Call to Order

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▶ 0:09 Speaker 1: Okay if everybody could please come to order. Okay welcome to the chamber tonight everybody. My name is Donald Kahn. We are here for a joint meeting of the Melrose Board of Aldermen and the Melrose School Committee which has been called by Mayor Dolan pursuant to Article 3-6 of the City Charter. Ms. O'Shea could you call the roll of both parties please. Alderman Boisselle. Here. Alderman Forbes. Here. Alderman Inferna. Here. Lumberman. Here. Here. Alderman McAteer-Margolis. Here. Here. Alderman Majerus. Alderman Mortimer. Here. Here. Alderman Tramontozzi. Here. Here. Alderman Wright. Here. Here. Alderman Zwirko. Here. Here. President Kahn. Here. Here. Ten members present. Okay, ten Constitutes of Quorum of the Board of Aldermen. school committee members christine casatelli uh elizabeth de cellum here here mayor robert dolan here jessica dugan here here jamie mcallister grande here here edward o'connell here here and chairman margaret driscoll here here six members present and superintendent cindy taymor

▶ 1:18 Speaker 1: is here okay it looks like we have a quorum of both bodies and as required by the charter we We also have the superintendent present. If everybody could please rise and join me in saluting the flag.

▶ 1:32 Speaker 1: 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.

▶ 1:43 Peter D. Mortimer: Mr. President and Chairman of the joint meeting, the agenda list notwithstanding, I make a motion for suspension, if necessary, and to open the floor for public participation.