Note: The transcript of the meeting indicates a date of April 29, 2026, but the provided metadata specifies May 1, 2026. This summary uses the provided date.
The Beverly City Council held a special remote meeting on May 1, 2026, at 6:00 PM (per transcript) to conduct a procedural vote to set a public hearing for Order 127. The meeting was fully remote, requiring roll call votes. Councilors present: Crowley, Feldman, Houseman, Rotundo, Sonia, Spang, Flowers (7). Malady and St. Hilaire were absent.
No other business was discussed.
I will officially call to order this special meeting of the Beverly City Council Wednesday, April 29th, 2026, 6 o'clock PM. Ms. Kirker, will you please call the roll? Crowley. Here. Feldman. Here. Houseman. Here. Melady. Rotundo. Here. Sonia. Here. Spang. Here. St. Hilaire. Flowers. Here. Thank you very much, Ms. Kirker. So the purpose of our meeting this evening is uh really just to be able to set a public hearing. It's procedural. And so we will take care of that in a moment. But also for those of us who spent some of the years of the pandemic having remote meetings, you will remember this. And for those who are newer to this, I just wanted to mention that because we are fully remote, all of our votes will need to be roll call votes. So instead of voting by raising hand and saying aye together as we do in the chamber, I'll have Ms. Kirker call the roll for any votes that we take in that will include the vote to adjourn the meeting as well. So that will be different from how we normally do things when we're together in person. So with that, we can go to unfinished business from a previous meeting. And this is to set a public hearing for order 127. And this was an order filed by Councilor Rotundo. Councillor Retundo, I don't know if there's anything you wanted to be able to say at this point about the order or the process. Madam President, just one thing. Taking it out of schedule to come to this special meeting for tonight because it is a new process and to try to get this done in a timely fashion to really have a meaningful recognition of this person. And really it speaks volume to the um resolutions we've put on, you know, the words on paper, but taking these words and putting them into action. So I do want to recognize everyone and thank you all so much for taking this and making time to uh get this public hearing moving. So thank you. Thank you very much, counselor, and thank you for getting um the whole process started by filing this order. So counselors, I would entertain a motion to set the public hearing for order 127 for our June 1st meeting at 7 30 p.m. So moved. Second thank you. So we have a motion and a second. Um Miss Kirker, would you please call the roll for the vote? Sure. Crowley. Yes, Beldman. Yes. Houseman.