ORDER-2018-183 : City of Melrose Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2019 in the amount of $79,399,945.73 (Seventy-Nine Million, Three Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand, Nine Hundred Forty-Five Dollars and Seventy-Three Cents).

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▶ 2:43:51 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: which is next week motion to adjourn second second we do have a motion to adjourn we we do need to take a vote on the all the overlay on the entire budget

▶ 2:44:00 Speaker 1: Yes, if you would be willing to withdraw your motion.

▶ 2:44:03 Speaker 3: I withdraw my second.

▶ 2:44:05 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: We have the final order on our agenda is Order 2018-183, which is the City of Melrose Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2019 in the amount of $79,399,945.73. We have gone through every budget before us in a department hearing for each one.

▶ 2:44:22 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: I would also just remind the committee that currently this order is joined with order 2018-169 an ordinance authorizing revolving accounts in the city of Melrose we have also gone through each of those and taken a a motion with regard to each what is the will of the committee motion to recommend the conjoint orders for passage madam chair we have a motion to recommend order 2018-183 and 2018-169 for passage is there a second seconded Alderman Tramontozzi on discussion. Alderman Duras. Thank you. I'm gonna just

▶ 2:44:59 Monica C. Medeiros: move to divide out the order for the revolving accounts which I believe is a privileged motion. I think ultimately this should be in the end should be two different orders and I know it does need an edit which unfortunately I didn't see that order number on the agenda tonight but I know there is an edit that needs to be made for the inspectional services revolving account so alderman Medeiros is making a privileged

▶ 2:45:37 Monica C. Medeiros: order to separate these two with the anticipation that we'll move it forward but we do have a motion

▶ 2:45:44 Peter D. Mortimer: made and seconded which i believe would need to be withdrawn in order to do this point point of order madam chair um baldman madero's motion if i may respectfully suggest test is in order, it's an intervening motion, it's privileged, it passes automatically. Except for numbers, except for when it's just a number of changing an amount of dollars, if it's logically possible to divide it, it passes automatically. It doesn't even require a vote. I think we should just pass the whole budget and then we can deal with the revolving accounts and any amendments that may need to be proffered. So the motion to divide the orders is privileged. That passes automatically. And then I would make a motion just to take the remaining order, the first one, 2018-183, and make a motion to recommend that for passage. Alderman Mortimer is making a motion to recommend Order 2018-183, which is the Fiscal Year 19 operating budget.

▶ 2:46:59 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: Seconded by Alderman Tramontozzi on discussion. Alderman Medeiros.

▶ 2:47:04 Monica C. Medeiros: Thank you. Madam Chair, I was hoping that you could request from Mr. De La Rosa. I did not see it come through, and if I missed it, I apologize. The — it usually includes an other funding sources document, which includes all the indirect costs from the various accounts not just water and sewer but also the ambulance and usually would be included with our operating budget order like to just

▶ 2:47:29 Speaker 4: request that so we get the whole picture for the full board meeting for Monday we

▶ 2:47:34 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: can make that request further discussion all in favor of the motion for passage recommendation for passage aye any opposed it will be a recommendation for passage of the operating budget for fiscal year 19 at monday's full board meeting we did separate out order 2018-169 ordinance authorizing revolving funds in the city of melrose i'll move to move it

▶ 2:48:05 Monica C. Medeiros: forward uh without recommendations but really probably with the understanding with just making that uh at the full board meeting when we have the language in front of us we can make that amendment

▶ 2:48:19 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: we have a motion to move this order to the full board meeting without

▶ 2:48:29 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: recommendation is there a second seconded by alderman Tramon Tosi on

▶ 2:48:33 Michael P. Zwirko: discussion president's workout Thank You madam chair I'm hesitant to vote in favor of this it's a ministerial edit that needs to be made without recommendation I just feel bringing it forward to the full board signifies more than what we're actually trying to do on these revolving accounts so I'm gonna vote against the motion without recommendation I would prefer a motion in favor considering it's just ministerial in nature thank you I agree

▶ 2:49:08 Peter D. Mortimer: with what the president just stated I think we should send it forward the motion to recommend for passage it's it's too bad we don't have the amendment that the change that needs to be made tonight but we can easily make an amendment procedurally at the full board I just agree with what president's worker says that it does show a lack of voter confidence if we don't send it forward with a recommendation for passage and then leave it subject to an amendment at the full board I think that's the more positive move to take so I'll be voting against that as well thank you I'd like to withdraw my motion

▶ 2:50:01 Monica C. Medeiros: to move forward without recommendation the motion has been in the second has

▶ 2:50:04 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: been withdrawn I would also just put in another reminder that we will the appropriations committee will be meeting prior to the full board meeting next Monday and this could be also if it were to be held it could be dealt with a

▶ 2:50:24 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: motion to hold it in committee we have a motion to hold this order in committee made by Alderman Medeiros seconded by President Search all in All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? This will be held until Monday during our next Appropriations Committee meeting.