Call to Order

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▶ 0:02 Michael P. Zwirko: Good evening everyone. Good evening. Thanks for being here this evening. I'm President of the Board of Aldermen, Mike Zwirko. I am joined here this evening with the Chair of the Melrose School Committee, Margaret Driscoll, as well as members of the Board of Aldermen and School Committee. We are here this evening pursuant to Article 6 of the City Charter. Mayor Infurna has joined us and she has called this joint meeting with the Board of Aldermen and the Melrose School Committee. At this time I would ask Madam Clerk to please call the roll for the Board of Aldermen. Alderman Bewtra? Here. Alderman Boisselle?

▶ 0:27 Speaker 1: here Alderman Forbes here Alderman Lemmerman Alderman Letter-Garbadian here Alderman McMaster here Alderman Medeiros here Alderman Mortimer here Alderman Tramontozzi here Alderman Wright Alderman Zirko president here 9

▶ 0:52 Margaret Raymond Driscoll: constitutes a quorum and I would invite the clerk to please call the roll for

▶ 0:56 Speaker 1: school committee school committee member to sell them here Driscoll here mayor

▶ 1:05 Speaker 1: Inferno yeah school committee member McAndrew here school committee member Abrams key yeah school committee member O'Connell yeah school committee member Roz Thomas here and superintendent a more yeah and that constitutes a quorum

▶ 1:22 Margaret Raymond Driscoll: for the school committee this evening we have a quorum for both bodies and pursuant to the Charter, we have the Superintendent present. If you would

▶ 1:27 Speaker 2: please join us and rise with a Pledge of Allegiance.

▶ 1:40 Speaker 3: 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.