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▶ 52:02 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: second motion of closed public participation by alderman inferno seconded by alderman Boisselle all in favor all right any opposed public participation is closed we have seven orders in front of us this evening several appointments but before we get to it I believe we have our mayor here who would like to speak motion to suspend the rules oh I believe we're still under a suspension right thank you madam chair thank you and the president

▶ 52:40 Speaker 2: con members of the Board of Aldermen it's been a while thank you all this is an exciting night from ours I want to thank the chair for her leadership on this issue but tonight we put ideas and goals into action with people real people that are going to start important Commission in our community and form it and mold it and with their years of experience and their individual goals and agendas change our community for the better I don't know how you want me to proceed but after careful deliberation with the chair we have seven names for consideration and if you'd like me to read a little bit of the bios of each of them is now the appropriate time to do that okay seven individuals who make up the first Commission on women in the city of Melrose include Jessica Buster Buster has a background in youth theater and education and created baby songs which has become a professional venture around Melrose Jessica introduced a children's play area to the winter farmers market here in Melrose recently she has been a she's been building a group to advocate for equality in the Melrose Public Schools in a learning environment safe from discrimination. She said, I support a specific focus on listening to women's voices in our culture and community because our voices have been historically devalued and we are still underrepresented. She hopes that she can change some of the issues in the city of Melrose that she feels are not given enough attention. And she hopes that her experiences will contribute to the group's understanding and approach to serve in the community. Julie DeLulo is the second representative. Julie chaired the Melrose Taxpayers Alliance during the fall 2015 election cycle and has contributed to several campaigns in the city of Melrose. She is the Director of Human Resources for the Perkins School of the Blind in Watertown, a worldwide educational institution, holds degrees in business and in law. Julie said, I believe my background and experience will add value and perspective to the Commission I believe given the right tools women are successful as a successful businesswoman I want to ensure that topics brought forth by the Commission are relevant to every woman's success Laurie de Caesar is known throughout the city of Melrose as opening one of the finest downtown businesses hourglass gift and gallery she's opened that business since 1999 and it is one of our finest downtown establishments before that she worked in insurance for 23 years and then after moving to Massachusetts in 1993 began taking art classes with a focus in metals and enamels. DeCesar now dabbles in the arts in her spare time and supports local and regional artists at her gallery here in Melrose. I hope my life and business experiences can help in our efforts to help current women's issues to help keep current on women's issues in our area. I believe I could help others in men dominated careers and also starting small businesses here in Melrose. Gail Kast-Fertig. Gail has served on the Melrose Alliance Against Violence walking committee, is the last year of a six-year term in the Melrose Cultural Council, and is an active member of Temple Beth Shalom and the Temple Sisterhood. She has worked in the financial services industry for Wells Fargo Bank and now works part-time as a financial at the financial planning firm. I'm passionate about creating a better community and have long held a special interest in advancing equal rights for women and all minorities i am particularly hopeful to make a contribution in confronting issues such as bullying abuse both physical and mental or other forms of harassment of women and girls in our community katie kennedy katie is a melrose native and has sat on the city human rights commission she founded the peanut butter valentine's drive which is still active today and is a member of the melrose alliance against violence walk committee katie owns a consulting and training company and is a certified mediator and grief counselor i'm excited to be part of the inaugural group of people appointed to the melrose commission on women as an experienced entrepreneur i believe that my skills in organizational development training change management work and conflict resolution could help establish a new commission for the city of melrose i hope to help shape a series of programs and initiatives which will support women and their families in increasingly stressful and complicated world christina petulis christina is vice chairman of the melrose human rights commission with her term ending in february a lawyer by trade christina teaches courses at simmons college on constitutional law and on massachusetts politics she runs the college's pre-law program as well as an internship programs that places simmons undergraduate women with female legislators at the massachusetts state house for much of my professional life and as a volunteer in my personal life i have worked on behalf of women i hope that the melrose women's commission will help to bring support and education both locally and at the state level to policy solutions for many of the concerns women's women face here in melrose lada williams lada and her husband moved to melrose more than 20 years ago and raised her family in the city she immigrated from india as a young at a young age and has a professional background as an attorney williams has participated in the morris human rights commission english conversion program tutoring women from turkey as a parent of two young women i look forward to engaging in a process of advancing policies to make things easier for the next generation of women as a mother and a lawyer i've experienced firsthand the conflicting feelings and demands experienced by women trying to balance work family and community i am also an immigrant from india and have an understanding of the particular difficulties experienced by women of color and new immigrants to our community I think this makes up a broad a broad scope of individuals I have to say this they're two outstanding members of the Human Rights Commission and we are so although there always be struggles we are so far ahead of other communities of our size and scope in terms of creating municipal organizations to advance causes and I think the narrowest Commission on women now one of a few in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will continue the trend of dollars being a progressive a community community acknowledging our greatness in our failings and advancing to improve on both and I asked for this group's esteemed groups confirmation tonight and

▶ 59:12 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: let them get to work thank you very much mr. mayor will now go through each of the orders one by one and have the appointees join you up there at the

▶ 59:21 Gail Infurna: table so we'll be able to hear a little from them and would you intend to be to take these orders concurrently if that's the will of the committee I mean they could still come up one by one so we can put a name and a face to it but I think maybe we could just vote at the end concurrently sure is that a motion that

▶ 59:37 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: is second great we have a motion to take orders one through seven concurrently That's Orders 2016-131, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, and 135 taken concurrently. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? We will do that. Thank you.