Call to Order

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▶ 11:16 Speaker 2: Good morning and welcome everybody. My name is Donald Kahn. This is the regular meeting of the Melrose Board of Aldermen for December 7th, 2014. Ms. O'Shea, could you Can you call the roll, please?

▶ 11:27 Speaker 1: Alderman Burd. Here.

▶ 11:29 Speaker 2: Alderman Grissel.

▶ 11:31 Speaker 5: Here.

▶ 11:31 Speaker 2: Alderman Forbes. Here. Alderman Burner. Here. Here.

▶ 11:38 Speaker 6: Alderman McAteer-Margolis. Here.

▶ 11:40 Speaker 3: Alderman Diers. Here.

▶ 11:41 Speaker 1: Alderman Mortimer.

▶ 11:42 Speaker 7: Here.

▶ 11:43 Speaker 1: Alderman Tramontozzi.

▶ 11:44 Speaker 7: Here.

▶ 11:46 Speaker 2: Alderman Knight. Here. Alderman Conn. Here. Alderman President. Could everybody please rise and join me in saluting the flag.

▶ 11:54 Speaker 3: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the United States states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with

▶ 12:07 Peter D. Mortimer: liberty and justice for all mr president i make a motion to open the floor for public participation

▶ 12:12 Speaker 2: alderman mortimer moves that we commence public participation the motion is seconded by alderman Boisselle on the motion all those in favor aye anyone opposed motion passes this is the portion where any member of the general public may come forward sit at the table in the center of the room identify themselves and declaim on any issue that is on our agenda good evening good evening sir