Call to Order

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▶ 0:29 Speaker 1: Are you down there? Pat? Who's down there? Who's downstairs?

▶ 0:43 Michael P. Zwirko: is good evening everyone this is a regular meeting of the city of Melrose Board of Aldermen I am Michael Zwirko the board's president it is Monday December 17th of 2018 at this time I'd ask madam clerk to kindly call the roll

▶ 1:00 Speaker 2: Alderman Peter here Alderman Boisselle here Alderman Forbes here Alderman Lemmerman here Alderman Lipper-Garabedian here Alderman Alderman McMaster? Here. Alderman Medeiros? Here. Alderman Mortimer? Here. Alderman Tramontozzi? Here. Alderman Wright? Here. President Search? Here.

▶ 1:21 Speaker 3: Eleven present. Eleven present. If everyone could please join me in standing in the Pledge of Allegiance.

▶ 1:28 Peter D. Mortimer: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

▶ 1:41 Michael P. Zwirko: Before we get to public comment this evening, I just wanted to state that this meeting is being recorded in accordance with the open meeting law. It can be accessed on the city's website as well as mmtv3.org.