Charter Study Committee

About the Charter Study Committee

About the Charter Study Committee

The eleven-member Charter Study Committee will comprehensively study the City’s current charter, gather input from the community and ultimately propose recommendations on changes and content to the existing document.

The Committee will submit recommended changes to the City Council and the Mayor which are designed to improve and modernize Medford’s structure and governance.

The Committee began meeting in December 2022 and currently meets monthly via Zoom on the first Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm. Members of the public are welcome to attend meetings, the last section of which will be reserved for public comment. Future opportunities for public comment will include community forum events and surveys.

The Charter Study Committee is an Ad Hoc committee.

Contact Committee: medfordcharterstudy@gmail.com

Information on the Charter Study Committee.

Members

Milva McDonald, Committee Chair
Anthony Andreottola
Danielle Balocca
Eunice Browne
Maury Carroll
Ron Giovino
Phyllis Morrison
Paulette Van der Kloot
Aubree Webb
David Zabner
Jean Zotter

Goals and guiding principles of the Charter Study Committee:

To educate and engage the community in robust discussion about the charter and potential amendments or revisions.
To review language and processes of the current charter to determine whether or which revisions or amendments are in Medford’s best interest.
To ensure Medford’s government is representative, effective, transparent, responsive and accountable.

meeting agendas

meeting minutes

Revised City Charter - delivered to City Council 4/1/25

Proposed Revised Medford City Charter

Charter Study Committee Final Report

Medford Charter History

Massachusetts Statutes

Municipal Government Forms & Processes

Meeting Presentations

2023 Recordings

2022 Recordings

Additional Links

Member Bios

Milva McDonald, Chair

Milva (she/her) has called Medford home for about three decades. She is a co-founder of the non-profit organization Advocates for Home Education in Massachusetts and served on the steering committee for the Mystic LGBTQ+ Youth Support Network. She currently works at Braithwaite & Katz Communications and tutors students in writing and literature. In her spare time she enjoys singing, throwing pots, writing stories and spending time with her kids and grandkids.

Anthony Andreottola

Anthony Andreottola is a long-time resident of Medford. He and his family have lived in the Lawrence Estates neighborhood for over 50 years. He is both a LMHC and LADC1 and has been a practicing clinician in the Boston area for 30 years. Currently, he serves as the director of the Fr. Mychal Judge Recovery Center at St. Anthony Shrine in Boston. Previously, he worked as the clinical director of the Justice Resource Institute housing division, where his work focused on vulnerable and marginalized populations, such as people living with HIV/AIDS, frail seniors, and the chronically mentally ill. Additionally, Anthony is actively involved in the advancement of psychophysics research and is an advocate for the disabled. During his spare time, Anthony enjoys fishing and boating on Little Ossipee Lake, as well as restoring antique and classic automobiles.

Eunice M. Browne

I am a lifelong Medford resident living in the Hillside area house I grew up in, a home that has been in my family since the 1920’s. My professional background is in administrative support work in secondary and higher education. I enjoy managing projects, researching and digging into data. I thank my late Mother for my interest in local politics. She loved all things politics. When we got Cable TV in the early 1980’s she began watching City Council meetings on Tuesday nights. When I returned home from college in the mid 1980’s, we watched together most Tuesday nights. We also followed local political activities and issues in the Medford Mercury and later the Medford Transcript. I have been following Medford politics for 35 years and have watched issues change, elected officials come and go and city government work well and not well. I am honored and humbled to be serving Medford to help build a Charter that will serve Medford for years to come.

Danielle Balocca

Danielle Balocca (she/her) works as a social worker, providing counseling to survivors of sexual trauma. A life-long Massachusetts resident, she and her family have lived in the Fulton Heights neighborhood of Medford since 2014. Danielle enjoys being connected to all parts of the community of Medford through attention to local politics, coaching youth soccer and enjoying city parks and businesses.

Maury Carroll

Maury Carroll is a lifelong resident of the City of Medford. He and his family have been business owners and active sponsors and supporters of our great city for generations. He is also the immediate past president of the Medford Chamber of Commerce

Ron Giovino

Ron Giovino has been a Medford resident since 1959. He raised three children in the city and enjoys spending time with his six grandchildren, many of whom are also growing up in Medford. Retired from his career as Director of Sales and Marketing for Xerox Corporation, Ron continues to contribute to the community as President and CEO of The Medford Invitational Tournament, a non-profit dedicated to promoting youth sports for children with mental and physical challenges in Medford and Greater Boston. He was also the President of North Medford Little League, Medford Babe Ruth, and Medford Baseball Council. When COVID hit, Ron jumped into helping the community by serving as a ward leader for the city's Are You Okay Program, assisting in the rollout of COVID testing, vaccination clinics, and food delivery programs. Ron also served as a member of Columbus School Renaming Committee.

John Moreschi

John Moreschi moved to Medford in 2019 and lives in Ward 1 with his wife and two children. A lawyer, John has spent his career in public service, serving as counsel at the federal, state and municipal levels. He enjoys reading history, watching horror movies and exploring new national parks with his family.

Paulette van der Kloot

I grew up in New York and moved to Medford when I attended graduate school at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. I ended up using my diplomatic skills when I was elected to the Medford School Committee. I loved serving in this position, always trying my best to improve public education in Medford for all our students. My husband and I raised our three daughters here and we now have three grandchildren to keep us busy. I am retired from my position in the Volunteer office of WInchester Hospital where I enjoyed working with the teen volunteers. I love to read, share time with friends and continue my interest and dedication to this city we call home.

Aubree Webb

Aubree Webb (she/her) has a home in Ward 8 in Medford. She was raised in a family that believes in the importance of serving her community and currently works as a researcher at the state Department of Education. She enjoys renovating her home with her husband (most of the time), puzzles of all kinds, and watching her daughter learn something new every day. In this role, she is most excited about meeting new people and incorporating their voice into the city’s charter.

Jean Zotter

Jean Zotter, J.D. has a JD from Northeastern University School of Law and over 30 years of public health policy experience. She currently works as public health consultant. Her past experience includes working as legal services attorney, running several community health nonprofits, managing public health programs and offices at the Department of Public Health, and chairing the Board of Certification of Community Health Workers. She lives in North Medford with her husband, Matt, and son Ian who just graduated from Medford High School.

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