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ORDER-2017-101 : Appointment of Samantha Hawkins, 17 Circuit St., to the Human Rights Commission for a three-year term; said term to expire on the last day of February 2020.
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ORDER-2017-101 Appointment Appointment of Samantha Hawkins, 17 Circuit St., to the Human Rights Commission for a three-year term; said term to expire on the last day of February 2020. Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen City of Melrose Page 1 Updated 3/1/2017 3:11 PM Minutes Appropriations Committee February 27, 2017
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▶ 10:59 Peter D. Mortimer: All in favor of the motion to recommend this order for passage, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Hearing none, this order will be recommended to the full board. You need not attend at that time. That's next Monday for members of the public, but you need not return. Thank you very much for your service to the city of Melrose. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks. The next order is order 2017-101. It is the appointment of Samantha Hawkins, 17 Circuit Street, to the Human Rita Commission for a three-year term, said term, to expire on the last day of February 2020. Good evening, Ms. Hawkins. How are you?
▶ 11:34 Speaker 5: I'm great. Thank you.
▶ 11:36 Peter D. Mortimer: Excellent. Would you like to make an opening statement, or would you like to have the chairman make
▶ 11:39 Speaker 5: a statement? No, I'll make a statement. So my name is Samantha Hawkins. I've been a resident of Melrose now for almost two years. I'm a teaching fellow at Harvard University in the Anthropology and African American Studies Department. and I've loved living in Melrose and as a work as my work deals with inclusiveness and equality that's something I hope to bring and really strengthen within this city so that we can share the joys of it with everyone who would like to be a resident excellent motion to recommend
▶ 12:08 Peter D. Mortimer: second Alderman Boisselle has made a motion to recommend this order for passage duly seconded by Alderman MacMaster my goal is on discussion President Kahn yeah again not to be a broken
▶ 12:16 Speaker 1: record but we we certainly appreciate all the wonderful and qualified people who are coming forward and volunteering and we're looking forward to all of you folks serving and thank thank you very much for giving you time and again you
▶ 12:31 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: are an active volunteer at housing families according to your to your letter which is also very nice and working on their reading program so I think that's great and I'm sure you'll be able to short share resources amongst other committee members as well so thank you for stepping up thank you thank you
▶ 12:50 Peter D. Mortimer: Alderman McAteer-Margolis are there any other Alderman wishing to be heard a motion to recommend this order for passage has been made by Alderman Boisselle duly second by Alderman McAteer-Margolis seeing no further discussion all in favor please say aye aye any opposed hearing none this order will be recommended for passage at our next full board meeting the first Monday in March next Monday you need not attend thank you very much for your service to the in the city of Melrose, we appreciate your attendance here today.