ORDER-2015-139 : Appointment of Louis P. Izzi, 45 Damon Ave., to the Memorial Hall Board of Trustees for a three-year term; said term to expire on the last day of February 2018.

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▶ 1:12 Jaclyn L. Bird: Appointment of Louis P Izzy 45 Damon Ave to the Memorial Hall Board of Trustees for a three-year term. Said term to expire on the last day of February 2018.

▶ 1:22 Peter D. Mortimer: Motion to suspend the rules that we may hear from the candidate Mr. Izzy and

▶ 1:28 Peter D. Mortimer: And from the Director of Memorial Hall, Ms. Broda.

▶ 1:30 Jaclyn L. Bird: Motion to suspend the rules. Second. Seconded by Alderman Chairman Tozzi on the motion. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. That motion passes. The rules are suspended. Please come forward. Hi, Mr. Izzy. Thank you. Good evening. Ms. Broda as well from Memorial Hall.

▶ 1:48 Jaclyn L. Bird: Good evening, Mr. Izzy. Would you like to say a few words just as an introduction?

▶ 1:50 Speaker 1: Sure. I'd be happy to. I'm Louis Izzy. I'm honored to be here this evening as, I suppose, a candidate for appointment of trustee for the Soldiers and Sailors Home. I submitted a letter for the record outlining a few things about myself. I'm happy to answer any questions that any of the aldermen may have. Briefly, I've been a resident of Melrose for 17 years. I live here with my wife and my three children. Like many in this room, it was a draw to Melrose, and that draw was my wife, and I fell in love with this community. I've been here ever since, and I just appreciate the fact that I live and work in a place with such great people. And so whatever I can do to help in any way possible to contribute to the city, I'm happy to do it. So, if you have any questions with me, I'm happy to answer them.

▶ 2:56 Speaker 2: Mr. President Kahn. Yeah, I don't have any questions, but Mr. Rizzi, I know you're very busy, you're involved in a lot of activities. We greatly appreciate your stepping forward to take this position, as you have many others in the past. And this is an excellent appointment by the Mayor, and thank you very much for serving.

▶ 3:15 Speaker 1: Thank you, Mr. Kahn, I appreciate that.

▶ 3:16 Peter D. Mortimer: Yeah, yeah. Motion to recommend?

▶ 3:19 Jaclyn L. Bird: There's a motion to recommend by Alderman Mortimer. Seconded. Seconded by Alderman Chairman Tozzi. On the motion, all in favor? Aye. Any opposed? This will be recommended at our next full board meeting. You do not need to appear at that. The board meeting will be later this evening, so thank you so much.

▶ 3:36 Speaker 1: Thank you very much.

▶ 3:36 Speaker 3: Thank you. Thank you.

▶ 3:37 Speaker 4: Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you.

▶ 3:39 Jaclyn L. Bird: Good evening. The second order this evening is order 2015-138, re-appointment of John Mercer Jr. 62 E Street to the Park Commission for a five year term. term to end on the first Monday of May 2020 motion to recommend this