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ORDER-2016-22 : Appointment of Mark S. Robinson, 50 Clifford St., to the Melrose Library Board of Trustees for a three-year term; said term to expire on the last day of February 2017.
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ORDER-2016-22 Appointment Appointment of Mark S. Robinson, 50 Clifford St., to the Melrose Library Board of Trustees for a three-year term; said term to expire on the last day of February 2017. Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen
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▶ 0:56 Robert A. Boisselle: in all those in favor all right moving on to the first order this evening mr.
▶ 1:04 Gail Infurna: chairman I see that Martha Quigley is not here at this present time so I wonder if we could go ahead and do the other two appointments hoping that my Martha will.
▶ 1:13 Robert A. Boisselle: I'm hoping to do that. Thank you. She'll be arriving soon. Order number 2016-22, the appointment of Mark S. Robinson of 50 Clifford Street to the Melrose Library Board of Trustees for a three year term and said term to expire on the last day of February 2017. Mr. Robinson, would you please come forward? Motion to suspend the rules. Suspended, second? Second. Thank you, motion, rules have been suspended.
▶ 1:40 Robert A. Boisselle: Mr. Robinson, would you like to say a few words?
▶ 1:42 Speaker 1: happy to happy to do it of course it's an honor to be asked so I'm excited
▶ 1:49 Robert A. Boisselle: about it happy to do it very good any member of the board which Alderman
▶ 1:53 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: Thank You mr. chairman thank you very much for coming down tonight and for volunteering in this way for the city would you mind just telling us a little
▶ 2:01 Speaker 1: bit about yourself sure yeah my name is Mark Robinson I was born and raised in Melrose and I'm a third generation funeral director at Robinson funeral home on Main Street, and I happen to know Ed Waystack. He's a family friend who's the chairman, the president of the board. So he asked me to, if I would consider being on the Board of Trustees of the Melrose Public Library. So I happily obliged.
▶ 2:27 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: Thank you very much. You're welcome.
▶ 2:29 Speaker 2: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome back to .
▶ 2:32 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: Thank you, Mr. Robinson. You are, in addition to being an upstanding Rotarian, of course, of the Melrose Rotary Club, you are a Ward 2 resident. so that speaks well of you. Big question, do you have a Melrose Public Library card?
▶ 2:46 Speaker 1: Not currently, but I will soon.
▶ 2:51 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: I'm not sure I can approve this. You will, I'm sure. Correct. Great, and I know you'll do a great job. Thank you for coming forward.
▶ 2:58 Speaker 1: Absolutely.
▶ 2:58 Robert A. Boisselle: Any other questions? Mr. Robinson will be replacing Rosemary McIntyre, whose term expired on the last day of February 2014. Motion for the floor?
▶ 3:09 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: Motion to recommend.
▶ 3:10 Robert A. Boisselle: Motion to recommend and second. All those in favor? Aye. Against? Thank you, Mr. Robinson. You don't have to participate in the meeting in September. Thank you.