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▶ 0:04 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: Good evening. The hour being 730 on May 21st, 2018. I call to order the Appropriations Committee of the Melrose Board of Aldermen. This meeting is being recorded by MMTV. It is available online as well on the MMTV website and the City of Melrose website. I am the chair, Alderman Lemmerman. I am joined tonight by committee members Alderman Forbes, Alderman Mortimer, Alderman Boisselle, Alderman Tramontozzi, Alderman Wright, Alderman Medeiros, Alderman Buccia, Alderman Lipper-Garabedian, Alderman McMaster, and President Zwirko. A few notes before we begin this evening. I noticed that we have a few more people in the chamber than we've had in some past nights, and so I wanted to reiterate some process housekeeping that I mentioned during our first budget hearing, which really is just that Information on fiscal procedures for the Board of Aldermen can be found in article 6 of the city charter But there are two important pieces that I just wanted to note which is that the board must adopt a city operating budget within 45 days of when it is sent down by the mayor's office and That the board can delete or decrease an amount of any item in the budget. We cannot increase any item any any difference if we were to decrease an item in the budget would go back to the mayor to be reallocated public comment happens at every meeting and we encourage it and welcome it the rules of order limit comment to 10 minutes per speaker and comment must be relevant to the items that are on the agenda for the evening and that pertains to us as well as the deliberating alderman and also to note that there will be a public hearing on this particular budget in addition to any public comment we do during our meetings and that's on June 4th at 8 p.m. in addition Thorp a water and sewer public hearing scheduled for June 7th at 8 p.m. as well as an ambulance fund public hearing which is I'm sorry what date was that June 11th at 8 p.m. as