March 4th 2026 Meeting Minutes

Date: March 4, 2026 meeting 6P.M. at Tinrays.  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.

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MONTELLO BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MEETING MINUTES FOR Feb. 4, 2026 IN ATTENDANCE:Scott Dwyer President, Greg Belcher Treasurer, Lisa Waitt Belcher Secretary, Fran Fistori, Gale Lutz-Henrickson and Lee, George DePina, Eric Akesson, RFCU Francia Monteiro, David Lynch, Richard Gowell, Brendan Weeks BFD, Derek Salamone BPD, Win Farwell, Phil Nessralla, Jack Lally Ward 6, Shirley Asack Ward 7, Al Davis, Mayor Moises Rodrigues, Jay McLaughlin, Vincent Colarusso. Scott opened with Old Business. Greg announced Treasurer report. Angelo School buses still parking on the street for dropoff/pickup holding up traffic at least 18 minutes. Safety issue. Lt . Bonanca aware: sent Sgt. but still going on. Win suggested Superintendent of Schools and DPW be invited/contacted. Snow not cleared from streets and sidewalks, cars not cleared from streets. Eric Akesson spoke as Parking Authority, expand scope of authority to cover entire city, Mayor discussed. 508-580-7840 call to ticket if able. Greg asking about getting extra officers and see the enforcement and be financially covered by the fines. Dave asked about Brockton doing own excise enforcement in lieu of paying outside vendors. Francia promoted Rockland Federal Credit Union for business banking, checking, loans, CDs. George DePina 508-580-7150 said report nuisances, trash, private property problem issues. Tim Doucette doing a great job he said. Snow removal addressed by George with regards to Fire District 1 ALL property sidewalks must be cleaned. Greg showed the ordinance and the letter to businesses reprimanding them and threatening fines. Hydrants need to have full access for public safety. Weeks spoke about disabled hydrants making firefighting much more difficult. Scott spoke about snow blocking hydrants from poor plowing. Cars impeding plow efforts now buried in snow banks. Win said the city is 30 plow operators short of what we need. Mayor said 12 sidewalk plows will be out at night to continue cleanup for safety. Sidewalk and school bus and parking safety will be addressed per Mayor tomorrow. $1.2 million rubbish deficit needs attention and the bill needs to be covered but larger barrels will be proposed. Greg proposed snow fee on bills but Moises and Win said not feasible. The residents need to be publicly informed of the ORDINANCE of cleaning your own sidewalks in front of properties. Call Captain Porcaro at the police to report issues. Robocall new 3-year contract about all issues can add info to snowstorms warnings and residents can be informed about cleaning. Not all numbered routes are covered by the state fyi. Mayor trying to get state to help more. Scott mentioned check fraud via check “washing” happened twice to him so be on the lookout. Shirley said there are ordinances to remove campers but any propane tanks will be a safety issue. She said to contact Tim Sullivan on the school committee to address the Ward 7 Angelo School bus problems. Westgate Mall having a reopening of the Toy Box ribbon cutting February 16th. Hilton new hotel ribbon-cutting opening February 12th at the mall as well. Ordinance changes will be brought up at Council meetings. Jack agrees with promoting new businesses and city officials being present to encourage success. One police recruit in attendance. More experience will be given prior to doing details alone. Academy registrations 6 to 7 Brockton people coming up; 8 or so from out of town. Dropping residency requirement might help. …meeting adjourned at 7:13 p.m.

Date: Feb. 4, 2026 meeting at Tinray's 6 PM Guest Speakers : Eric Akesson - Parking Authority Director & Councilor Ward 2 Maria Tavares

MONTELLO BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MEETING MINUTES FOR Jan. 7, 2026 IN ATTENDANCE: Scott Dwyer President, Greg Belcher Treasurer, Lisa Waitt Belcher Secretary, Mike Dadak, Bill Forte, Al Davis, Brendan Weeks, Derek Salamone BPD, Win Farwell, Bill Hallissey BPD, Sam Bassam, Jeff Smith, Jay McLaughlin, Vincent Colarusso, Amanda Gomez. Moment of silence for Uxbridge police officer killed today. Scott opened with Old Business. Greg announced Treasurer report. Bill Forte spoke about his new position as Commissioner of Inspectional Services announced internal housekeeping, regime shift, and change in complaint process followed by greater accountability to the public. Private sector mentality needed to run city departments better. Some names mentioned who deserve new positions/promotions. Congrats to new/re-elected officials. Some parking complaints with vehicles blocking firetruck access and lots of illegal parking and no one to replace signs knocked down. Very difficult to exit streets with cars parked very close to corners, poor visibility. State police presence and some traffic enforcement around lately. Jeff Smith Community Court at library attempting to help people. January 23 rd 12:30-2:30 p.m. next monthly meeting. Offers help to people who are willing to try detox programs. New safety building has updated features hopefully will help morale. North Main St. 117-119 will become housing units. Tax rate v. assessments goes the way of the system per the law. Automate more payments for the city bills like permits; Citizen Serve should be able to aid more departments. Win said consider Parking Authority and Traffic Commission more coordination of services/regulatory body; maybe unite. Brockton should be proactive not reactive. More language barrier breakdown by hiring bilingual clerks where effective. Win will be Chair of Accounts into this year; was on transition team and brought up conversation with Chief Perez that uniform patrol division should be citing dangerous drivers and not looking away; Mayor will be calling for a higher standard of behavior for all departments and citizens as well. Public service emphasized. 7 new police recruits maybe next week. Sadly many will be retiring and may not be replaced; residency requirement elimination maybe should be done by ordinance and with union approval. Win on board to eliminate residency requirement; patrolmen have no contract currently, expired in July. Business associations should get together and put in writing to the mayor that we want the residency requirement appealed. Protocol minimum shifts 8, currently 10 on the road, optimum 15-16 per shift. New administration…we shall see…meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m.

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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.