Ordinance and Administration Committee

RECEIVED By City Clerk at 1:58 pm, 5/25/22 AMESBURY CITY HALL 62 Friend Street Amesbury, MA 01913 City Council Ordinance Committee Meeting Minutes January 18, 2022 at 7:00PM Virtual meeting This meeting was conducted under the ‘Executive Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law G.L. c.30A, §20’, signed on March 12, 2020. Ordinance Committee Secretary, Ellie Andersen, called the meeting to order at 7:04 PM Roll Call was taken and present were: Attorney Johnson, Councilor Lennon, Councilor Mandeville, Attorney Raffa, and Councilor Rinaldi. Appointment of Chair  Ordinance Committee Secretary, Ellie Andersen, asked if there were any nominations for Ordinance Committee Chair. Councilor Lennon nominated Councilor Mandeville for Ordinance Committee Chair. Councilor Rinaldi seconded the nomination. Councilor Mandeville accepted the nomination. Roll call was taken, all members voted in favor (5). Nomination passed.  Ellie Andersen passed the meeting to Councilor Mandeville. Appointment of Vice Chair  Councilor Mandeville asked if there were any nominations for Ordinance Committee Vice Chair. Attorney Raffa nominated Councilor Lennon for Ordinance Committee Vice Chair. Attorney Johnson seconded the nomination. Councilor Lennon accepted the nomination. Roll call was taken, all members voted in favor (5). Nomination passed. Approval of 2022 Schedule  Councilor Lennon requested that the Clerk’s Office create an outlook calendar that the Councilors can subscribe to via their email.  Councilor Mandeville suggested that be done for Finance Committee and City Council as well. Councilor Lennon motioned to approve the Ordinance Committee Meeting Schedule for 2022 as presented. Attorney Johnson seconded the motion. Roll call was taken, all members voted in favor (5). Motion passed. 1 Minutes for Approval: October 19, 2021 and November 16, 2021  Attorney Raffa stated she had some clerical/typo corrections for the October 19, 2021 minutes:  Under 2021-108, in the paragraph that starts “Councilor Lennon states in her recollection…” The order 2021-111 is referenced by just “#111”, Attorney Raffa stated she thinks the order should be referenced by its full number, 2021-111.  On the second page, the paragraph that starts, “Councilor Mandeville agreed...” Attorney Raffa believed he stated he was slightly “indifferent” not “different”.  She said clarifying the CC and zoning were “districts”  On page 4, under 2021-144, a sentence was missing a space between two words. Councilor Lennon motioned to approve the October 19, 2021 meeting minutes with the amendments made by Attorney Raffa. Attorney Raffa seconded this motion. Roll call was taken, all member voted in favor (5). Motion passed.  It was noted that the Ordinance Committee received the wrong draft of the November 16, 2021 minutes and would receive the proper copy for their next regularly scheduled meeting,  Councilor Lennon noted she would recommend that the word “reprecincting” be changed to “redistricting” Councilor Lennon motioned to continue the approval of the Ordinance Committee November 16, 2021 meeting minutes to the next regularly scheduled Ordinance Committee meeting pending the corrected version. Councilor Rinaldi seconded this motion. Roll call was taken, all members voted in favor (5). Motion passed. Councilor Lennon motioned to adjourn. Attorney Raffa seconded this motion. Roll call was taken, all members voted in favor (5). Motion passed. Adjourned at 7:20PM Respectfully Submitted, Ellie Andersen, January 31st, 2022 2