ORDER-2019-87 : Reauthorization of City of Melrose Revolving Funds table as adopted by City Ordinance June 18, 2018 and further authorized by Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44, §53E ½.

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▶ 27:56 Speaker 2: favor thank you madam chair I'm just moving to the next piece I'd like to

▶ 28:03 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: make a motion that we move out of order to the following order briefly 2019 87 that we may address the revolving fund involving Health Department fund

▶ 28:19 Peter D. Mortimer: number 2659 second the motion to take business out of order we have a motion

▶ 28:22 Kate Lipper-Garabedian: to take out of order that the third agenda item so that we can speak to the revolving fund related to the health department made by President Lemmerman and second by Alderman Mortimer all in favor aye opposed okay we'll do that so order number two zero one nine dash eighty seven reauthorization of city of Melrose revolving funds table as adopted by city ordinance June 18th 2018 and further authorized by Massachusetts general laws chapter 44 section 53 e and

▶ 28:55 Speaker 1: a half so the revolving fund is a long-standing fund that the health department has had it basically is a like a pass-through account so it's primarily used for our flu clinics so that the reimbursement that we get through insurance goes into that fund and then we use that money to pay for the vaccine the following year we there's some smaller programs that go through it like when we sell bike helmets we purchase it through the revolving fund and when we sell the bike helmets the money goes back in and the concept behind it is it it gives us a little bit of flexibility to do some other self funding programs so we have done some we've done a lot of training for the restaurants the last couple of years and really are the only cost has

▶ 29:48 Speaker 1: been the cost of the books so we pay for the books out of the revolving fund we charge the restaurants for the books it goes back into the revolving fund so it it's really a financial mechanism for us to be able to do some more programming

▶ 30:07 Peter D. Mortimer: motion to accept the revolving fund second you have a motion to accept the

▶ 30:10 Speaker 2: revolving fund made by alderman Mortimer and seconded by president Lemmerman all in