ORDER-2017-68 : A RESOLUTION Honoring Jakob R. Kahler for Achieving the Rank of Eagle Scout

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▶ 23:02 Peter D. Mortimer: speak this evening motion to close public participation mr president Seconded alvin

▶ 23:06 Speaker 2: mortimer moves to close public participation the motion is seconded by alderman forbes on the motion all those in favor aye anyone opposed motion passing passes public participation is

▶ 23:18 Peter D. Mortimer: concluded for this evening mr president i make a motion that we change the order of business and take orders 2017-67 and order 2017-68 are out of order and take them first please second

▶ 23:32 Speaker 2: Alderman Mortimer moves that we take the orders that he's recited out of order and consider them first. The motion is seconded, I believe, by Alderman Medeiros. On the motion, all those in favor? Aye. Anyone opposed? Motion passes. Are you seeking concurrent action relative to these orders, Alderman?

▶ 23:48 Peter D. Mortimer: So moved, Mr. President.

▶ 23:52 Speaker 6: Second. Second motion on concurrent action. Sorry.

▶ 23:54 Speaker 2: Alderman Mortimer moves for concurrent action. The motion is seconded by Alderman Boisselle. On the motion for concurrent action, all those in favor? Aye. Anyone opposed?

▶ 24:02 Peter D. Mortimer: Motion to suspend the rules that I may approach the podium, Mr. President.

▶ 24:06 Speaker 2: Actually, could you request immediate consideration first, please?

▶ 24:08 Speaker 4: Exactly.

▶ 24:10 Speaker 2: Alderman Mortimer asks for immediate consideration of the rule of these two orders. Is there an objection to immediate consideration? There is not.

▶ 24:18 Peter D. Mortimer: Motion to suspend the rules, Mr. President. Second. Second.

▶ 24:21 Speaker 2: Alderman Mortimer moves to suspend the rules so that he may present and read the citations that are the subject matter of the order. The motion is seconded by Alderman Forbes. On the motion, all those in favor? Aye. Anyone opposed? Motion passes. Alderman Waterman, please come forward.

▶ 24:43 Peter D. Mortimer: Thank you very much, President Kahn. With the scouts, Mr. Collin, Mr. Denny, please come forward, along with any appropriate scout masters, patrol leaders, senior patrol leaders.

▶ 25:03 Speaker 7: Please come up where they can be viewed on MMTV.

▶ 25:09 Peter D. Mortimer: where you'll have the film and you can get the film at MMTV for future viewing. The first resolution I will read is in tribute to Eagle Scout Jacob Collar. Whereas, when Jacob Collar was nine years old and a student at the Hoover School, he joined scouting as a bear cub affiliated with Troop 635. And whereas, Jacob Collar earned the arrow of light as a bear cub before becoming a full scout in Troop 635, where he held positions as patrol leader and senior patrol leader, and whereas Jacob Collar is an ordeal member of the Order of the Arrow and was on the staff of the T.L. Storer Scout Camp, specializing in teaching and preparing scouts for the scout craft, cooking, and first aid merit badges, and whereas he helped build two large outdoor cooking fire pits as part of the COPE program, that's Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience program, and whereas Jacob Kala is currently a senior at Melrose High School and was a member of the Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition for two years and was selected to attend the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of American Youth Leadership Training Conference in Washington, D.C., and whereas Jacob Kala has been active in music and theater programs, playing with the middle and high school orchestras, as well as the marching band and the jazz band. He has mentored students from the third to the twelfth grades in string instruments as part of the after-school youth orchestra ensemble. He is a member of the adult Melrose Symphony Orchestra, the adult orchestra, the oldest continuously existing, God bless you, volunteer symphony in the United States. That's pretty impressive to be part of that. Whereas Jacob Kala has appeared as Maurice in The Beauty and the Beast and won the Best Supporting Actor Award from the Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild for his role as the Nadia in Les Miserables. and this year he will be performing in the Melrose High School production of Thoroughly Modern Millie and whereas Jacob Collar's Eagle Scout project was an environmental awareness initiative during which he stenciled 94 storm drains in downtown Melrose with the message please don't pollute drains into the Malden River this was done in conjunction with the Melrose DPW and five scout led crews with the purpose of raising awareness of storm drain runoff pollution and there was also a public service announcement video that aired on MTV and other cable access television stations to get the message out across many communities therefore be it resolved that the Melrose Board of alderman and mayor robert j dolan present this resolution to jacob carla in recognition of his talent dedication and hard and continuous work in service to scouting and to society in general and therefore be it further resolved that on this 19th day of december in the year 2016 that this resolution be spread upon the records of the melrose board of alderman and the special copy thereof is prepared and presented to jacob carl thank you very much stick around we'll read

▶ 29:05 Peter D. Mortimer: daniels here is a resolution recognize the accomplishments of daniel denny as an eagle scout