ORDER-2017-24 : Proclaiming the month of October, 2016, as Domestic Violence Awareness Month

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▶ 3:38 Speaker 4: william forbes thank you folks thank you mr president order 2017-24 proclaiming the month of october 2016 as domestic violence awareness month albin inferno thank you very much mr

▶ 3:48 Gail Infurna: president i rise to if i could approach the podium along with alderman at large michael zorco and we could ask rebecca mooney to come up to the podium and if we could read the resolution okay before

▶ 4:00 Speaker 1: we get there uh are you proposing immediate consideration of order 2017-20 is there any objection to audit the 2017-24 being discussed on immediate consideration there is not alderman inferno are you making a motion to suspend the rules suspend the rules second alderman inferno moves to suspend the rules in order to present the resolution the motion is seconded by alderman mortimer on the motion to suspend the rules all those in favor anyone opposed motion passes the rules are suspended you folks may approach thank you thank you very much

▶ 4:48 Gail Infurna: it's a proclamation whereas domestic violence is one of the most critical and far-reaching issues of our time affecting individuals of every age culture class gender race and religion and whereas according to the United States Department of Justice domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 to 44. Every 21 days a woman is killed by domestic violence and more than 3 million children witness acts of domestic violence each year. And

▶ 5:23 Michael P. Zwirko: Whereas since last October 15 people have died in Massachusetts as a result of domestic violence including 14 women and 2 men. Whereas for the past 21 years the Melrose Alliance Against Violence in conjunction with the Police Department and the Melrose Public Schools has taken important steps to reduce domestic violence in our community through the education outreach and referral services as well as programs to prevent violence such as mentoring teen dating violence and bullying prevention now therefore I mayor Robert Dolan mayor of the City of Melrose and the Melrose Board of Aldermen do hereby proclaim the month of October 2016 as domestic violence awareness and recognize the accomplishments of Melrose Alliance Against Violence on its 21st

▶ 6:06 Gail Infurna: anniversary I just this is Rebecca Mooney who is our executive director of Melrose Alliance against I know she works very hard and we hope that someday we're up here saying that there were zero domestic violence cases so thank

▶ 6:27 Speaker 5: you for all that you do you know we work all year really to raise awareness about domestic violence but especially in October and the walk and the candlelight vigil is really our signature event it will be held a week from Sunday October 16th we'll be back at the middle school this year that one change is that the vigil itself will be in the auditorium and that's so that people can see and hear better we light a candle we simply read the name of each of those 15 victims at that time and our theme this year is a path to hope I'd like to thank Alderman Mike Zwirko and Alderman Gail Inferno for serving on our walk planning committee and to all of you the Board of Aldermen for once again sponsoring our walk your ongoing support really really means a lot to us we give out an award every year we call it our advocacy and action award and this year will be given to congresswoman Catherine Clark she has been a really strong voice for victims of domestic violence and a loyal supporter of our organization for many years so we're really looking forward to that we've worked really hard to make the event more family-friendly and more meaningful for children each year and this year we've joined forces with Chris Rodolico of follow your art and the art teachers in the Melrose public schools to involve every child in this project and I just happen to have a few few of these in my car these are coasters that have been decorated in different colors and they're going to be made by all the children across the city as well as Girl Scouts and teenagers and senior citizens and folks at the Victorian Fair we have thousands of these and we are creating this huge mural of a path to hope which will be on display at the middle school so I think it will really be something to see so just again want to thank the community for your support and invite you to join us next Sunday October 16th four o'clock at the middle school and mr. president Salary for the confusion

▶ 8:34 Gail Infurna: earlier but I have been on vacation got back three hours ago so now a motion to

▶ 8:45 Gail Infurna: for passage second oh yeah actually why don't we do a place a place on file alderman inferno

▶ 8:47 Speaker 1: is moving to place order 2017 24 on file motion the second invite alderman mortimer on the motion all those in favor aye aye anyone opposed that order will be placed on file order 2017-25 amend

▶ 9:01 Speaker 4: section 220-89 of the melrose traffic code to adjust commercial permit parking fee