ORDER-2017-124 : Petition to the Great and General Court to enact a Special Act: “An Act Authorizing the City of Melrose to allow the Installation of Secondary Water Meters in Two-Family, Owner Occupied Residential Properties”.

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▶ 1:23 John N. Tramontozzi: So. Motion to close public participation. Mr. Chairman. Seeing no members of the public wishing to come forward to speak, we have a motion to close public participation by Alderman Mortimer, seconded by Alderman Zwirko. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed, seeing none, the public participation is closed. We have one order on the agenda this evening, and it's order number 2017-124. It's a petition to the general and great, strike that, petition to the great and general court to enact a special act, an act authorizing the city of Melrose to allow the installation of secondary water meters in two family owner occupied residential properties. This order was sponsored by the vice chairman of this committee, Alderman Francis Wright. What is the will of the committee? We do have a question that was raised by Alderman Forbes to the city solicitor who wished an opinion as to the constitutionality of it, the proposed ordinance. It's in the agenda packet, Alderman Forbes, would you like to address that and read it into the record if you wish?

▶ 2:40 Scott M. Forbes: I was going to just say we do have the legal response from the city solicitor, however the Water and Sewer Committee has not acted upon this order as of yet. There is a meeting tomorrow of the Water and Sewer Committee at 3.30, at which time DPW will present their financial analysis and a vote will be taken. So I would make the motion to recommit this to committee until we have a vote from the Water and Sewer Committee.

▶ 3:03 John N. Tramontozzi: It does make sense to do that. That way we'll have an opinion from them as to the financial impact of this particular order so we do have a motion to retain this order in committee and second by Alderman Forbes seconded by Alderman Mortimer on discussion any anybody have any discussion seeing none on that motion all in favor any opposed seeing none so we will keep that in committee and wait for the water and sewer committee to address it and appreciate that Alderman Forbes for that and that's it we have a motion to adjourn by alderman Mortimer seconded by alderman's work all on the motion all favor we are currently adjourned wait to this evening for the appropriations committee 730 appropriation 730 very good