City Council - Regular Meeting

the clerk item number one we have the reappointment of kenneth galligan of 25 messina drive brockton mass to the traffic commission for a three-year term ending june 2029 alpha green uh mr president i move that we take item number one under um suspension of the rules and act on it tonight second second motion properly made and seconded all in favor all opposed the motion passes

The matter comes to a vote of the council for reappointment. Mr. Clerk, would you please call the roll? Madam Clerk, would you please call the roll?

Charnell.

Yes.

Farwell.

Yes.

Griffin.

Yes.

Green.

Yes.

Lally.

Yes.

McCastro. Yes. Thompson.

Yes.

Seven in the affirmative.

Thank you. Thank you, councillor. Move reconsideration in the hope it does not prevail.

Second.

Properly made and seconded for reconsideration. All in favor of reconsideration? All opposed? Reconsideration fails.

Item two, we have the appointment of Deneen Sampson of 166 Thatcher Street, Brockton, Mass., to the Advisory Council on Health for a two-year term ending in June 2028.

It's referred to finance.

We have the appointment of Dora Green of 84 Malvern Road, Brockton, Mass., to the Advisory Council on Health for a three-year term ending in June 2029. Referred to finance. We have the appointment of Dr. Sasha Gittens of 488 Quincy Ave., Unit 5, Quincy, Mass., to the Advisory Council on Health for a two-year term ending in June, 2028. Referred to Finance. We have the appointment of Albert Whitaker of 275 Spring Street, Brockton, Mass. to the Advisory Council on Health for a two-year term ending in June, 2028. Referred to Finance. We have the appointment of Dr. Hung Ngo of 7 Powderhouse Road, Dover, Mass. to the Advisory Council on Health for a one-year term ending in June, 2027. Referred to Finance. We have the appointment of Charita Bing of 22 Troy Street, Brockton, Mass to the Advisory Council on Health for a one-year term ending in June, 2027. Referred to Finance. We have the appointment of Karina Herrera of 56 River Street, Brockton, Mass to the Advisory Council on Health for a one-year term ending in June, 2027. Referred to Finance. We have a hearing, we have the petition of Mass Electric Company requesting permission to locate manholes, wires, and ducts, including the necessary sustaining and protecting fixtures along the following public way, Main Street slash School Street, trenching from MH 21 across the sidewalk and over to the City Hall Plaza driveway. trenching from vault 65 across the sidewalk into the street intercepting existing conduit. In city clerk's office, May 11th, 2026, hearing is signed for June 22, 2026. All paperwork is on file.

Time having arrived, I declare this hearing open. Is the petitioner present? If so, please come forward, give your name and address to the clerk.

Hi, my name is Mohammed Jamous. I'm here on behalf of National Grid at 100 East Ashland Street, Brockton. For this petition, we're just looking to bring in a new feed for the 142 North Main Street building. They need their own transformer, and in order to get that, we have to tap off the primary from the manhole on, what's it called, on Main Street and School Street. So we just have to transfer that.

All right, thank you. Is there anyone here in favor? If not, I declare that portion of the hearing closed. Is anyone here in opposition? If not, I declare that portion of the hearing closed. Councillors, the question comes on granting by hand vote. All in favor? All opposed? It is granted.

Item 10, we have the petition of National Grid to install one J-O pole on West Chestnut Street and remove one S-O pole on West Chestnut Street, beginning at a point approximately 626 feet northwest of the center line of the intersection of West Chestnut Street and Linwood Street. National Grid to install 50-foot J-O pole, P-193-2, excuse me, two feet south and 10 feet east of existing P-246. and remove SOP 246 on West Chestnut Street in Brockton. In city clerk's office, May 5th, 2026. Hearing is signed for June 22, 2026. All paperwork is on file.

Time having arrived, I declare this hearing open. Petitioner present. If so, please come forward, give your name and address to the clerk.

My name is Muhammad. I'm here on behalf of National Grid located at 100 East Ashland Street, Brockton. For this job, we're... What's it called? We're moving existing poll 246 and kind of just relocating a little bit at poll 193 as a new poll.

Anyone here in opposition? Seeing none, I declare that portion of the hearing closed. Councilman Castro.

Thank you. Good evening, Muhammad from National Grid. Can you just give us a thumbnail explanation of what's a JO poll and what's an SO poll?

So a JO poll are polls that are owned by both National Grid and Verizon. We do the installs, they do the removals. So a joint something? Joint owned, correct. And then the SO is just single owned, and that's our polls only.

So why are we changing them?

To be honest, I wasn't made aware of this petition before coming in, but I was looking at it on my phone. I think it's just an intersection point. The existing poll 246 doesn't look to be in good condition.

Okay. Okay.

and location's not ideal, so I think they just wanted to move it.

Okay, that all makes sense. Thank you for the explanation. No problem. Thank you, Mr. President.

Thank you, Counselor. Thank you for the explanation. Of course. Counselors, the question comes on granting by a hand vote. All in favor? All opposed? That is granted.

Thank you, guys.

Thank you.

Item 11, we have the petition of Americans Rail Home Inc. of 21 Roosevelt Ave, West Bridgewater, Mass to suspend an overhang roof and sign at 728 Main Street, Brockton, Mass. I don't see anyone here from American Rails Home.

I'll make a motion to postpone it to the end of the meeting.

Second. Motion's been properly made and seconded to postpone to the end of the meeting. All in favor? All opposed? The matter's postponed.

Item 12, we have the report of the ordinance committee for its meeting of June 1st, 2026.

Accepted and placed on file.

Report of the ordinance committee for its meeting of June 2nd, 2026.

Accepted and placed on file.

Report of the finance committee for its meeting of June 15th, 2026. Accepted and placed on file.

We have a communication from the mayor reappointing Kenneth Galligan to the traffic commission for a three-year term ending June 2029.

Accepted and placed on file.

We have communications from the mayor appointing Doreen Simpson, Dora Green, Dr. Sasha Gittens, Albert Whitaker, Dr. Han Ngo, Charita Bing, and Karina Herrera to the Advisory Council on Health.

Accepted and placed on file.

We have a communication from the mayor in accordance with the general laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 44. Excuse me, I think I skipped. Communication from the mayor appointing Karina Herrera of 56 River Street. to the advisory council on health for a one-year term.

Accepted and placed on file.

With a communication from the mayor in accordance with the general laws of Massachusetts chapter 44, recommending city council authorize a transfer of $5,000.

This transfer will fully fund the clerk's overtime category for the remainder of the fiscal year. Accepted and placed on file.

We have a communication from the CFO relative to the same.

Accepted and placed on file.

Communication from the Mayor in accordance with the General Laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 44, recommending that the City Council authorize the transfer of $50,000 from DPW Refuge Personal Services Non-Overtime to DPW Refuge Purchase of Service.

Accepted and placed on file.

Communication from the CFO relative to the same. Accepted and placed on file. Communication from the Mayor in accordance with the General Laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 44, recommending that the City Council authorize the acceptance and expenditure of the grant award in the amount of $50,000 from the Mass Office of Travel and Tourism to the Police Department. These funds are a part of the FY26 Sport and Entertainment Grant and will be used to support public safety costs for the FIFA watch parties. Accepted and placed on file. Communication from the CFO relative to the same. Accepted and placed on file. Communication from the Mayor in accordance with the General Laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 44. recommending that the City Council authorize the transfer of the administration of grant funds in the amount of $175,000. This order will shift the administration of funds awarded to the city by the Barr Foundation to the Office of Planning and Economic Development to fund a transportation manager position within the department. Accepted and placed on file.

Communication from the CFO relative to the same. Accepted and placed on file.

Communication from the mayor in accordance with the general laws of Massachusetts chapter 44, recommending that the city council authorize the acceptance of the proposed order. The city of Brockton is adequate to support the pay plan of the public safety communications technology specialist.

Accepted and placed on file.

Communication from the CFO relative to the same.

Accepted and placed on file.

Communication from the mayor in accordance with the general laws of Massachusetts chapter 44, recommending that the city council authorize the transfer of the administration grant funds in the amount of $360,000. This order will shift the administration of the Mass Save Municipal Energy Manager Grant awarded to the city by National Grid to the Office of Planning and Economic Development. Accepted and placed on file. Communication from the CFO relative to the same. Accepted and placed on file. Communication from the Chief of Police requesting acceptance of the ordinance. To create a facilities managed position for the public safety building.

Accepted and placed on file.

Communication from the mayor recommending the same.

Accepted and placed on file.

Communication from the CFO relative to the same.

Accepted and placed on file.

Communication from the mayor in accordance with the general laws of Massachusetts chapter 44. Recommending that city council authorize the transfer of $250,000. This transfer will fully fund the police department's overtime category for the remainder of the fiscal year. Accepted and placed on file. Communication from the CFO relative to the same.

Accepted and placed on file.

Communication from the mayor in accordance with the general laws of Massachusetts chapter 44, recommending that the city council support the proposed easement of the described parcels of land abutting Center, Plymouth, and Commercial Street.

Accepted and placed on file.

Communication from the CFO relative to the same. Accepted and placed on file. Item 42, we have an ordinance banning the manufacturing, sale, and distribution of Kratom in the City of Brockton. In City Council March 23, 2026, written and referred to the Standing Committee in ordinance, that report was favorable as amended.

Councilors, the question is on passage to a third reading as amended by a hand vote. All in favor? All opposed, pass to a third reading.

Item 43, an ordinance amending chapter 11, article 12, motor vehicle repair relative to definitions, regulations, and enforcement. In city council, May 11th, 2026, Rudin referred to the standing committee on ordinance. That report was favorable as amended.

Councilors, questions on passage to a third reading as amended by a hand vote. All in favor? All opposed, pass to a third reading.

Item 44, ordinance, an ordinance establishing regulations and penalties for needle exchange programs in the City of Brockton. In City Council, April 13th, 2026, read and referred to the Standing Committee on Ordinance. That report was favorable as amended. In City Council, May 26th, 2026, passed to a third reading as amended. Councillor Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I'm going to seek a motion to postpone on this agenda item. This matter is not yet ready for acceptance.

Do you have a date in mind?

of the next City Council meeting.

Second? Second. Second. Motion's been properly made and seconded to postpone. All in favor? All opposed? Matters postponed.

Item 45, Ordinance and Ordinance Amending, Chapter 2, Article 6, Division 8, Youth Council. In City Council, April 27th, 2026, read and refer to the Standing Committee on Ordinance. That report was favorable. In City Council, May 26th, 2026, to pass to a third reading.

Question is on ordination by a roll call vote. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Azak.

Yes.

Charnell.

Yes.

Carwell.

Yes.

Griffin.

Yes.

Green.

Yes.

Lally.

Yes.

Nicastro. Yes. Thompson.

Yes.

Eaton, the affirmative.

The ordinance is ordained. Item 46, we have the appointment of Shannon Cattell of 183 Ellsworth Street, Brockton, Mass., to the Commission on Human Rights for a three-year term ending in May, 2029. In City Council May 26th, 2026, written referred to the Standing Committee on Finance, that report was favorable.

Questions on confirmation by a roll call vote. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Azak. Yes. Charnell.

Yes.

Farwell.

Yes.

Griffin.

Yes.

Green.

Yes.

Lally.

Yes.

Nicastro. Yes. Tavares. Yes. Thompson.

Yes.

Nine in the affirmative.

The appointment is confirmed. Item 47, we have the appointment of Jacob Matthews of 25 East Nielsen Street, apartment 403, brought en masse to the Commission on Human Rights for a three-year term ending in May 2029. In City Council May 26, 2026, Redden referred to the Standing Committee on Finance. That report was favorable.

Question is on confirmation by a roll call vote. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Azak? Yes. Charnell?

Yes.

Farwell?

Yes.

Griffin?

Yes.

Green?

Yes.

Lally?

Yes.

Nicastro? Yes. Tavares? Yes. Thompson?

Yes.

Not in the affirmative.

The appointment is confirmed. Item 48, ordered that the City of Brockton grants to Massachusetts Electric Company a utility easement for electrical purposes over and under city-owned land identified as 45 School Street, Brockton, Mass., and more particularly described in the proposed grant of easement attached with this order. And further, the City Council authorizes the Mayor to execute the attached grant of easement and to take other actions necessary to carry out the terms, purposes, and conditions of the same. In City Council May 26, 2026, Redden referred to the Standing Committee on Finance. That report was favorable.

Questions on adoption by a roll call vote. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Ezak? Yes. Charnell?

Yes.

Farwell?

Yes.

Griffin? Yes.

Yes.

Green?

Yes.

Lally?

Yes.

Nicastro? Yes. Tavares? Yes. Thompson?

Yes.

Nine in the affirmative.

The order is adopted. Item 49, order to waiver of the City of Brockton's residency requirements under Section 2-10 of the City Ordinances for Donnie Watson. In City Council May 26, 2026, read and refer to the Standing Committee on Finance. That report was favorable.

The question is on adoption by a roll call vote. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Ezak? Yes. Charnell?

Yes.

Farwell?

Yes.

Griffin?

Yes.

Green?

Yes.

Lally?

Yes.

Nicastro? Yes. Tavares? Yes. Thompson?

Yes.

Nine of the affirmative.

The order is adopted. Item 50, order that the City Council authorizes the acceptance and expenditure of the total grant funds in the amount of $17,100 from the Executive Office of Public Safety to the Fire Department. Mr. President.

In City Council, May 26th,

2026, read and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance. That report was favorable. Councillor Farwell.

Mr. President, after reading, I move that we act on items 50 through 56 collectively.

Second.

Motion has been properly made and seconded to take items 50 to 56 collectively. All in favor? All opposed? Motion passes. Mr. Clark.

Item 51, ordered that the following names some be and the same as hereby transferred and the same as submitted by the mayor as follows. Transfer of $50,000 from finance personal services non-overtime, $25,000. From auditor personal services non-overtime, $25,000. To auditor purchase of service, $50,000. In City Council May 26, 2026, written and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance, that report was favorable. Ordered that the City Council authorizes the acceptance and expenditure of the total grant funds in the amount of $15,000 from the Mass Council on Aging to Council on Aging. Ordered that, excuse me, in City Council May 26, 2026, read and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance. That report was favorable. Ordered that the following name sum be in the same as hereby transferred, as the same was submitted by the Mayor as follows. Transfer of $2,000 from elections purchase of service to elections goods and supplies. In City Council May 26, 2026, Read and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance. That report was favorable. Item 54. Ordered that the following name sum be and the same as hereby transferred, as the same was submitted by the Mayor as follows. Transfer of $10,000 from Human Resources Purchase of Service to Human Resources Goods and Supplies. In City Council, May 26, 2026. Read and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance. That report was favorable. Item 55. Order that the following name sum be in the same as hereby transferred, as the same was submitted by the Mayor as follows. Transfer of $46,000 from Parks and Recreation, Personal Services, Non-Overtime, Two, Parks and Recreation Purchase of Service. In City Council May 26, 2026, read and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance, that report was favorable. Item 56, order that the following name sum be in the same as hereby transferred, as the same was submitted by the Mayor as follows. Transfer of $400,000 from Treasurer's Debt Service to Treasurer's Medicare Tax. In City Council May 26, 2026, read and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance, that report was favorable.

Okay. Counselors, question is on adoption by a roll call vote. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Azak? Yes. Charnell?

Yes.

Carwell?

Yes.

Griffin?

Yes.

Green?

Yes.

Lally?

Yes.

Nicastro? Yes. Tavares? Yes. Thompson?

Yes.

Nine in the affirmative.

The orders are adopted. Item 57, order that the following petition be approved and submitted to the great and general court for approval under clause one of section eight of article two as amended of the amendments to the constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and to the end that legislation be adopted precisely as follows, except for clerical or editorial changes of form only. An act relative to election recount process and signature requirements of the mayor, city council, and school committee in the city of Brockton for name to be placed on ballot for nomination. IN CITY COUNCIL MAY 26, 2026, WRITTEN AND REFERRED TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. THAT REPORT WAS FAVORABLE AS AMENDED.

COUNCILOR, THIS QUESTION IS ON ADOPTION AS AMENDED BY A ROLL CALL VOTE. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?

EZEK? YES. CHARNEL?

YES.

FARWELL?

NO.

GRIFFIN?

NO.

GREEN?

YES.

LOWLEY?

YES.

NICASTRO?

NO.

TAVARES? NO. THOMPSON?

YES.

5 in the affirmative, 4 in the opposition.

The order is adopted. Item 58, ordered that the following name sum be in the same as hereby transferred as the same as submitted by the mayor as follows. Transfer of $20,000 from DPW Sewer Goods and Supplies. Two, DPW sewer personal services overtime. In City Council May 26, 2026, Redden referred to the Standing Committee on Finance. That report was favorable as amended.

Questions on adoption as amended by a roll call vote. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Ezak? Yes. Charnell?

Yes.

Farwell?

Yes.

Griffin?

Yes.

Green?

Yes.

Lally? Yes.

Yes.

Nicastro? Yes. Tavares? Yes. Thompson?

Yes.

Nine in the affirmative.

The order is adopted. Item 59, order that the following name sum be in the same as hereby transferred is the same as submitted by the mayor as follows. Transfer of $45,000 from DPW Goods and Supplies, excuse me, DPW Water, Goods and Supplies to DPW Water Personal Services Overtime in City Council May 26, 2026. Read and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance. That report was favorable as amended.

The question is on adoption as amended by a roll call vote. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Ezak? Yes. Charnell?

Yes.

Farwell?

Yes.

Griffin?

Yes.

Green?

Yes.

Lally?

Yes.

Nicastro? Yes. Tavares? Yes. Thompson?

Yes.

Nine in the affirmative.

The order is adopted. Item 60, ordinance. An ordinance relative to wholesale residential kitchens. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Brockton to adopt a new ordinance where appropriate as follows. Section 1, definitions. A cottage food operation means a person who produces cottage food products only in the home kitchen of that person's primary domestic residence. B, cottage foods means non-time slash temperature control for safety baked goods, jams, jellies, and other non-time products. and temperature control for safety foods produced in cottage food operations. Wholesale residential kitchens may not prepare finished products that require hot or cold holding for safety, including meat or fish that is raw or heat treated, certain cut produce including melons, leafy greens, and tomatoes. C, wholesale residential kitchens is any cottage food operation that sells directly to the consumer that merchandise cannot be sold from the home in person. Section two is permits, section three training and information, Section 4, health code standards for permanent residential kitchens. Section 5 is compliance and enforcement. Section 6, regulations. Section 7, reporting. Referred to ordinance. Item 61, an ordinance amending Article 3, Division 2, Section 2-127, pay plan. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Brockton, Article 3, Section 2-127 is hereby amended. Article 3, Section... Section 2-127 is amended by deleting the following category. Communications Director Bima. Article 3, Section 2-127 is further amended by deleting the following wage scale. Category EM-3. Position Communications Director Bima. Minimum salary $26,676 through step 4, $29,150. Article 3, Section 2-127 is amended by adding the following category. Public Safety Communications Technology Specialist, EM. Article 3, Section 2-127 is further amended by adding the following wage scale. Category EM-3, Positioned Public Safety Communications Technology Specialist. Minimum salary, $79,172. Through Step 4, $86,513. Refer to ordinance. Item 62, Ordinance. An ordinance amending Article 3, Division 2, Section 2-127, Pay Plan. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Brockton, Article 3, Section 2-127 is hereby amended as follows. Article 3, Section 2-127 is amended by adding the following category, Facilities Manager, Public Safety Building, PR. Article 3, Section 2-127 is further amended by adding the following wage scale. Category PR4, Position of Facilities Manager, Public Safety Building, minimum salary $140,000 through step four, $157,000. Referred to ordinance. Orders. Order that city of Brockton grants to Massachusetts Electric Company an easement over, across, and under city-owned land, identifying as 9 Cinder Road, Pembroke, Mass., to provide certain limited access through, over, across, or under the identified parcel, as more particularly described in the proposed easement attached to this order. The city council authorizes the mayor to execute the attached easement and to take other actions as necessary to carry out the terms. Purposes and conditions of the same.

Referred to finance.

Order that the mayor and or treasurer collective be authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to convey the property consisting of 3,100 square feet. Located and known as plot 7B Country Club Lane. Parcel ID 079-130 to Cheryl Anderson, 208 Country Club Lane, Brockton, Mass. for the purchase of $1,200, said property to be sold under the abutted lot program and to be sold with permanent non-buildable restriction. Said property shall also merge with the abutting lot of the purchaser within six months of purchase. The six months begins at the time the deed is executed. If the grantee fails to merge the premises as stated with the city of Brockton reserves the right to revert the premises back to the city ownership at no cost and for no consideration. At closing, the grantee shall execute a reverter deed to the City of Brockton, which shall be held in escrow by the City pending satisfaction of the conditions stated above. If the reverter deed has not been recorded within nine months from the date of recording this deed, the City of Brockton's right of reverter shall be deemed to have lapsed. Referred to the Committee on Real Estate. Item 65, order that the Mayor and or Treasurer Collector be authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to convey the property consisting of 4,217 square feet, located and known as plot 147-1-93, Forest Avenue, parcel ID 066, to Gomes Investment LLC, 91 Forest Ave, Brockton, Mass for the purchase price of $2,300. Said property to be sold under the abutter lot program and to be sold with a permanent non-buildable restriction. Said property shall also merge with the abutting lot of the purchaser within six months of purchase. The six months begins at the time the deed is executed. If the grantee fails to merge the premises as stated, the city of Brockton reserves the right to revert the premises back to the city ownership at no cost and for no consideration. At closing, the grantee shall execute a reverted deed to the city of Brockton, which shall be held in escrow by the city pending satisfaction of the conditions stated above. If the reverted deed has not been recorded within nine months from the date of recording this deed, the city of Brockton's right of reverter shall be deemed to have lapsed. Referred to real estate. Item 66, order that the following name sum be in the same as hereby transferred, as the same was submitted by the Mayor as follows. Transfer of $5,000 from City Clerk Personal Services non-overtime to City Clerk Personal Services overtime. I'd actually ask somebody I met too early to make a motion to take this under suspension of the rules and act this evening as we're coming to the end of June.

Before I make that motion, just a point of inquiry to you, Mr. President. Items 66, 67, and 68, in order to close out the fiscal year, it would seem prudent to act on those tonight. My question is, could we ask the Chief Financial Officer if that should be done? Seems a reasonable question to ask. Dr. Clarkson? Items 66, 67, and 68, Dr. Clarkson, In view of the fact that we won't meet again until July and we need to close out fiscal year 2026, would it be prudent to act on all of those this evening under suspension of the rules?

Good evening, Mr. Chairman and members of the council. I would say yes, and that would be inclusive also of number 71.

Mr. President, I would so move that those four be taken under suspension of the rules and acted on this evening. who will let it close out of the fiscal year.

All right. Motion's been properly made and seconded to take these items collectively under suspension of the rules. All in favor? All opposed? Motion passes. Mr. Clerk, would you like to do 67, 68, and 71?

Item 67, order that the following name sum be in the same as hereby transferred or the same as submitted by the mayor as follows. Transfer of $50,000 from DPW Refuse Personal Services non-overtime to DPW Refuse Purchase of Service. Order that the City Council authorize the acceptance and expenditure of the total grant funds in the amount of $50,000 from Mass Office of Travel and Tourism to Brockton Police Department. And item 71 is ordered that the following name sum be in the same as hereby transferred as the same was submitted by the Mayor as follows. transfer of $250,000 from police personal services non-overtime to police personal services overtime.

All right. Councillors, the question is on adoption by a roll call vote. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Ezak? Yes. Chernell?

Yes.

Farwell?

Yes.

Griffin?

Yes.

Green?

Yes.

Lally.

Yes.

Castro.

Yes.

Tavares. Yes. Thompson.

Yes.

Nine in the affirmative.

The orders are adopted. Counselor Farwell. I move reconsideration on all of those in the hope that it does not prevail.

Second.

Motion's been properly made and seconded for reconsideration. All in favor? All opposed? Reconsideration fails.

Item 69, order transfer of the administration of the Barr Foundation Transportation Manager Grant Funds in the amount of $175,000 from DPW Commissioner to Planning and Economic Development. Deferred to Finance. Item 70, order that the transfer of the administration of the Mass Save Municipal Energy Management Grant Funds in the amount of $360,000 from DPW Commissioner to Planning and Economic Development. Deferred to Finance. Whereas in the opinion of the mayor and the city council of the city of Brockton, the public convenience and necessity of the inhabitants of the city require that the following described parcels of land abutting Center, Plymouth, and Commercial Street in the city of Brockton, Mass., be taken in fee for highway purposes from certain owners of land abutting said streets, as the same or more particularly described Hereinafter, be it ordered that the City of Brockton does hereby take in fee in accordance with Mass Journal Law Chapter 79 and or other applicable law the following described process of land. 7 Commercial Street, Brockton, Mass. Parcel ID 151-001. With a set easement contains an area of 139 square feet, more or less. 127 Center Street, Brockton, Mass. Parcel ID 150-02. which has the easement contains an area of 123 square feet, more or less. Next plot is 10 Commercial Street, Brockton, Mass. Parcel ID 151-004, which has an easement, contains an area of 385 square feet, more or less. Said easement contains an area of 3,080 square feet, excuse me. 147 Center Street, Brockton, Mass. 02301. Parcel ID 150-200-263. Said easement contains an area of 485 square feet, more or less. A temporary easement also on that area. parcel ID 15003, excuse me, that's one, yeah, still 157 Center Street, parcel ID 150-003, said easement contains an area of 310 square feet, more or less, a temporary easement on the same plot, said easement contains an area of 153 square feet, more or less, 180 Center Street, Brockton Mass, parcel ID 151-005, Set easement contains an area of 21 square feet, more or less. Temporary easement on the same plot. Set easement contains an area of 1,204 square feet, more or less. 0 Plymouth Street, Brockton, Mass. Parcel ID 149-006. Set easement contains an area of 6 square feet, more or less. A permanent utility easement on the same plot. Set easement contains an area of 104 square feet, more or less. A permanent easement on the same spot, same lot at... Said easement contains an area of 5,147 square feet, more or less. A temporary easement in the same lot. Said easement contains an area of 522 square feet, more or less. 188 Center Street, Brockton, Mass. 02301, parcel ID 151-006, with an area of 2,512 square feet, more or less. 0 Center Street, Brockton, Mass. Parcel ID 151-010. Permanent easement as follows. Said easement contains an area of 175 square feet, more or less. Excuse me, we've done that one. Temporary easement on 0 Court Street. Said easement contains an area of 237 square feet, more or less. Parcel ID 151-009. Said easement contains an area, excuse me, this is a permanent easement. Said easement contains an area of 28 square feet. Temporary said easement contains an area of 1,310 square feet, more or less. 0 Plymouth Street, parcel ID 149-003, a temporary construction easement, said easement contains an area of 2,175 square feet, more or less. We have considered and estimated the damages sustained by all persons who have not waived damages near several estates, and hereby determine and award the same as follows. To be paid from the bond amounts previously authorized by the City Council, for purchase or taking property for public safety and general municipal purposes. Property owner, 127 Center Street, Brockton, Mass. Owners, 127 Center Street Corner, LLC, $600. 147 Center Street. Owners, SoCo Condominium Trust, $10,200. 157 Center Street. Owner, 157 Center Street, LLC, $4,200. 180 Center Street. Postal ID 151-005, owner LPK1, LLC, $5,800. 188 Center Street, Postal ID 151-005, owner D'Angelo, Inc., $11,600. The City of Brockton dedicates the following easements reference herein to the purposes of this project. which dedication shall not be recorded within the registry of deeds. 7 Commercial Street, parcel ID 151-001. 0 Court Street, parcel ID 151-009. 0 Center Street, parcel ID 151-010. Owners, City of Brockton. Brockton Area Transit dedicates the following easements referenced herein for the purposes of the project, which dedication shall not be recorded with the Registry of Deeds. 10 Commercial Street, parcel ID 151-004, owner Brockton Area Transit. Brockton Housing Authority dedicates the following easements referenced herein for the purposes of the project, which dedication shall not be recorded with the Registry of Deeds. 0 Plymouth Street, parcel ID 149006, owner Brockton Housing Authority.

Referred to Finance.

Resolved. Whereas many communities, including the City of Brockton, are evaluating their current and projected needs for water resources, and whereas the Old Colony Planning Council created a report and analysis on water resiliency and intends to reconvene the committees which worked on this report. Now, therefore, be it resolved. have Mary Waldron, Executive Director of the Old Colony Planning Council, and staff member Joanne Zygmunt, who supervised the water resiliency study, to be invited to appear before a committee of the council to discuss water resources, water production issues, and other environmental topics which may be of interest to residents and businesses in the city. Refer to Finance. Item 74, resolve to invite Dr. Troy Clarkson, Chief Financial Officer of the City of Brockton, to appear before the City Council, sitting as the Finance Committee, to discuss the City's capital policy, capital improvement budget policy, six-year capital plan, all as set forth in the FY27 budget book, including, without limitation, the process followed to create the plan, and such other topics related to capital planning for the City of Brockton. Referred to Finance. And I have a couple of late files.

Thank you, Mr. President. I have two late files this evening. I'll begin with the one regarding the grant for the Department of Public Health. Motion to accept that late file.

Second. Motion has been properly made and seconded. All in favor? Opposed? Motion passes.

We have a communication from the mayor in accordance with the general laws of Massachusetts chapter 44. I hereby recommend that the city council authorize the acceptance and expenditure of the grant award in the amount of $14,301.22 from the Mass Executive Office of Health and Human Services Department of Public Health to the Health and Human Services Department.

Accepted and placed on file.

Communication from the CFO relative to the same.

Accepted and placed on file.

And we have an order that the City Council authorizes the acceptance and expenditure of the total grant funds in the amount of $14,301.22 from the Department of Public Health to Health and Human Services.

Councillor Thompson.

Again, thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I'm going to seek a motion this evening to act on this matter tonight. Dr. McCullough from the Health and Human Services Department is with us this evening to speak on this matter. Without objection, if she could come forward to speak.

Is the motion made and seconded to take this under suspension and act on it tonight? Or do you want to...

I was going to allow her to speak and then make the motion after, but I can put it on the floor. I'll make a motion to suspend the rules and act on this matter this evening.

Second. The motion has been properly made and seconded to suspend the rules and act on this tonight. All in favor of suspension of rules? All opposed?

We received a notification last week that we received the grant. They put out the RFQ pretty late in the game for us, which was Monday, June 8th. I applied for the grant on the 12th. and receive notification on the 17th of our award. So I apologize again for the late notice, but it was important that we get this through in order to purchase some items that we need for our community events and watch parties. that we have scheduled for this week. Those being hand washing stations and trash bins as well as misting tents to keep residents and attendees cool should the weather be hot those days. So thank you again. If you have any questions, feel free. Thank you.

Councilor Farwell. Doctor, where would the misting tent be set up?

So that is a discussion that I would have with a team, primarily the safety planning team, to figure out exactly where we would place those tents. We know that we are planning with another organization that's really doing, I guess, what it would look like on those days, but it's really dependent on what we agreed to with the safety planning team. wouldn't be in the center of the city or it wouldn't be in a... No, this is at the community events and the watch parties. So the community events will be held before the watch parties on the Brockton High School grounds by Cappinelli Stadium. And then at Cappinelli Stadium is where the watch parties will actually occur. So it'll be in that area.

Obviously, we're interested in receiving grant funds to assist in public events. I mean, I can't sit here and not reflect on what went on last night in the city, which doesn't represent Brockton. It's very sad, it does not represent Brockton. And I am reluctant now to further activities, a misting tent, and other things that contribute to the watch parties because I don't have any plan in front of me that shows me a comprehensive public safety plan to deal with issues and to make sure that something doesn't happen again on another night. I don't want our police, fire, EMS people at risk. I don't want those who come into the city to assist us through mutual aid to be at risk. And I'm just not prepared without having the police chief, the fire chief here to talk about additional activities that are going to go on up at the up at these events, Brockton High School, parking lot. I'm just not prepared to vote on this tonight. And I apologize to all of you if that seems timid. I just can't put aside what has gone on and the need for proper preparation when we have events. Thank you.

Good evening. I'm going to, because there's been a lot of planning around these events that are going to be taking place at Campanelli Stadium. Unfortunately, I believe some of the counselors are not on the calls. I've been on many of them. I mean, the planning that has taken place with the amount of apparatus, police, fire, and other things, and working with the health department. I believe that more than 20 officials are on these calls for these planned events. And again, I don't agree with what's transpired in the community. I think that's not what we stand for, but we're, these watch parties are in a controlled environment. They're not gonna be people racing up and down the streets and commandeering parcels in and around the community. I think that this is what we have to do to make sure that we're keeping people in our community safe. There's gonna be, again, a lot of events, vendors, and I understand some councilors' apprehension because of what's transpired in the community, but I believe that you know if we can share some of the planning, we have with the rest of the Council in the mayor's office you'll be delighted to know that we've taken a lot of these matters and things that i've been concerned about into into play, but I think the the watch party should continue, and I think. That's the environment that we should create, and I think that's the right venue. A ticketed event with more than 59 police officers in and around the community will help deter anything of the sort. So that's what I want to do. Thank you.

Thank you, Counselor. Counselor McCastro.

Thank you. Dr. McCullough, it's $14,000, and I think you need it this week. It looks like you're expecting things to get really hot because among the things you're giving out are condoms. So I will support this, but I am very aware, and we'll speak shortly about what happened last night here in the city as a result of the soccer matches. I am sure you're as concerned as I am because public health was compromised and people were hurt.

Mm-hmm.

So thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. President.

Thank you, Councilor. Councilor Green, followed by Councilor Grimm.

Dr. McCullough, forgive me if I missed this. Is there a proposed or an anticipated date for this event or these events?

Yes, watch parties are planned to occur on the 24th and the 26th.

Of?

Of this month, so.

Of June? Yes. So this week, yes.

Okay, when might plans be finalized in terms of safety and crowd control and things of that sort?

So I would refer to the lead of the safety planning team, which is not myself, but I could get that information to you. I mean, to them to refer to you with that, okay.

Okay, all righty. So I would assume that plans are...

Yes, plans have been made and created. The councilman over here stated they've been having meetings to plan for these events. This has been in the work for... probably over a month now with dates, different dates, even suggested earlier dates suggested. So these plans have, have, you know, been in place and changed and updated, um, over time. So yes, they're developed and we could get that to you. Okay.

Alrighty. And is it clear to you kind of, uh, what the other concerns are in terms of safety relative to what happened recently? And I know that these are two completely, different events and city events should certainly go forward. We should take advantage of grant opportunities to serve our city, but is it clear on your end kind of on what the concerns are and can you kind of comfortably say to us that those concerns will be addressed in the final safety plan?

Absolutely.

Okay. Alrighty. And can we expect as a council, um, those details to be shared with us as soon as it's finalized? Absolutely. Okay. Thank you so much.

Councillor Griffin followed by Councillor Azak.

Thank you, Mr. President. Uh, I will not be supporting this. Uh, the reason is after last night's events, um, Terrible night for the city of Brockton. Again, I want to send my appreciation and thanks to the brave women and men of the Brockton Police Department, the towns that came in to assist, and the state police and our fire department. We were not prepared for that type of onslaught of problems we had last night. There were seven shootings and two stabbings. So these plans are great, but when they get operational, we just aren't prepared for them right now. Camp Benelli Stadium is in my ward. I don't have enough information to vote in this favorably, and I have a lot of concerns about it. I went to the mayor's office today. I spoke to the deputy chief of staff, and I'm not really confident that the plan is going to be enough to prevent any further problems. I will not be supporting this tonight.

Councillor Azak, followed by Councillor Tavares.

Thank you, Mr. President. So we're all concerned about the public safety in our city, but holding up this grant is not going to cancel these watch parties. I just want you all to know that. We've received grant funding to have these watch parties. They have been trying to organize them for months now because this is supposed to be a happy event in our community. What happened yesterday and a few weeks before is sad. It's just sad that this is happening and that we have had these fatalities. I think as a council, what we should be doing is concentrating on working with our public safety officials to make sure that these watch parties are well covered by our public safety officials and that procedures that are in place are, you know, that they're followed and that we protect our, our citizens and our community. I think canceling the watch parties would be a big mistake and sad for the community and it would send out a negative message. I think we need to work on talking to the community and bringing us together and making sure that not only that our citizens are safe, but our public safety officials are as well. But I just wanted to say that holding this grant up for a few thousand dollars, I don't believe we'll cancel the event. Thank you.

Thank you, councillor. Councillor Tavares.

Well, actually, thank you so much for being here, actually. I'm totally agree with my colleagues about yesterday. It was very sad. Even I was trying to drive around the curtain and overstarted, like, and I saw so many things. I couldn't believe it. I'm still speechless, very sad. I literally scared about next event like that. And they said it in the way the police take force, like, all the streets. That was terrible. It's very sad. It doesn't look like Brockton. And... Like, you know, definitely we don't want to stop, you know, your things, plus you get the grant for that. And then second, the way you bring it to us, we don't see, like, no plain details with the safety. That's the thing, like, you know, I'm kind of literally concerned with that.

I just want to reiterate, I am not over the public safety. This is specifically for hand washing stations and for misting tents to keep people cool and for people to not spread disease when it comes to hand washing. So that's it. I'm not here to speak about public safety. We could definitely speak to those who are in charge of the public safety aspect of these watch parties and community events. to address concerns raised by the council today, but that is not my purview.

All right, like I said, the only concern I have is with that, and I just leave it to this. Thank you, Mr. President.

Thank you, Councillor. Councillors, is there anyone who has not spoken yet who would like to speak? Seeing none, we'll go to a second round, and then we will just go right to voting. Councillor Farwell.

Yes, just very quickly to my colleague from Ward 7. I very carefully said I was not prepared to vote on the grant this evening because we do not have any public safety people here. Does the installation of a misting tent, does perhaps providing condoms, does perhaps providing a cleansing station for people change their operational plans. I don't know that. And I haven't been privy to meetings. I wonder how many of you have been privy to meetings. I don't have a single piece of paper outlining what the procedures are for Wednesday evening and Friday evening. So I did not say I was against the grant. I want to be very clear. I said I was not prepared to vote for it because if we're going to do these things under suspension of the rules, Let's have the right people in here with the good doctor to talk about the ramifications of what we're doing. Even though it's a small grant, it could change your operational plan depending upon where that tent is located and where you set up other services for people coming in. That's my only point. If everyone is comfortable with watch parties, that's fine. Some of us have concerns. Thank you.

Councilor Charnel, followed by Councilor Azek.

Just on the matter. So during the meeting, we did transfer $50,000 from the tourism, which the grant relied on, to police. So we are making the proper steps to make sure that public safety is being addressed here. And just the other, unfortunately, I feel like I'm maybe the only counselor that was privy to some of the calls that take place. I'm not taking any privilege here, but I believe that this will be a safe event in our community. And I think that we have to address the public and let them know that this is going to be a safe event. In our streets and on private property, openly drinking is not safe in our community, I believe. controlled environments where we have police, fire, public safety. I'll be bringing my family there. These are the events that we should be pushing to our constituents and the residents. And, you know, I will be voting in favor of this because the health aspect is obviously important. Again, what we're giving away and stuff I think is probably good for the community overall. But we are addressing public safety. We took the money of $175,000 for the tourism. We're addressing everything during our meetings that you've been privy to and myself. I mean, it's been pretty extensive. I don't know if you can speak on the extensive of what we talked about in those meetings, but they're pretty extensive, not talking about just the overall.

Yes, the meetings have been extensive and they have involved a number of different people across multiple departments to contribute to ideas and also specific groups having meetings outside of those general meetings that we would have to further develop plans and things like that, such as public safety. So, uh, as mentioned, um, these meetings have been extensive, um, and they've involved a lot of people to, to really, um, think about all aspects of these events and, you know, propose what can happen, what's possible to happen. Um, and how can we mitigate certain things that we think will happen?

Thank you. Uh, councilor Azak followed by council green.

Thank you, Mr. President. Just to follow up to Councilor Falwell's comments. Councilor Falwell, I share your concerns with the public safety. I just wanted to get across that holding up this grant isn't going to make a difference with the safety that will be happening at the watch parties. I think as a council, a lot of people think we can do a lot more than we actually can because we weren't part of the planning. We weren't part of the process. So... This brings me to comment about late files. I've been asking for years for us to get information on late files prior to the meeting. If we had known about this previous to now, this evening, we could have called and tried to get information, seen what the administration had planned for public safety. But sadly, we're just finding out now about this. And these watch parties are planned. And I only know about them because I was involved at the beginning when a lady from the FIFA Cup came to us and said that they would like to partner and help us out with some donations. That's the only way I knew about them. So... Just to get my point across, I think public safety, you brought up a really big concern and it would be sad that we didn't speak about what's been happening in the city and try to control it, but it's a little bit out of our hands. Holding this grant up isn't the solution. So I'd like to, I'd love to see the council work together with the mayor's office to see what are the plans to make sure that the residents are safe during these watch parties. and get this out to the community. I've also, I feel the administration or our police department, somebody should have addressed the public about what's happening because all we know is what we're seeing on social media or in the news. So I'd like to be informed. I think we, to reassure the public also what we're doing as a community to keep them safe. So I'd like to see what we can do in the next few days to get the, to keep safety in our community. So I agree with you. I just didn't, I want to get the point across that holding up this grant, it wasn't, isn't going to be the solution. Thank you.

Dr. McCullough, could just, just for clarity, is this grant tied specifically to the event that's occurring on 6-24, or can this grant be used for other future events?

No, this is specifically tied to FIFA Watch Party events supplied by the Department of Public Health. So we cannot use this funding for anything else. It has to be spent out by 6.30, so the 30th of this month, on these events specifically. It cannot be used for anything else.

Okay. Are there any other... similar events planned beyond 624?

624 and 626. So those are the two planned events for these community events and watch parties by city of Brockton.

Okay. Alrighty. And is it, is it your understanding or your, um, yep. Um, is it your understanding that, um, these events would, um, happen either way, and either way meaning whether we receive this grant or not.

Yes, this is going to happen. I'm just trying to provide additional funding to make sure that we have what we need to keep people safe from a public health perspective during these events.

Okay, all right, great. So it seems like there are a number of things that is outside of your scope or beyond your control. And I just think that we have to be kind of mindful and not hold you to those things that are not necessarily within your purview and to kind of hold back the scope of your work on that you're trying to do from a public health perspective. All right, thank you for that clarity.

Question now comes on adoption by a roll call vote. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Azak? Yes. Charnell?

Yes.

Farwell?

No.

Griffin?

No.

Green?

Yes.

Lally?

Yes.

Nicastro? Yes. Tavares? Yes. Thompson?

Yes.

Seven in the affirmative, two in opposition.

The order is adopted. Councillor Thompson, is this another introduction?

This motion for reconsideration in hopes that it does not prevail.

Second.

Motion has been properly made and seconded for reconsideration. All in favor of reconsideration? All opposed? Reconsideration fails. Thank you, Dr. McCullough. Councilors, this is a reminder. This was a vote on acceptance of the grant, not on the watch parties themselves. Any councilor who believes the watch parties should either be discontinued or continue, I would recommend call the mayor's office. Thank you. Councilor Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I make a motion to accept the lay file regarding the Boys and Girls Club easement.

Second.

Motion has been properly made and seconded to accept a late file. All in favor? Opposed? Late file is accepted.

Ordered that the City of Brockton grants to the Boys and Girls Club of Metro South an access and utility easement over and under city-owned land known as Eldon Keith Field, located on the southerly side of West Elm Street, recorded in Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 1815. Page 973 for approximately 1,541 square feet, more or less as described over and under the identified parcel, and more particularly described in the proposed access and utility easement attached with this order. And further, the City Council authorizes the Mayor to execute the attached access and utility easement and to take other actions necessary to carry out the terms, purposes, and conditions of the same. Meets and bounds documents are also attached.

Councilor Thomson. Are we referring this?

No, this will be referred to finance and normal course of business. Mr. President, lastly, I'd like to seek a motion to suspend the rules and act on agenda item number 72. We have DPW Commissioner here this evening to explain the need to act on this matter this evening.

The motion has been properly made and seconded. Commissioner, on the motion.

Good evening, Councilors. I appreciate you taking this under consideration for suspension of the rules. This order ties into the Plymouth and Center Street TIP project. We have been prepared to file this order for some time, but we have struggled to... reach the post office where all of the communications with the post office or anything with regards to easements, temporary or permanent, have to be done through their office in Washington. We've had a very hard time reaching them. We were finally able to reach them in June. Attorney Lenhart in the solicitor's office is currently working with them to get this of the plan finalized for both the permanent and temporary easements. And the only reason that we bring this now and waited till now is because this approval hinges on the posting of the actual job to the public or the RFP that goes out to the public. So with the timeline, based on the MassDOT rules, this process has to happen 45 days before the job is posted. If it were to extend into the month of July, that 45 days would not happen. So we're asking, because it's a very small project, there's a very small area of takings. We've done all the appraisals with MassDOT. We finally have worked out communication with The folks over at the post office and all the other takings are very, very small. The total permanent takings, I believe, in this project are only about 6,000 square feet. But if this project does not get advertised as planned, it will push this tip project another year, which will push another tip project another year, which will push another tip project another year or so. The plan is to get this advertised and constructed next year in 2027. The following year, we hope to get the Grove Center and Lyman project posted to be constructed in 2028. But if this doesn't get pushed through, then potentially every project will get pushed back another year.

Councilor Thompson, we're still on the motion.

Well, on the motion.

On the motion, Mr. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. President. Good evening, Mr. Commissioner. Could you just maybe briefly explain what project this TIP project is?

It's really a small project in regards to like a TIP project. This is a reconstruction of Center Street from basically the Center Street Bridge all the way up just past the culvert. It does involve the intersections of Commercial Street on both sides and Plymouth Street on both sides. So the... It will extend a couple of hundred feet into each section of the road. There'll be a traffic light put at the intersection of Center and Plymouth Street. There'll be all new street lighting. There'll be pedestrian and bicycle lanes on Center Street with a new strip in the center for enhanced lighting. But it's a pedestrian-friendly project.

Thank you, Mr. Commissioner.

Councilors, we'll get the vote on the motion out of the way. All in favor of suspending the rules? All opposed? Motion passes. Councilor Azak.

Thank you. So Commissioner, when this was being read, I was like, I hope we don't have to vote on this tonight because it looks like Chinese to me. So I appreciate the brief explanation. So from my understanding, this is just to appreciate

improve pedestrian the pedestrian area and biking area and the center street area yeah it's to it's in to improve basically all traffic you know pedestrian and vehicular traffic in this intersection um it's being done in the bigger scheme of things to kind of address things downtown much like the project over on center and lyman street where they've seen a lot of vehicular accidents. These projects are, you know, pushed through the old colony planning council based on a priority. The priority is typically revolves around the safety issues that are involved in the intersections. They get rated and then supported by MassDOT. Okay.

And then the payment amounts that's going out to these, I'm figuring the property owners,

So in total, there are only 12 actual parcels involved. Of the 12 parcels, seven of them are owned by either the city or some quasi-city agency or the BHA. Those will be donated. So there's really only five parcels that will require payment, and those five parcels total is $32,000.

So when I see like SoCo condominium trusts, that's a SoCo lofts, right?

SoCo lofts, yeah. And there are some that are permanent and there are some that are temporary, the way that MassDOT works with their rules and regs. Oftentimes if the city were doing projects on its own, we would take strictly permanent easements. We do not do temporary easements, but under the rules of MassDOT, you have to do both permanent and temporary.

Okay. So, and if I understood you correctly, if we don't approve this this evening and it doesn't fall into the timeline, it just pushes everything back? Okay, thank you. Thank you, Mr. President.

Thank you, Councillor. Councillors, the question comes on adoption by a roll call vote. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Ezak? Yes. Chernell?

Yes.

Farwell?

Yes.

Griffin?

Yes.

Green?

Yes.

Lally?

Yes.

Nicastro? Tavares? Yes. Thompson?

Yes.

Not in the affirmative.

The order is adopted. Mr. President, I make a motion for reconsideration in the hopes that it does not prevail.

Second.

Motion is properly made and seconded for reconsideration. All in favor of reconsideration? All opposed? Reconsideration fails. Thank you, Councils. Thank you, Commissioner. Councils, before we finalize everything, I'd like to call Dr. Clarkson up just for a moment. Dr. Clarkson, I'm looking at some of the attachments that we've received for today, and there was a request that a couple of items be moved on under suspension. I believe we got most of them, but I believe we may have missed a couple, and I did not know if there was anything standing out to you that we have missed.

may have missed item number 69 uh transferring the administration of the bar foundation thank you for asking mr chairman but i think that and uh and the the energy manager grant can follow its natural course it's not urgent prior to june 30th i did do some research after andrew reached out to you and then the other item was the a grant acceptance for the Mass Office of Travel and Tourism. But since you transferred the $250,000, I think there should be sufficient funds for the watch parties for the police. So we transferred that additional $250,000 really as a precaution in case it was needed. So I think there should be sufficient funds.

Councilors, that is the end of our agenda. Under Councilor's recognition, Councilor Nicastro.

Last Monday, June 15th, An impromptu parade and gathering left many unable to travel through the center part of the city, including me. Last night, an impromptu gathering resulted in more than 1,000 people filling Main Street and nearby streets, much of it in Word 4. Seven people were shot, two people were stabbed, all within 30 minutes. People were arrested, property was damaged, trash and broken bottles were left behind. Much of this activity happened in Ward 4, and that's why I'm standing up to speak about it. We did touch on it earlier. The common denominator for this activity were soccer games in the World Cup competition that were played by the Cabo Verde national team. This is the first time Cabo Verde has participated in this World Cup competition, and it's a really big deal to many people, and I really understand it. It's a Super Bowl for them. It's a World Series for them, and I get it. Last night, the city of Brockton was forced to employ 70 police officers plus firefighters to work to keep the peace, and I'm grateful for their work on our behalf. I'm disappointed in the extreme and violent behavior that caused last night's damage and destruction in Ward 4. It's a black eye for the reputation of the City of Brockton, its leadership that includes us and its residents. I've twice asked the administration in writing for the city's plan to address issues and activities arising as the result of these soccer matches. I've received no reply. I'm told that the cost of police presence last Monday night and last night is more than $100,000. So yes, it's good that we transferred the $50,000 that Councilor Charnell mentioned a short time ago, but we're underwater on this, we are. Today I received calls from residents, former residents and business owners saying words like embarrassed and irresponsible on the part of the city. The answer is not increased police presence because our police and fire people are taking their lives in their hands on these matters. The answer is the behavior of the attendees. They're ruining the good time that we're trying so hard to bring to the city of Brockton. This week we're hosting two watch parties at Campanelli Stadium on Wednesday evening, Friday afternoon and evening. We've invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in renovating and bringing up the Campanelli Stadium, and I'm worried about what the behavior of the attendees will do as a result. Based on last night, I just don't know what to expect. I want to make sure that city leadership, all of us, insist that the attendees act in a mature way, that we get the word out. And I want to make sure that city leadership gives the police the go ahead to remove people who don't act in a mature and proper way. All the planning in the world won't make a difference without enforcement. We did not have adequate presence last night, and look what happened. I'm very concerned. I'm expressing these concerns on behalf of my business owners and residents, people who lived here in the past as well as right now. It just cannot go on. It's unacceptable, and we all have to take a stance on it. Thank you, Mr. President.

Councillor Charnell.

Thank you, Mr. President. I just want to let the council know that on June 14th, I believe the mayor's office, the city launched the Watch Party website, which is a ticketed event. You have to pay $5 to attend this event. Through the planning process, obviously, police, fire, FEMA, medical have been involved. But this watch, the first watch party is actually the Haiti-Morocco game on the 24th at 6 p.m. Prior to the watch party, there will be a, I believe, USA Soccer, the Legacy will be hosting young families on the south side of the school to partake in you know cultural you know kicking of the ball and getting these kids you know acclimated because you know i played football i didn't play soccer but maybe if this was around i would have but just like my colleague said i don't think the venue for you know riding up and down streets commandeering people's property private property like the counselors like counselor said Putting a black eye. This is the venue if we're going to host. There will be security. People will be checked. Weapons will not be allowed. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. So I urge my colleagues on this council to get behind something that was planned, not something that erected from, you know, an Instagram post. Something that is thought out. not something that was thought in someone's dream and now coming to fruition. I urge my colleagues to get behind something that we can all be behind. We've taken this money from the governor's office. We've put it to work. We are planning this plus a U.S. game because they made it into the second round. Some of the partners that are involved are Haitian Community Partners, Legacy Boston, United Boston Area Transit, the Cape Verdean Association. These are all organizations that I know many of you know, trust, and have been a part of. I don't think this is the time to allow the black eye from what few have done to spoil what many can enjoy in our community, and I will not be a part of that either. I think the right people will come to this event. It's a ticketed event, and I think that this is the right venue for our community and I urge my colleagues to come check it out, see what we can do with planning, with the right, you know, apparatuses involved, with the right people, with the right, you know, systems. I think that it will be a great event and I Councilor, I agree with you. That is not the way we wanna portray our city. I think it's very toxic and not good. And I'm not for that, but- Speak to the attendees. But we need our attendees to be obviously respectful and enjoy. And I think that the attendees on the 24th will be there at 6 p.m. to shine a light on our city. Thank you.

Seeing no other councilors, we are adjourned.