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Mindy D'Ippolito, Interim Chair
Chief John LeLacheur
Principal Gabrielle Montevecchi
Purvi Harley
Alyssa Rayman-Read
Carole Rein
Meeting Notice
Meeting Location: Barnet Gallery, Beverly Public Library, 32 Essex Street, Beverly Ma 01915
June 6, 2024 7:00-8:30 PM
MINUTES
1. Call to order/roll call- (Police Chief John LeLacheur, Principal Gabrielle Montevecchi, Mindy
D'Ippolito, Alyssa Rayman-Read, Purvi Harley, Carole Rein) - all present. Call to order 7:15pm.
Wangari arrives at 7:49pm.
2. Land acknowledgement - group agreed to acknowledge the land under previously recognized
3. Designate note-taker
4. Approve previous minutes
5/11/23 - motion by Alyssa, approved unanimously
9/7/23 - motion by Alyssa, approved unanimously
• 11/2/23 - motion to amend removing (Paul Goodwin and Braden W from attendees) - motion
by Alyssa, approved unanimously
1/4/24 - amend by Mindy to add those that were motion Alyssa, second Purvi, approved
unanimously
2/1/24 - motion by Mindy to approve, second by Alyssa, motion passes
3/7/24 - motion by Mindy to approve, second by Carole, motion passes
4/8/24 - motion by Mindy to approve removing Alyssa as present, motion passes
5. Announcements from meeting with Mayor/Solicitor/Legal Affairs Committee - can't bypass open
forum with a subcommittee, subcommittee needs to still be open forum. Discussion around putting a
regular event subcommittee meeting on the calendar.
6. Review ordinance changes and make formal recommendations to Legal Affairs Committee..
CITY of BEVERLY
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
191 Cabot Street
Beverly, Massachusetts 01915
Phone (978) 921-6000
Mindy D'Ippolito, Interim Chair
Chief John LeLacheur
Principal Gabrielle Montevecchi
Purvi Harley
Alyssa Rayman-Read
Carole Rein
• Legal affairs committee and mayor both support HRC to modify the quorum requirement of the
committee.
• "Nothing about us without us" - HRC feels it was unacceptable that the city submitted a
proposal to city council regarding the construct of HRC - on what seems like a parallel path of
work. It was validated that there seemed to be disconnect among city stakeholders leading up
to and following the proposal.
o HRC REQUEST: HRC desires to discuss further with the city DEIB office and requests
to be at the table and be included in future discussions regarding the HRC itself.
• Add the Director of DEIB as one of the eleven members of the Committee: Concerns were
brought up, including if there is a vacancy of the seat, conflict of interest (HRC agenda vs. the
DEIB agenda). It was acknowledged that HRC is sometimes still caught between
events/planning, systems work, and being a city accountability check/watchdog/resource. The
idea of non-voting appointed seats (including BPS and BPD)was discussed.
o HRC RECOMMENDATION: consensus agreement that DEIB director is a non-voting
member of the committee.
• Discussion regarding term limits of the appointed members (city/school employees)
o HRC RECOMMENDATION: consensus that we DO NOT agree that there should be
unlimited service terms for city/school appointees
• Discussion regarding reappointing former HRC members
o HRC RECOMMENDATION: Consensus agreement with the addendum of defining a
'break in service' as one year.
Broader discussion was teed up to review HRC ordinance; original ordinance was codified at a
certain moment in time / HRC was in reactive mode, want to move to more strategic/proactive work.
Recommendation put forth to broaden the review of the HRC ordinance- (PLACEHOLDER FOR
SUGGESTIONS) in partnership between HRC, city council, and the city in the next term year.
7. Review and finalize guide to fill open seats - Mindy to circulate dates for second meeting on this
topic.
8. Wangari's request for HRC help in planning DEIB office events-did not discuss
9. Adjourn- 8:23pm
CITY of BEVERLY
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
191 Cabot Street
Beverly, Massachusetts 01915
Phone (978) 921-6000
Mindy D'Ippolito, interim Chair
Chief John LeLacheur
Principal Gabrielle Montevecchi
Purvi Harley
Alyssa Rayman-Read
Carole Rein