ORDER-2017-161 : Reauthorization of the Melrose Veterans Events Revolving Fund #2607 for FY 2018.

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▶ 11:58 Peter D. Mortimer: Alderman Forbes has made a motion to recommend- Second. Budget for passage. Who seconded that please? Second. Seconded by Alderman Zwirko. Seeing no further discussion, all in favor please say aye. Aye. Any opposed, hearing none, this budget will be recommended to the full board for passage. The next order we have, this is an order, this is the first order, the other two are budgets. The first order we have before us tonight is 2017-161. It is a reauthorization of the Melrose Veterans Event Revolving Fund number 2607 for fiscal year 2018, please proceed.

▶ 12:39 Speaker 3: So I'm requesting reauthorization of this fund. What we've started doing is increasing our donations coming in so that we can pay for some of the events that you've attended like the Memorial Day Coffee and Donut social that we do in the morning the Veterans Day coffee that we do as well as The refreshments that we had at the Purple Heart ceremony this account helps take the burden off of our outreach budget To allow us to have those events without eating up that money. That's earmarked. So I'm requesting reauthorization of that account, please

▶ 13:10 Scott M. Forbes: Alderman Forbes, please. Thank you. Now this you're not asking for an increase in this account

▶ 13:14 Speaker 3: This is the same as last year same as last year. This is actually primarily with donations so we never ask for money to be put in from the city we simply let the account sit and as money comes in we allocate it in there from donations well said Thank

▶ 13:28 Speaker 5: You chairman Thank You alderman Forbes Alderman Medeiros please thank you and

▶ 13:30 Monica C. Medeiros: just for the record thank you and thank everybody who's donated and the cap on this is 15,000 and no change Thank You Alderman Medeiros for that are there

▶ 13:41 Peter D. Mortimer: any further aldermen wishing to be heard on this order seeing none is there a motion please motion recommend mr. chairman Alderman Forbes has made a motion to recommend this order for passage to the full board duly seconded by Alderman Inferna seeing no further discussion all in favor please say aye any opposed hearing none this order will be recommended to the full board for passage thank you very much for your presentation Alderman Forbes has made a