Votes at a glance: Framingham Disability Commission, Jan. 22, 2025

The Framingham Disability Commission recorded the following formal actions on Jan. 22, 2025. Where roll-call names were provided in the transcript, those names are shown.

1) Motion: Submit current rules list to the mayor's office for review and feedback. - Mover: Catherine Cuddy (Chair) - Second: Tyler Taurasi (Vice Chair) - Outcome: Approved (recorded roll-call: Catherine Cuddy — yes; Tyler Taurasi — yes; Susie Santone — yes; Cheryl Goldstein — yes; Michael Higgins — yes)

2) Motion: Submit the draft grant application (application form only) to city staff (Miss Fallon) and the mayor's office for feedback (evaluation criteria to be finalized later). - Mover: Catherine Cuddy - Second: (recorded as second in meeting) - Outcome: Approved (recorded roll-call: Catherine Cuddy — yes; Tyler Taurasi — yes; Susie Santone — yes; Cheryl Goldstein — yes; Michael Higgins — yes; other affirmative votes noted by clerk)

3) Motion: Create a two-person subcommittee to elaborate and finalize the grant evaluation rubric (members: Michael Higgins and Catherine Cuddy). - Mover: Catherine Cuddy - Second: Michael Higgins - Outcome: Approved (recorded roll-call: Catherine Cuddy — yes; Tyler Taurasi — yes; Susie Santone — yes; Cheryl Goldstein — yes; Michael Higgins — yes)

4) Motion: Write a letter of support to the Community Preservation Committee for trail amenities at conservation properties (interpretive kiosks, benches, bike racks) — vote to approve the letter. - Mover: Catherine Cuddy - Second: Mike Higgins - Outcome: Approved (recorded roll-call: Catherine Cuddy — yes; Tyler Taurasi — yes; Susie Santone — yes; Cheryl Goldstein — yes; Michael Higgins — yes)

5) Motion: Write a letter of support for the Carol Getchell Trail design/permitting application (CPC and potential MassTrails support). - Mover: Catherine Cuddy - Second: Dennis Moran (record noted) - Outcome: Approved (recorded roll-call: Catherine Cuddy — yes; Tyler Taurasi — yes; Susie Santone — yes; Cheryl Goldstein — yes; Michael Higgins — yes)

6) Motion: Approve payment and direct the treasurer's office to pay the $520 invoice for interpreters at 2024 ADA Day (Learning Center for the Deaf invoice received by finance office). - Mover: Susie Santone (Treasurer) - Second: Michael Higgins - Outcome: Approved (recorded roll-call: Catherine Cuddy — yes; Tyler Taurasi — yes; Susie Santone — yes; Cheryl Goldstein — yes; Michael Higgins — yes)

7) Motion: Approve minutes of the Jan. 7, 2025 meeting. - Mover: (commission motioned and seconded in meeting) - Outcome: Approved (roll-call recorded affirmatives; names provided in the transcript)

8) Motion: Table agenda items 8 and 9 to the following meeting (time constraints). - Outcome: Approved (roll-call recorded affirmatives)

9) Motion: Adjourn. - Outcome: Approved (roll-call recorded affirmatives)

Notes on vote records: The clerk recorded roll-call results in the meeting; the transcript supplies explicit yes votes for the named commissioners above. Where the transcript records an additional named vote (for example a brief reference to another affirmative), that speaker is noted when clearly identified. If a vote included additional unnamed yeses the transcript clerk indicated them verbally (not all roll-call lines were captured verbatim in the audio transcript).