Departing Woburn Aldermen Give Parting Words

Regardless of the results of next fall’s elections, Woburn will have three new Aldermen during City Council’s next session.

Ward 1 Alderman Rosa DiTucci, Ward 6 Alderman Michael Raymond and Ward 7 Alderman Raymond Drapeau participated in their final City Council meetings as Aldermen this week. Both Drapeau and Raymond served ten years as Aldermen.

“I felt that ten years as an Alderman was enough time,” Raymond told Patch.com. “I am retiring from my regular job so it coincided with my regular retirement.”

Drapeau felt it was time to give someone else an opportunity to serve as Alderman.

“I put in 10 years and accomplished a lot of good things,” Drapeau told Patch.com. “There’s always something more to accomplish, but it’s time to give someone else an opportunity.”

DiTucci’s decision to step down came as a result of a personal matter. However, the Ward 1 Alderman did not rule out having a role in City Council in the future.

“I may come back,” DiTucci told Patch.com. “I enjoyed it so thoroughly that I may come back. Perhaps in another role.”

When asked what she will miss most about her role as Alderman, DiTucci’s response was two-pronged.

“The people with whom I’ve had the distinct honor to work, the other counselors and other people in City Hall,” DiTucci said. “I will also miss the people. I will miss the people who called me and who I helped when I could. It was a great sense of kinship for me. I’ve always felt I’ve had a personal responsibility and friendship with them and that has been extremely gratifying.

Drapeau agreed, saying that the camaraderie will be a part of the role that he will miss.

“I think I will miss the camaraderie with the fellow Aldermen, city officials and department heads most,” Drapeau said. “We worked as a unit to accomplish a lot of good goals together, and now that it’s over you get kind of a melancholy feeling about it.”

While Raymond added that his phone will be ringing less frequently than before, he will miss interacting with residents and constituents above all else.

“My phone rings quite a bit with problems and questions and things that the constituents have,” Raymond added. “We have probably 13 or 14 different projects going on at one time so I think I’ll miss interacting with the residents and constituents most of all.

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