Jan. 7 2026 meeting minutes

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Date: Jan. 7, 2026 meeting 6P.M. at Tinrays. Guest Speaker : TBA Montello Business Association congratulates the New Mayor of Brockton Moises Rodriques . His promises on crime, clean streets, and promoting businesses has set him apart from the other candidates. We are looking forward to his leadership to bring Brockton Back to a city that is proud and worthy to shop, walk and feel safe.

MONTELLO BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MEETING MINUTES FOR Nov. 5, 2025 IN ATTENDANCE: Scott Dwyer President, Greg Belcher Treasurer, Lisa Waitt Belcher Secretary, Fran Fistori, Richard Gowell, David Lynch, Derek Salamone BPD, BPD, Mayor Elect Moises Rodrigues, Peter Reardon BFD, Jay McLaughlin, Dave LaChance, Jeff Smith, Chief Brenda Perez BPD, Lt. Victor Perez BPD, Gale Lutz-Henrickson and Lee Henrickson, George DePina, Inspectional Services, 2 Pires brothers, Councilor Win Farwell, Sam Bassam, Bob Martin. Scott opened with Old Business. Greg announced Treasurer report. George Montilio said MBTA has installed cameras at the Montello station and things are better. Greg announced Snow Clock proposals, history of stolen shield and spear stolen, found metal sculpturer in Canton reputable, between Waitt Funeral Home paying donation towards spear portion and Tim Carpenter finding parks funds and Ross Hochstrasser donating his clock expertise time and talent this looks like a plan. City can file for grants to reimburse historical restoration objectives. Peter Reardon spoke about the training and fire prevention aspects of the Brockton Fire Department which he now runs. Monthly continuing education for firefighters in this city 36 classes during their shifts. EMS also continues training. 5 new hires, soon 2 and 1 after the new year. Eight towns are also being trained and we believe this is the best training plan in the state. State grants cover school students and senior citizen lessons. Third-graders are trained and tested and have improved from 30 to 70% and his goal is 100%. West Middle School students were a test group for lessons and drills and will expand to other middle schools. This experience also shows young students new fields and real life experiences. There will be new ideas explored with older students creating projects in a contest format with rewards/awards. Council on Aging classes slow start so Brockton Housing Authority residences invited. Education on fire prevention and falls in elder groups very important. George dePina said skip “see click fix” and call the office to have issues addressed. 756 North Main illegal car sales is in the process of being cited. Overtime shifts of 4 hours per budget on weekends is catching up with illegal businesses working off-hours. Chief Perez: Governor Healy had meeting she attended with other chiefs and state police regarding illegal meetups. Derek Salamone trying to fine entities but court reduces the fines. Hundreds of tickets written. Hiring prospects 8 graduating in January, hopefully over time up to 30 is the goal. Chief Brenda Perez said to call police for any issues that they can legally address, doing their best with the staff they have. Dave Lynch informing about mattress and trash disposal contruction debris costs regarding Trojan and Raynham. Win Farwell shared a fake bomb against mayor in parking space by disgruntled person. He spoke of the new administration and expressed goals and responsibilities need to be shared among the public servants for new mayor and council to improve Brockton. This won’t happen overnight. Union contracts should be written smarter to address operational needs: be creative and thoughtful such as Wednesday through Sunday schedules. Police out in the city need to be on constant alert and cite illegal driving and behavior to improve public safety. Example: 1448 citations in one year is only a few per day. Buildings hits and pedestrians hurt or killed are serious examples as well as multiple accidents are all affecting our sky-high insurance premiums. Per Moises Rodrigues: We need more code enforcers in Brockton. Businesses and residents should be cited for their dumping and not maintaining properties. Work Express type programs should be brought back to help clean up the city. Vo-tech options for education in the city brought up by Dave Lynch. Moises said Porter-Chester School not operating well here and will be available for sale. We can get higher reimbursements for vo-tech programs in the $20,000 plus per student. We need more trained tradespeople, Jay McLaughlin said average MA plumbers age is 58! Howard School brought up by Greg Belcher as serving no purpose at this time and should have some interest brought up for the property. We depend heavily on state funds and our property taxes are leaning heavily on residential rather than commercial. Mainspring property looking terrible, old police station future questioned, examples of properties that should look good and serve purposes. Businesses that look good and operate properly such as Modern Auto and Pires Brothers are great examples. Auto repair places way over limits we should put moratorium on new licenses. Ordinance proposed and better enforcement. New administration…we shall see…meeting adjourned at 7:06 p.m.

Thank You for Joining the 39th Annual Holiday Parade Courtney Henderson to Courtney, bcc: me Dear Participants, Thank you for confirming your participation in the 39th Annual Holiday Parade! We are thrilled to have you join us, whether you'll be walking or featuring a float this year. If you're receiving this email, it means you have confirmed your spot in the parade. For those planning to have a float, please note that the dimensions of the flatbed are approximately 20 feet long and 96 inches wide. Each float can safely accommodate 10 to 15 people, so please do not exceed this number. Additional participants are welcome to walk alongside the float. Flatbed reservations are on a first come, first served basis, so we encourage you to contact Lynch's Tow at (508) 586-7577 contact Sean as soon as possible. When calling, simply mention that you're reserving a flatbed for the parade and arrange a time to decorate. Lynch's Tow is expecting your calls and is prepared to start taking reservations. There is no cost for reserving the flatbed, gas, or driver. The only expenses you’ll need to cover are any decorations you wish to add to your float and any items you plan to distribute to the crowd. We are looking forward to a fantastic parade and are excited to see your creativity shine! Best regards, Courtney -- Courtney Henderson Director of Immigration Affairs Office of Mayor Robert F. Sullivan Brockton City Hall 45 School Street Brockton, MA 02301 508-897-6812 She/Her/Hers

Date: Nov. 5 . meeting 6P.M. at Tinray's

Montello Business Association endorses Win Farwel l Councilor at large and Jack Lally Councilor Ward 6. These candidates have supported us.

40 TH Anniversary in business for Modern Autobody ( The Fistori Family ) with Senator Mike Brady & Councilor Jack Lally both presented citations.

MONTELLO BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MEETING MINUTES FOR Oct. 1, 2025 IN ATTENDANCE: Scott Dwyer President, Greg Belcher Treasurer, Lisa Waitt Belcher Secretary, Jack Lally, Fran Fistori, Richard Gowell, David Lynch, Derek Salamone BPD, Bill Hallissey BPD, Moises Rodrigues, Brendan Weeks BFD, George Pina, Bill Forte, Win Farwell, George Montilio, Jeff Smith, Westgate Lanes, Gale Lutz-Henrickson and Lee Henrickson, Vinny Colarusso, 2 Pires brothers, Michelle DuBois, Jean-Bradley Derenoncourt, Mary LaCivita, Jed Hresko, Mike Brady, Phil Nessralla, Francine Kaiser and a few others. Scott opened with Old Business. Greg announced Treasurer report. Sgt. Hallissey said meetups have been a problem in the past year, recently police officer on detail hurt in lot behind Foxy Lady Friday as a result. Machete holder arrested in another incident. Zero tolerance now is being done. Trying to move homeless along. MBTA has cameras at stations. Homeless encampments behind Westgate Lanes and still dumping trash. Gas station attendants are in fear from these meetup characters. Scott said more crosswalks needed and parking signs needed. Greg made a speech about the recent shootings. George Montilio of Montilio’s Bakery said for 2 months his employees (60 people) have been in fear because of gunfire nearby and in the MBTA lot around 4-5 a.m. Some employees are dropped off by family members and they are in fear as well. License-plate-reading cameras are starting to be used to monitor and deter bad behavior. Win Farwell said we need to drop residency requirement for police officers here and that competency should override residency. Win said we need to have a meeting with the entities including those at state level to focus on safety and that we need accurate crime statistics to focus. Consistency in results not just one-time better incidents. Moises spoke about safety as well: MBTA should be doing its job to make safe its properties. Let’s use state resources to add to our enforcement. Per capita considering our population ratio to police patrolling we are fairly well-behaved. The social service agencies in our community should be discharging clients back to their cities and towns, not leaving them on our streets. 60% of homeless here are NOT from here. Students are leaving Brockton to go to other school-choice communities and we are losing about $18,000 per student. Money available was overestimated as part of the budget process. Parents need to be part of the process because they unknowingly are part of the problem indulging their children with ATVs, dirt bikes, etc. Win and Jack: The mayor, council and police union can negotiate and agree using 150E and supercede city ordinances to drop the residency requirement. Nine police candidates are in academy currently. Some drop out due to their tattoos as an example of expectations. Michelle DuBois as state rep spoke about the state planning to have strategy to deal with the meetups as it is not just a local problem. She thinks residency requirement for police should stand. Jean Bradley Derenoncourt mayoral candidate said families are attracted to communities with good SCHOOLS and with SAFETY. Number one problem issue he hears from Brockton residents is lack of TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. If you visit local churches of Haitian and Cape Verdean people in this city you will be more likely to find young people not smoking or using drugs. He is for the police residency requirement and himself took the police exam scoring 91%. We need competent people in leadership positions. We need to invest in afterschool programs for our children. We need to be competitive and show advantages of keeping students here. Past water plant purchase brought up as not a good idea. Leave politics out of the effective running of the city; get rid of incompetent jobholders. Mike Brady spoke about grant from state for law enforcement safety $700,000 and school grants as well to help the city. Says cleanup and development on Court St. will happen. Lots of money coming from the state to Brockton; the city needs to use it wisely. The new BHS principal trying to turn the tide there. Senate voted to restrict internet/phone use in schools; waiting on House and governor to agree, vote and do the same. Bill Forte inspectional services: permit counts are down this year. Women’s Legacy soccer in the works off Howard St. Route 37 as a positive home base for other activities in this city. Montello St. industrial property being reinvented hopefully such as laboratory buildings. He thinks downtown will improve if the areas around it develop wisely. Only one inspector so see/click/fix is lagging but hopefully will catch up when new employees are hired. ISD better to contact than see/click/fix more effective results. New administration…we shall see…meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.

Meeting for Sept 3, 2025 IN ATTENDANCE: Scott Dwyer President, Greg Belcher Treasurer, Lisa Waitt Belcher Secretary, Gale Lutz-Henrickson and Lee Henrickson, Fran Fistori, Richard Reid, Dan Trout, David Lynch, Al Davis, Derek Salamone BPD, Bill Hallissey BPD, Sam Audi Bassam, Jed Hresko, Pires Brothers, Jean-Bradley Derenoncourt, Vinny Colarusso Scott opened with Old Business, see June posting. Greg announced Treasurer report. Sgt. Hallissey said busy police summer with meetups at Barbour Corp., house parties, no traffic enforcement officer, down 25-30 officers, no detective after midnight. We need more police candidates, need to drop residency. Schoolbuses are owned by the city, labor issues though. Richard Reid first candidate in attendance spoke. Has small business and education background and he is a Canadian import who came to the U.S. to be a small business owner. His application for citizenship experience has been prolonged and fairly difficult. Transparency in government function and small business as important factor is society mentioned. Social service functions from nonprofits being overly restricted would help feed and shelter homeless. Entities working together and new blood will help Brockton. Property tax assessments review vs. tax rate. Two-way Main St. traffic. Study after study, just get it done. Make Brockton a better place than before. Jean Bradley Derenoncourt mayoral candidate told his history here from Haiti post-hurricane, Christo’s worker, English language learning, Brady rep and senator assistant, investigator for state auditor; Brockton receivership possible, as only city in Plymouth County, irresponsible fiscal policies for this city, incompetence in city hall, impossible to fine homeless individuals and stands by his vote as such in council, putting own money into his campaign, city audit should cover every department by Diana DiZoglio the state auditor, we cannot afford to buy Aquaria, get back to education quality, public safety, traffic enforcement, business retention. Public servancy, disciplined, honest, fair, the citizens should be telling the government what needs to be done, not the opposite. Example that library hours should not be cut as citizens need these services. He admits the way to learn about city functions is to ask every department head what their purpose is. David Lynch asked about meeting with business owners, clergy, police, fire and JBD said yes. Backed up non-residency of police candidates. Combine school and city police into one unit. Jed Hresko candidate for councilor-at-large lives downtown and purchased a condo in 2019 there, coming from Boston. Jed devotes his extra time in addition to being an accountant and from a small business family to city issues. Some of his thoughts: Drug dealers among homeless need to be arrested and prosecuted, traffic enforcement needed, speed bump installation, force slowdown of drivers to help pedestrian injury and death. Very knowledgeable about statistics and cost-effective ways to make Brockton safer. Physical interventions needed. Files 150+ see-click-fix reports per year. Dumping issues. Carries brush clippers to clean up growth impeding signs. Vague duty descriptions between city departments leave more debris. Assign 2 fulltime DPW cleaners to clean up the city. Inspectional services does not seem to be unified in purpose to make Brockton cleaner. Strong city manager to delegate to departments. Examples of mayor not following through with promised downtown meetings and not holding department heads responsible. DPW note: go online and sign and pay to have bulky items removed. $20 per piece. Meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.