um we'll now move on to just a few remarks and I'll um I'll be brief um we've accomplished a lot of planning in this past year I'm extremely thankful for my colleagues on the council I'm extremely thankful for all of your commitment all of your trust um but most importantly for your willingness to work together to push forward so many initiatives to get out of your comfort zone in many of these cases and really trust in yourselves and your abilities and and and to really ensure that our community feels as though there is actual work being done here I I genuinely and truly am grateful for for each and every one of you for uh really supporting in some shape way or form to um a lot of the planning and the sketching and um and progress that we did in this past year um and you know just to speak about this past year briefly um I just want to skim through it um real quickly and and share with you all um and and also the public we kicked off last year with our um uh Council priorities something that we had not done in a while um but I am super grateful that we did because we really did initiate our work plan in that way um and shortly after our um uh meeting um our city manager who I'm also extremely grateful for all his work in the past year um knew exactly what to focus on and and and how to get this um this work rolling um and so we we really um uh started to sketch out our uh Master planning um and in that Master planning include all of the concerns and needs that many of our res residents came here to remind us right safety um housing um you know uh food and and and stability everything that we heard we we tried to make sure that we can include in this planning um we had our chairs in in our committees lead amazing conversations on safety on housing um on our Sports uh creation our Sports Committee a new Sports Committee that we were able to create um and in in which we now have um also an amazing director um of athletic infrastructure who's not only focusing on Sports but really also focusing on health and and and um overall wraparound needs for our youth um in the housing Forefront this evening actually we'll be talking about some of the initiatives that we've um drafted together to ensure that our families are living in dignified housing right and these are all conversations that for my senior colleagues here we've been talking about for for a while but we were really able to put on paper and we'll be hopefully voting on in this month right um and you know um we know that housing is is is complex we know that housing is not it's not solved with just one policy and so we're going to continue to work um from different Avenues um and ensuring that you know one of those um avenues that we take is our own internal communication and building an infrastructure that helps all of our departments communicate better with one another when housing complaints come in or when Tenants come in seeking support we can ensure that all of our department services are ready for them to access um with infrastructure I'll say that our community although we've caused a lot of traffic this past year it was very very much needed we've we've uh made a lot of progress in that area and progress that we're also seeing in the lens of um environmental justice right and sustainability and making sure that we are not just um fixing it to fix it but fixing it with uh strategies and plans to make sure that we are addressing the environmental um issues that our community has seen for many many years um we have significant progress also in the Investments thanks to our federal delegate in the environmental justice area so we're very thankful for our partners both at the state and federal level for locking in funds for us and supporting us on our work locally um and and you know when we're talking about um sustainability when we're talking about housing when we're talking about health we have to also talk about um uh jobs we have to ensure that as um my fellow counselor uh counselor Robinson mentioned we have to make sure that our families are able to sustain themselves right um You can't have a place to call home if you um if your income is not safe right um and secured your income won't be stable if your health is not secured and your health cannot be secure if safety concerns with your environment exist and so making sure that our approach includes all of these different issues is so important for the for the future and sustainability of our community um I want to acknowledge that you know this body cannot do that work alone there are many directors many Department staff that rolled out exactly what we lined up on our priorities um and of course our city manager who has con constantly kept us informed of of the progress that we've been doing and and of the steps that we are able to take to get closer to our goals set back in January of 2024 um this year we will build on this momentum ensuring that all of our decisions are pushed forward um with stability safety health and inclusivity in mind uh together we're ensure that Chelsea continues to thrive as a city of opportunity of resilience and hope thank you guys for your trust this meeting is now AED all right e e