ORDER-2019-45 : Home Rule Petition to Amend Melrose City Charter, Section 2-11: Filling Of Vacancies, As Set Forth Herein.

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▶ 15:59 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: all in favor aye aye any opposed the order is further amended it was um if all will recall

▶ 16:07 Kate Lipper-Garabedian: amended with a preamble in committee and so now that we have that amended order I move to take order 2 0 1 9 dash 4 5 home rule petition to amend Melrose City Charter section 2 dash 11 filling of vacancies as set forth herein out of order for the purposes of joining it for concurrent action second the motion and

▶ 16:32 Kate Lipper-Garabedian: And just to clarify, this is the order to amend our city charter with respect to vacancies on this board.

▶ 16:40 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: Alderman Lipper-Garabedian makes a motion, which was seconded by Alderman Mortimer, to remove Order 29—or, I'm sorry, to take Order 2019-45, which is listed later on our calendar, out of order. This was—this comes to us also from the Appropriations Committee with a recommendation for passage, and the purpose is to take order concurrently on these two. is there any discussion on the motion all in favor all right any opposed the motion passage

▶ 17:10 Kate Lipper-Garabedian: the motion passes and this order is before us so i move to join orders 2019-45 and 2019-80

▶ 17:18 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: for concurrent action second we have a motion made by alderman Letter garabini and seconded by alderman mortimer to join order 2019-80 and 2019-45 for concurrent action any discussion

▶ 17:31 Michael P. Zwirko: comments workout thank you madam president we are now co-joining orders on the name change so-called and the item on vacancies which I have deemed like the threshold so I just wanted to state in committee I voted against the threshold at 40% I wasn't opposed to a threshold I just thought that 40% was too high I think it's very important that these orders are sent to the great in general court as one so I will be supporting the code joined order this evening I'm not going to throw the baby out with the bathwater as they like to say so I will be supporting both orders I just wanted to explain my vote before

▶ 18:10 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: doing so Thank You madam president any further discussion on the orders the

▶ 18:18 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: motion has been made and seconded all in favor any opposed motions are joined or

▶ 18:26 Kate Lipper-Garabedian: the I'm sorry the orders are joined so I move to add to the code joined orders the following language quote the general court is empowered to undertake any and all actions necessary to effectuate the purposes of this petition we have a

▶ 18:44 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: motion made by Alderman Letter Garabedian to amend the cojoined orders with this language which I will just add was recommended by our city solicitor for the purposes of sending this cojoined home roll petition up to the

▶ 18:57 Peter D. Mortimer: great and general court second second the motion to add the aforementioned

▶ 19:00 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: language we have a motion made and seconded by alderman Mortimer any

▶ 19:07 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: discussion okay on the motion to amend the co-joined orders with that language all in favor aye any opposed the order is amended the co-joined amended orders are before you motion for passage the motion for passage made by alderman Lipper-Garabedian seconded by alderman Mortimer on discussion alderman

▶ 19:30 Monica C. Medeiros: Medeiros thank you I just procedurally will will we end up seeing a full proposed version and that's what we'll send to the state we I will make that

▶ 19:39 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: request to the city solicitor's office to make sure that we can see that the final that gets sent up to the state house thank you any further discussion

▶ 19:49 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: on the motion for passage all in favor aye any opposed roll call okay it's

▶ 20:04 Speaker 3: called roll thank you all the men do you try yes I'll bring boys out yes I'll bring the for Garabedian yes Alderman McMaster yes Alderman Medeiros yes Alderman Mortimer yes Alderman Tramontozzi yes Alderman Wright yes alderman's work Oh yes president Lemmerman yes 10 yeses the order passes