← Appropriations & Oversight Committee · 2015-06-08 · Appropriations and Oversight Budget Hearing
ORDER-2015-154 : City of Melrose Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2016 in the amount of $72,885,826.66 (Seventy Two Million, Eight Hundred Eighty Five Thousand, Eight Hundred Twenty Six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents)
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ORDER-2015-154 Operating Budgets (City, School, Regional School) City of Melrose Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2016 in the amount of $72,885,826.66 (Seventy Two Million, Eight Hundred Eighty Five Thousand, Eight Hundred Twenty Six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents) Hold Appropriations Committee
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▶ 17:39 Speaker 6: The first order we have before us is the budget.
▶ 17:44 Peter D. Mortimer: City of Melrose operating budget for fiscal year 2016 in the amount of $72,885,826.66. The first department we have before us is the Human Rights Commission, department number 544. Is there a motion to suspend the rules please? So moved. Second. Alderman Byrd has made a motion to suspend the rules. The motion was duly seconded by Alderman Forbes. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed, hearing none, we are under suspension and we are joined by Sean McMaster, a member of the Human Rights Commission.
▶ 18:26 Peter D. Mortimer: And whom do you have with you, Mr. McMaster?
▶ 18:30 Speaker 6: Good evening, Mr. Chairman.
▶ 18:32 Peter D. Mortimer: I'm Sean McMaster, the Chairman of the Human Rights Commission. With me is Ms. Karen Andrews, the Treasurer of the Human Rights Commission. Welcome. Thank you very much. Would you like to make an opening statement or proceed directly to questions and comments? proceed directly to questions and comments very well members of the board the floor is yours
▶ 18:54 Speaker 5: upon recognition by a show of hand president khan please yeah mr chairman this is a level funded budget it's three thousand dollars there are no employees that are included in this budget
▶ 19:03 Peter D. Mortimer: and i would move that we recommend second line president khan has made a motion to recommend this order for passage to the full board duly seconded by alderman inferno all in favor please Please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Hearing none, this department's budget will be recommended to the full board for passage. Thank you very much for coming. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Your mere presence caused the passage.
▶ 19:24 Peter D. Mortimer: The next department we have before us is the Beebe Estate, department number 540. We are joined this evening by Ms. Jean Gorman, who will speak regarding the Beebe Estate, if you would like to. Would you like to go directly to comments, or?
▶ 19:42 Speaker 7: We can go right to budget.
▶ 19:43 Peter D. Mortimer: Right to comments, right to budget. Alderman? Same reason. President Kahn, please.
▶ 19:49 Speaker 5: Yeah, Mr. Chairman, this is another level funded budget. It's $7,900, it contains no salaries, and I would move that we recommend this budget.
▶ 19:57 Peter D. Mortimer: Second. President Kahn has made a motion to move the bottom line on the BB estate budget. Said motion was duly seconded by Alderman Forbes. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Hearing none. The Beebe estate budget is passed, or will be recommended to the full board for passage. Excuse me, before I declare it as recommended to the full board for passage, it seems that we have some discussion. Alderman Medeiros, please.
▶ 20:20 Monica C. Medeiros: Yes, I'd just like to move that we take, I think we have an order out of order for a revolving fund at the Beebe.