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MEETING AGENDA
APRIL 7, 2026
6:30 TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
HARVEY HEARING ROOM
WINTHROP TOWN COUNCIL
Town Council Members
Town Council President James Letterie
Precinct 1 Councilor Costigan
Precinct 2 Councilor Dimes
Precinct 3 Councilor Romano
Precinct 4 Councilor Swope
Precinct 5 Councilor Reardon
Precinct 6 Councilor Finn
Councilor at Large Millar
Councilor at Large Tassinari
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
1. MINUTES
Approval of Minutes March 24, 2026 as circulated
2. GENERAL INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
3. PUBLIC HEARING(S)
Town Council Appropriate Retained Earnings in Waterway/Harbormaster Enterprise Fund/Repair & Maint. Floats
Town Council Vote to Modify General Funds Budgets for FY26
Amendment to Add New Ordinance 8.37.00-Land Disturbance and Erosion Control
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
5. CORRESPONDENCE
6. COMMITTEE REPORTS-Finance - Finance / Public Health & Works, / Listening Post /Rules & Ordinance
7. SCHOOL DEPARTMENT REPORT
8. UPDATE- POLICY MAKING COMMITTEES
9. TOWN MANAGER REPORT
10. OLD BUSINESS
Town Council Appropriate Retained Earnings in Waterway/Harbormaster Enterprise Fund/Repair & Maint. Floats
Town Council Vote to Modify General Funds Budgets for FY26
Amendment to Add New Ordinance 8.37.00-Land Disturbance and Erosion Control
Town Council discuss Ordinance Amendment 17.52.030 Use Variance
National Grid Installation Pole 22 Pauline St.
Town Council vote to Approve Video Recordings of Committee Meetings to be Posted
11. NEW BUSINESS
Town Council vote to Adopt the Retirement Boards recommendation to increase the Retirees COLA from $14,000 to $16,000
Town Council suspend TC Rules & Procedures time of April 21, 2026 Council meeting to begin at 6:00 PM
Appointment(s)
MBTA 3A-Discussion and potential next steps
12. PUBLIC COMMENT
13. PUBLIC RELATIONS / UPCOMING EVENTS
Annual Rabies Clinic-April 11, 2026 at the Town Landing Harbormaster Building 10-12pm
Town Council Spring Forum on Budget-April 21, 2026-WHS Shapiro Auditorium 7:00 PM
MOTION TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to G.L. c.30A, §21(a)(3)—
To discuss strategy with respect to litigation of which the Chair so declares that having the discussion in open session
would have a detrimental effect on the public body.
ROLL CALL
MOTION TO ADJOURN AND RETURN TO OPEN SESSION FOR ADJOURNMENT ONLY
ROLL CALL
ZOOM AVAILABLE
Meeting ID: 89826832070#
Passcode:418617
Phone: 1-646-931-3860
TOWN OF WINTHROP
OFFICE OF THE TOWN MANAGER
Town Hall, 1 Metcalf Square, Winthrop, MA 02152 Telephone: 617-846-1077 Fax: 617-
846-5458
Anthony Marino
Town Manager
Town Council Motion
March 19, 2026 Fiscal Year 2026
Motion Summary
Title: FY26 General Fund Inter-Budgetary Transfers
Motion ID: TCM26-008
Motion Details
Motion Type: General Fund Inter-Budgetary Transfers
Submitted by: Anthony Marino, Town Manager
Date Submitted: 03/19/2026
Text of Motion
MOTION: I move that the Town Council vote modify the following General Fund
Budgets for Fiscal Year 2026 to better facilitate current budget needs; or take any other
action relative thereto.
Funding Details
Funding Source Funding Destination
Account Description Amount Account Description Amount
0132053-532500 |Northeast Regional Voc 59,403.63 10111253-530500 Consulting Services 7,500.00
0132053-532502 | Northeast Regional Voc Debt Service 58,096.37 0114551-511100 Personnel(Treasury} 20,000.00
10114555-558700 Materials(Treasury) 20,000.00
10115557-579100 Software Annual License Cost(MIq 10,000.00
'0122052-524106 Repair/Maint Vehicles(Fire) 40,000.00
10122053-530702 [Training Services{Fire) 20,000.00
}0132053-532502/Northeast Regional Voc Debt Service 55,300.00
}0193058-584133 |Fire Dept Generator 39,700.00 10296058-588198 Pumper Engine 95,000.00
10193058-584170 | Police Tasers 22,000.00 }0192058-584122 Police Station Repairs 22,060.00
Total 234,500.00 Total 234,500.00
TOWN OF WINTHROP
OFFICE OF THE TOWN MANAGER
Town Hall, 1 Metcalf Square, Winthrop, MA 02152 Telephone: 617-846-1077 Fax: 617-846-5458
Anthony Marino
Town Manager
Town Council Motion
March 19, 2026 Fiscal Year 2026
Motion Summary
Title: Marina Float Repairs
Motion ID: TCM26-007
Amount: $40,000
Funding Source: Waterways/Harbormaster Enterprise Fund Retained Earnings
Motion Details
Motion Type: Appropriate
Submitted by: Anthony Marino, Town Manager
Date Submitted: March 19, 2026
Text of Motion
MOTION: I move that the Town Council appropriate from Retained Earnings in the
Waterways/Harbormaster Enterprise Fund, the amount of $40,000, for extraordinary
repairs and maintenance of the floats in the marina; or take any other action thereto.
Funding Details
Funding Source Funding Destination
Account Description Amount Account Description Amount
1752-359000 {Retained Earnings {$40,000 175229552-524107 |REPAIR/MAIT OF {$40,000
INFRASTRUCTURE
Water Ways Retained Earnings Balance: $137,979
Amount Requested: $40,000
Water Ways Retained Earnings after motion approval: $97,979
TOWN OF WINTHROP
OFFICE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
Town Hall, 1 Metcalf Square, Winthrop, MA 02152 Telephone: 617-846-1077 Fax: 617-846-5458
MOTION
Submitted By: President Letterie Date: 4-2-26
TEXT OF MOTION
Motion: That the Town Council vote to add Chapter 8.37.00 Land Disturbance and Erosion
Control to the Town’ current Ordinances
TOWN OF WINTHROP
OFFICE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
Town Hall, 1 Metcalf Square, Winthrop, MA 02152 Telephone: 617-846-1077 Fax: 617-846-5458
MOTION
Submitted By: President Letterie Date: 4-2-26
TEXT OF MOTION
Motion: That the Town Council vote to amend the current 17.52.030 Use Variance Ordinance
Recommendation No. 3:
Should Multiple Member Bodies, e.g. Board of Licensing or Planning Board be required to nominate and
elect/re-elect a Chairperson as a first order of business in the first meeting after the start of the fiscal year?
ORC votes: 9 to 0 in favor of Recommendation.
Recommendation No. 4: *Can be approved with 2/3 vote of Town Council to adopt.
Should Ordinance Chapter 17.52.030, which currently permits Use Variances, be changed to disallow Use
Variances.
ORC votes: 8 to 1 in favor of Recommendation.
Recommendation No. 5A:
Should the Charter be amended to add a provision that will allow for the recall of an elected official
through a citizen’s initiative?
ORC votes: 7 to 2 in favor of Recommendation.
Recommendation No. 5B:
If yes, should the recall language include the reasons or grounds for which an elected official may be
subject to recall?
ORC votes: 5 to 4, rejecting Recommendation.
Recommendation No. 6:
Should the Charter be amended to include that, if there is a dispute between this Charter and Council
Rules, Charter is binding.
ORC votes: 9 to 0 in favor of Recommendation.
Recommendation No. 7:
Should the Filling of Vacancy Language on the School Committee, Housing Authority or Board of Library
Trustee, as set forth in Charter Section 5-i(h), be amended to mirror the vacancy process for the Town
Council.
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2022 REPORT REGARDING REVISIONS TO THE TOWN OF WINTHROP’S CHARTER AND ORDINANCES
QUESTIONS
#1A -AS AMENDED
Motion to amend by Council President Letterie to keep the ORC Recommendatino but to change from 9-7 but woud say 6 Precinct Councilors and 1 Council President
TOWN COUNCIL VOTES ON CHARTER REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ORDINACE REVIEW COMMITTEE
2nd by Councilor Belcher
Discussion
Councilor Honan states this is still taking away 2 councilors and this still lessons the representation
Councilor Belcher feels this is a good compromise but does
Councilor Aiello believes the current deisgn of the Town Council full
Councilor Flockhart agrees this amendment does not help with concerns
Councilor Aiello moves the amendment to a Roll Call Vote
2nd by Councilor DeMarco
#1A-MAIN
NO AMENDMENT
#18B-MAIN
#1C-MAIN
#2-MAIN
#3-AMENDMENT
Motion by Vice President Ruggerio to include after Chair, a comma to include Vice Chair
2nd by Councilor Aiello
#3-MAIN
AS AMENDED
#4-CONTINUED
#5-MAIN
#6-MAIN
#7-MAIN
#8-CONTINUED
#9-MAIN
#10-MAIN
#11-CONTINUED
#12-CONTINUED
#13-AMENDMENT
MOTION BY VICE PRESIDENT RUGGIERO TO AMEND RECOMMENDATION #13 NO TO INCLUDE ARTICLE 2 SECTION 21D ON PAGE 24
2ND BY COUNCILOR DEMARCO
#13 AS AMENDED
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really help with uncontested seats?
is and this amendment does not help with any problems
Y
y
Councilor Munson Councilor DeMarco — Councilor Flockhart
VOTE OUTCOME
AMENDMENT DID NOT PASS.
MAIN MOTION DID NOT PASS
DID NOT PASS
DID NOT PASS
PASSED
AMENDEMENT PASSED
MAIN MOTION WITH AMENDED PASSED
PASSED
PASSED
DID NOT PASS
PASSED
DID NOT PASS
AMENDMENT PASSED
MAIN MOTION WITH AMENDMENT PASSED
MOTION
Submitted by: Town Council President Date: 4-2-26
TEXT OF MOTION
MOTION: That the Town Council vote to grant permission to National Grid to install 1 JO Pole
on Pauline St. beginning at a point approx. 237’ Northeast of the centerline of the intersection of
Pauline St. and Fremont St. and continuing approx. 24’ in a South direction. National Grid to
install 45’ class 2 pole on Southern sidewalk of Pauline St. in front of 22 Pauline St. This pole is
needed to install new OH XRFM that will be feeding new apartments at 22 Pauline St. and
because existing nearby poles are at capacity.
The following are the streets and highways referred to:
Plan # 31226970-Pauline St. National Grid
TOWN OF WINTHROP
OFFICE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
Town Hall, 1 Metcalf Square, Winthrop, MA 02152 Telephone: 617-846-1077 Fax: 617-846-5458
Questions contact - Rafael Kerguelen (781) 388-5101 or
Rafael. kerguelenstrepo@nationalgrid.com
PETITION FOR JOINT OR IDENTICAL POLE LOCATIONS
To the Town Council
Of Winthrop, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Electric Company d/b/a NATIONAL GRID and Verizon New England, Inc
requests permission to locate poles, wires, and fixtures, including the necessary sustaining and
protecting fixtures, along and across the following public way:
Pauline Street - National Grid to install 1 JO pole on Pauline Street beginning at a point
approximately 237 feet Northeast of the centerline of the intersection of Pauline Street and
Fremont Street and continuing approximately 24 feet in a South direction. National Grid to install
45' class 2 pole on Southern sidewalk of Pauline Street in front of 22 Pauline Street. This pole is
needed to install new OH XRFM that will be feeding new apartments at 22 Pauline Street and
because existing nearby poles are at capacity. Winthrop, MA.
Location approximately as shown on plan attached.
Wherefore it prays that after due notice and hearing as provided by law, it be granted a location for
and permission to erect and maintain poles and wires, together with such sustaining and protecting
fixtures as it may find necessary, said poles to be erected substantially in accordance with the plan
filed herewith marked — Pauline Street - Winthrop, Massachusetts.
No.# 31226970
Also, for permission to lay and maintain underground laterals, cables, and wires in the above or
intersecting public ways for the purpose of making connections with such poles and buildings as
each of said petitioners may desire for distributing purposes.
Your petitioner agrees to reserve space for one cross-arm at a suitable point on each of said poles
for the fire, police, telephone, and telegraph signal wires belonging to the municipality and used by
it exclusively for municipal purposes.
Massachusetts Electric Company d/b/a
NATIONAL GRID 7lick WMemmolo
BY
Engineering Department
VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC.
BY a
Manager / Right of Way
March 6, 2026
Questions contact — Central Design, Rafael Kerguelen (781) 388-5101 or
Rafael. kerguelenstrepo@nationalgrid.com
ORDER FOR JOINT OR IDENTICAL POLE LOCATIONS
To the Town Council of Winthrop, Massachusetts
Notice having been given and public hearing held, as provided by law,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: that Massachusetts Electric Company d/b/a NATIONAL GRID and
VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC. (formerly known as NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND
TELEGRAPH COMPANY) be and they are hereby granted joint or identical locations for and
permission to erect and maintain poles and wires to be placed thereon, together with such
sustaining and protecting fixtures as said Companies may deem necessary, in the public way or
ways hereinafter referred to, as requested in petition of said Companies dated the 3rd day of
February, 2026.
All construction under this order shall be in accordance with the following conditions:
Poles shall be of sound timber, and reasonable straight, and shall be set substantially at the points
indicated upon the plan marked — Pauline Street - Winthrop, Massachusetts.
No.# 31226970
Filed with this order:
There may be attached to said poles by Massachusetts Electric Company d/b/a NATIONAL GRID
and Verizon New England Inc. such wires, cables, and fixtures as needed in their business and all
of said wires and cables shall be placed at a height of not less than twenty (20) feet from the
ground.
The following are the public ways or part of ways along which the poles above referred to may be
erected, and the number of poles which may be erected thereon under this order:
Pauline Street - National Grid to install 1 JO pole on Pauline Street beginning at a point
approximately 237 feet Northeast of the centerline of the intersection of Pauline Street and
Fremont Street and continuing approximately 24 feet in a South direction. National Grid to install
45' class 2 pole on Southern sidewalk of Pauline Street in front of 22 Pauline Street. This pole is
needed to install new OH XRFM that will be feeding new apartments at 22 Pauline Street and
because existing nearby poles are at capacity. Winthrop, MA.
Also, for permission to lay and maintain underground laterals, cables, and wires in the above or
intersecting public ways for the purpose of making connections with such poles and buildings as
each of said petitioners may desire for distributing purposes.
Thereby certify that the foregoing order was adopted at a meeting of the
Of the City/Town of ;Massachusetts held on the day of 20
City/Town Clerk.
Massachusetts 20
Received and entered in the records of location orders of the City/Town of
Book Page
Attest:
City/Town Clerk
I hereby certify that on 20 , at o’clock, M
At a public hearing was held on the petition of
Massachusetts Electric Company d/b/a NATIONAL GRID and VERIZON NEW ENGLAND,
INC. for permission to erect the poles, wires, and fixtures described in the order herewith recorded,
and that we mailed at least seven days before said hearing a written notice of the time and place of
said hearing to each of the owners of real estate (as determined by the last preceding assessment
for taxation) along the ways or parts of ways upon which the Company is permitted to erect
Poles, wires, and fixtures under said order. And that thereupon said order was duly adopted.
City/Town Clerk.
Board or Council of Town or City, Massachusetts
CERTIFICATE
Thereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the location order and certificate of
hearing with notice adopted by the of the City of
Massachusetts, on the day of 20 and recorded with the records of location
orders of the said City, Book , and Page . This certified copy is made under
the provisions of Chapter 166 of General Laws and any additions thereto or amendments thereof.
Attest:
City/Town Clerk
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in front of 22 Pauline St that will be feeding
Designer: RAFA KERGUELEN
Date: 02.03.2026
WR #: 31226970
nationalgrid
TOWN OF WINTHROP
OFFICE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
Town Hall. 1 Metcalf Square. Winthron. MA 07157 Telenhone: 617-846-1747
MOTION
Submitted By: Councilor Romano Date: March 19,2026
MOTION
Motion: I move that the Town Council vote to approve that all multiple member body
meetings that have Zoom or other virtual attendance capabilities shall be recorded and
posted to an online video hosting platform or to the town’s website within 72 weekday
hours after said meeting takes place, whenever doing so is reasonably possible
TOWN OF WINTHROP
OFFICE OF THE TOWN MANAGER
Town Hail, 1 Metcalf Square, Winthrop, MA 02152 Telephone: 617-846-1742 Fax: 617-846-5458
Anthony Marino
Town Manager
MOTION
TEXT OF MOTION
Submitted By: Town Manager Marino Date: 3-25, 2026
Subject: Retirees Cola Increase
TEXT OF MOTION
Motion: That the Town Council vote to adopt the Winthrop Retirements Board
recommendation to increase the Town’s retirees COLA base from the current $14,000 to
$16,000;or take any other action thereto
TOWN OF WINTHROP
OFFICE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
MOTION
Submitted By: Council President Letterie Date: 4-2-26
TEXT OF MOTION
MOTION: That the Town Council vote to suspend Rule 2 (a) of the Town Council Rules & Procedures
to amend April 24, 2026 a Special Town Council Meeting to begin at 6:00 PM; or take any other
action relative hereto.