← Appropriations & Oversight Committee · 2021-04-12 · Appropriations and Oversight Committee Meeting
Public Comment
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▶ 1:02:38 Jeff McNaught: This provides notice of a quorum for the record. Pursuant to Governor Baker's March 12, 2020 order suspending certain provisions of the open meeting law and the Governor's March 15, 2020 order imposing strict limitation on the number of people that may gather together in one place, this meeting of the Appropriations Committee will be conducted by a remote participation to the greatest extent possible. We will post an audio or video recording, transcript, or other comprehensive record of these proceedings as soon as possible after the meeting on the City of Melrose website and on mmtv.3.org. How's my audio, folks? Is that working well tonight? Good. Like, thumbs up. For the folks at home, we are turning towards our portion of this meeting called Public Comment where anyone from the public can speak to any agenda on the Appropriations committee agenda this evening we are going to open public comment and then we are going to recess and go back to finish our legal and legislative meeting that way we can have a clean break and not keep folks waiting from the prior meeting so if there is no objection at this time i will move for a unanimous consent and open the floor for public comment seeing no objection we are open for public comment and at this time i will entertain a motion to recess
▶ 1:04:05 Speaker 4: motion to recess i'll entertain a second
▶ 1:04:20 Jeff McNaught: well uh motion to recess by councillor Garipay uh seconded by councillor tram and tozy uh madam clerk can you please call the role sure before i call that role can we just let the
▶ 1:04:29 Speaker 2: attendees know if they would like to speak a public comment they can do so now and then we can
▶ 1:04:39 Speaker 3: We can go back that. Okay. You want to continue on with public comment? Otherwise I'd have to hang out. Wait.
▶ 1:04:44 John N. Tramontozzi: Yeah, point of order if we, we opened up before for public comment, let's see if there's anybody in the public want to comment on anything and then we'll close public comment and then go back to legal and legislative.
▶ 1:04:53 Speaker 3: This could be a long public comment. All right. That's all right. Let's do it.
▶ 1:05:00 John N. Tramontozzi: Let's do what council chairman? I have people anybody in the waiting to publicly climate on anything that's on the appropriations committee agenda. Let them do it. Now.
▶ 1:05:12 Jeff McNaught: I don't want to do it that way. I'd rather finish up legal and ledge. So, um, yeah, let's call the roll. Okay. Chair.
▶ 1:05:23 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, vice chair. Yes. Councilor Tramontozzi? No. Councilor McMaster? Yes. Councilor Garipay? Yes. Councilor Grigoraitis? Yes. Councilor Migliorelli? Yes. Councilor Stewart?