Call to Order

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▶ 0:16 Speaker 1: This is the organizational meeting of the Board of Aldermen, so the first in order is to minister the oath to all the Aldermen, so if you kindly rise, raise your right hand and repeat after me, I, state your name, do solemnly swear that I will be a true faith and allegiance to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

▶ 0:36 Speaker 2: Massachusetts, and will support the Constitution thereof. So help me God, I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially discharge

▶ 0:52 Speaker 1: and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as Alderman of the City of Melrose, according

▶ 1:07 Speaker 1: to the best of my abilities and understanding agreeably to the rules and regulations of

▶ 1:16 Speaker 2: the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth. So help me God, I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United

▶ 1:30 Speaker 2: states the constitution of the united states so help me god

▶ 1:35 Speaker 1: and before you leave just sign your oak cards and leave them on my desk

▶ 1:46 Speaker 1: so the organizational meeting is called to order and the clerk mary beth harrington will call the

▶ 1:54 Speaker 3: role alderman boyce here here alderman khan here here alderman forbes here here alderman inferno here here alderman lemmerman here here alderman mccartier margolis here here alderman Medeiros maderos here here alderman mortimer yeah here alderman Tramontozzi yeah here alderman wright

▶ 2:19 Speaker 1: here here alderman's worko here here 11 present 11 members present um we will now uh salute the flag

▶ 2:27 Speaker 4: 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.