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ORDER-2015-79 : Election of the President of the Board of Aldermen for the Year 2015
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ORDER-2015-79 Election of the President Election of the President of the Board of Aldermen for the Year 2015 Elected
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▶ 0:58 Speaker 1: The board will proceed to the business of electing the president for the year 2015. in a caucus of the board of aldermen held on december 1st 2014 donald alcon jr was unanimously nominated for the office of president of the board of aldermen for the year 2015 and a formal motion
▶ 1:20 Peter D. Mortimer: is now in order madam chairman i make a motion to open the floor for nominations second it's moved
▶ 1:26 Speaker 1: in second to open nominations all in favor aye opposed the ayes have it Alderman Kahn's name has been placed in in nomination are there any further
▶ 1:40 Peter D. Mortimer: nominations motion to close nominations madam chairman second it's been moved in
▶ 1:43 Speaker 1: second to close nominations all in favor aye opposed the ayes have it nominations are hereby closed the election will be by viva voci vote each member present rising answering to his or her name and announcing his or her choice the clerk Mary Beth Harrington will now call the roll alderman Byrd
▶ 2:07 Speaker 2: alderman Don Kahn alderman Don Kahn alderman Boisselle alderman Don Kahn alderman Don Kahn alderman Kahn Donald Kahn alderman Forbes alderman Donald
▶ 2:18 Speaker 2: Kahn alderman Donald Kahn alderman Inferna alderman Don Kahn alderman Don Alderman Lemmerman Alderman Don Kahn Alderman Don Kahn Alderman McAteer Margolis Alderman Don Kahn Alderman Don Kahn Alderman Medeiros Alderman Donald
▶ 2:34 Speaker 2: L. Kahn Jr. Alderman Kahn Alderman Mortimer Alderman Donald Kahn Alderman Donald Kahn Alderman Tramontozzi Alderman Donald Kahn Alderman Donald Kahn
▶ 2:47 Speaker 2: Alderman Wright Alderman Donald Kahn Alderman Donald Kahn 11 for Alderman
▶ 2:52 Speaker 1: 11 votes have been cast all for Alderman Kahn. Alderman Donald L. Kahn Jr. has been unanimously elected as president of the Board of Aldermen for the year 2015. And will Alderman Tramontozzi kindly escort the newly elected president to the roster.
▶ 3:09 Speaker 4: Congratulations, President. Thank you.
▶ 3:15 Speaker 4: Appropriate place.
▶ 3:20 Speaker 1: As you're well familiar with.
▶ 3:31 Speaker 5: I, Rachel Regine. I. I, Donald Kahn. Do solemnly swear. Do solemnly swear.
▶ 3:36 Speaker 1: That I will be a true faith in allegiance.
▶ 3:38 Speaker 5: That I will be a true faith in allegiance.
▶ 3:40 Speaker 1: To the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
▶ 3:41 Speaker 5: To the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
▶ 3:44 Speaker 1: And will support the constitution thereof.
▶ 3:45 Speaker 5: And will support the constitution thereof. So help me God. So help me God. I. I, Donald Kahn. Do solemnly swear. Do solemnly swear.
▶ 3:53 Speaker 1: That I will faithfully.
▶ 3:54 Speaker 5: That I will faithfully. And impartially. And impartially. Discharge and perform. Discharge and perform.
▶ 4:00 Speaker 1: All the duties incumbent on me.
▶ 4:01 Speaker 5: All the duties incumbent on me.
▶ 4:04 Speaker 1: As President of the Board of Aldermen.
▶ 4:22 Speaker 5: As President of the Board of Aldermen, according to the best of my abilities, according to the best of my abilities, in understanding, in understanding, agreeably to the rules, agreeably to the rules, in regulations, in regulations, of the Constitution, of the Constitution, and laws of the common law, and laws of the common law, so help me God, so help me God, I, I, Donald Kahn, do solemnly swear, do solemnly swear, that I will support the Constitution of the United States, that I will support the Constitution of the United States, so help me God, so help me God.
▶ 4:31 Speaker 5: Thank you.