Call to Order

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▶ 0:13 Speaker 1: Everyone. Hello. And we are recording.

▶ 0:20 Mark Garipay: Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Good evening. It is 730 on January 24th, and this is a meeting of the Finance Committee. I am Councilor Garipay, the Vice-Chair, joining me tonight.

▶ 0:31 Mark Garipay: Voting members, Councilor Migliorelli, Councilor Karamcheti, Councilor Obremski, and President Ex Officio Sineller. This provides notice of a quorum for the record.

▶ 1:15 Mark Garipay: Pursuant to an act extending COVID-19 measures signed by Governor Baker on June 16th, 2021 that extended the remote meeting provisions of his March 12th executive order suspending certain provisions of the open meeting law. This meeting of the Finance Committee will be conducted via remote participation to the greatest extent possible. We will post a comprehensive record of these proceedings as soon as possible after the meeting on the City of Melrose website and on MMTV3.org. The public can also find online access

▶ 1:46 Mark Garipay: instructions to view the meeting at www.cityofmelrose.org remote meetings