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ORDER-2022-75 : Donation from various library trust funds totaling $2,000,000.00 toward costs related to Melrose Public Library Renovations; said funds to be deposited into Fund No. 3390

Passed · OUGHT TO PASS [9 TO 0] · moved by Christopher Cinella, President, ex oficio, seconded by Mark Garipay, Chair Yes: Jen Grigoraitis, Leila Migliorelli, Shawn M. MacMaster, Mark Garipay, Maya Jamaleddine, Robb Stewart, Manjula Karamcheti, Ryan Williams, Christopher Cinella. Absent: Jack Eccles, John Obremski.

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ORDER-2022-75 Donation Donation from various library trust funds totaling $2,000,000.00 toward costs related to Melrose Public Library Renovations; said funds to be deposited into Fund No. 3390 Recommend Passage City Council

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▶ 17:12 Jen Grigoraitis: Thank you, Mayor Broder. Have a good evening to both of you. All right. The next item on our agenda is order 2022-75, donation from various library trust funds totaling $2 million toward costs related to Melrose Public Library renovations, said funds to be deposited into fund number 3390. And I believe we have library director Linda Gardner joining us tonight. There she is.

▶ 17:48 Jen Grigoraitis: Hi, Linda. Good evening. How are you? The floor is yours to give us a little information about this request.

▶ 17:57 Speaker 4: As long as you're a little hard to hear.

▶ 18:12 Speaker 4: When we were initially looking to move forward. Innovation trustee. To 2Million dollars. In support of.

▶ 18:27 Jen Grigoraitis: You're you keep fading in and out. Is it possible to try to bring your Mike closer?

▶ 18:39 Speaker 4: Okay, the trustees voted to 2Million dollars. In support of the building renovation. Um, they also have previously. Funded the study that led to the application, which was successful survey. Really have a strong commitment to seeing this project. succeed and so we have recently affected the transfer of funds from the trust funds to the city account thank you are there any counselors wishing to

▶ 19:30 Christopher Cinella: ask questions what is the president's enough motion to accept the donation so

▶ 19:35 Jen Grigoraitis: So we have a motion to, I'm going to go with recommend for passage, made by President Sinella, seconded by Councillor Garipay. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, Mr. Clerk, can you please call the roll?

▶ 19:51 Speaker 1: Vice Chair Bigley-Early? Yes.

▶ 19:53 Speaker 4: Councillor McMaster?

▶ 19:54 Speaker 1: Yes. Councillor Garipay? Yes. Councillor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councillor Stewart? Yes. Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Karimshadi?

▶ 20:12 Speaker 1: Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. President Sinella? Yes. And Chair Grigoraitis? Yes. Nine yes.

▶ 20:21 Jen Grigoraitis: Nine yes. So the motion carries and this will be recommended to the full council. Thank you for being here tonight.