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Appointments subcommittee reappoints Michael Tucker to Zoning Board; Laurie Manzo kept on Affordable Housing board; several nominees absent
Summary
At its Sept. 29 meeting the Revere City Appointments Subcommittee reappointed Michael Tucker to the Zoning Board of Appeals and Laurie Manzo to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board, approved two police chief reappointments to the Human Rights Commission and tabled or noted absences for several other nominees.
The Revere City Appointments Subcommittee on Sept. 29 reappointed Michael Tucker to the Zoning Board of Appeals and Laurie (Lori) Manzo to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board and approved reappointments of Chief Cullen and Chief Maria Levita to the Human Rights Commission. Several other nominees were not present and were either moved on or tabled.
Michael Tucker, a Revere resident of 9 Ellerton Street, was identified by the committee as a long-serving board member and was reappointed to another five-year term. Tucker told the subcommittee he has served for about 25 years and, when asked what he would bring to the role, said, “The same I’ve always.”
The committee voiced unanimous support for Tucker’s reappointment. Councilor Haas said Tucker is “very well versed in the material,” and Councilor Noboselski and others praised his fairness and integrity. Anthony Zambuto, who attended although not on the committee, also spoke in Tucker’s favor.
Laurie Manzo, listed at 101 Coolidge Street, was reappointed to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board. Manzo told the committee she has served “a little over a year” and described advocacy she said she has led for veterans, seniors and lower‑income families, including a new senior home‑repair program intended to help older residents remain in their homes. Councilors praised her work on senior home repair and rental‑assistance efforts and voted to reappoint her.
The subcommittee also handled several mayoral communications: Peggy Pratt (Zoning Board of Appeals), Aneo Osueky (Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board), Karoo Pick (Human Rights Commission) and Viviana Catano (Board of Health) were not present. The chair noted the city’s policy that nominees should appear at these meetings unless they provide a valid excuse; Viviana Catano was specifically noted as not present and her item was tabled.
Chief Cullen and Chief Maria Levita were not present but the subcommittee voted to reappoint them to the Human Rights Commission after the chair said she had spoken with each. The record shows the items were advanced without in‑person remarks from those nominees.
The subcommittee began the evening noting eight appointments and reappointments on its agenda and proceeded to call up nominees present first. Voice votes were used for items that had no formally recorded roll‑call tally in the transcript: the committee recorded “All in favor? Aye. All opposed? So ordered.”
The reappointments will move forward in accordance with the city’s appointment procedures; the record does not specify additional implementation steps or effective dates for the reappointments.
Members and speakers identified in the meeting included: Chairwoman McKenna; Councilor Greeno Suaya; Councilor Haas; Councilor Noboselski; Councilor Garina Sawaya; Councilor Zambuto; Michael Tucker (Zoning Board reappointee); Laurie Manzo (Affordable Housing Trust Fund reappointee); Anthony Zambuto (speaker).
