ORDER-2014-128 : City of Melrose Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2015 in the amount of $70,418,700.98 (Seventy Million, Four Hundred Eighteen Thousand, Seven Hundred Dollars and Ninety Eight Cents)

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▶ 1:03:32 Speaker 1: Motion to table is non-debatable. All those in favor of tabling the order indicate by saying aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? Motion returns to the table.

▶ 1:03:46 Speaker 1: We have any orders out of order this evening?

▶ 1:03:54 Speaker 1: Are there any orders from committee?

▶ 1:03:58 John N. Tramontozzi: Mr. President, from the Appropriations Committee, order number 2014-128, after weeks of review and deliberations and debate, hearing from department heads, the schools, and all the department chairmen, I believe this is now ready for a vote by this board, and that is order 2014-128, City of Melrose operating budget fiscal year 2015 in the amount of seventy million four hundred eighteen thousand seven hundred dollars and ninety-eight cents I ask that that be removed from the

▶ 1:04:35 Speaker 1: Appropriations Committee all the chairman Tosi moves to remove order 214 128 which is the city budget order from committee seconded by Alden bird on the motion all those in favor aye anyone opposed motion passes the orders before

▶ 1:04:49 John N. Tramontozzi: you I move for passage of the motion I'll strike that passage of the order 2014-128 as move the bottom line of 70 million four hundred eighteen thousand seven hundred dollars and ninety-eight

▶ 1:05:04 Speaker 1: cents alderman chairman toes he moves that the board accept the bottom line of two seventy million four hundred and eighteen thousand seven hundred in dollars in eighty nine cents ninety so 98 cents second motion is seconded by alderman mcateer margolis on the motion is there any

▶ 1:05:25 Speaker 1: discussion all those in favor of the motion indicate by saying aye aye anyone opposed

▶ 1:05:36 Speaker 1: the order is now before you chair would entertain a motion from members of the board

▶ 1:05:42 Speaker 1: we should move the bottom line no alderman mcateer margolis is moving for passage of the order second second second by alderman byrd is there any discussion on the motion alderman medeiros

▶ 1:05:56 Monica C. Medeiros: thank you i know a lot of time and effort has been put into this order from our committee from the administration and department heads and so on and i will be supporting that tonight there are a few things that i i hope that as we move forward throughout this year that we keep an eye on i was a little bit distressed that for the second year in a row we're using free cash to sort of balance this budget for the the school department and i hope that's not exactly our role but I know we're doing as much as we possibly can to assist the schools even like this evening when we are consolidating the internet service that

▶ 1:06:49 Monica C. Medeiros: there's been a lot of questions that have come up and come to my attention

▶ 1:07:00 Monica C. Medeiros: about how we're handling the so I'd grants which I know President Khan spoke at length about at our recent meeting and that those really are expenditures of our tax dollars and so I hope we keep an eye towards that and hope that there's proper public input and openness to the discussions from the groups that are administering those funds and making those allocate allocations on our behalf

▶ 1:07:34 Speaker 1: thank you up anyone else on the motion that's before the board could you call

▶ 1:07:40 Speaker 3: the roll please yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes that order passes are