ORDER-2020-46 : Nominate a President of the City Council for the Year 2020

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▶ 1:58 Christopher Cinella: to make a motion to nominate Jennifer Grigoraitis itis for president of City

▶ 2:10 Speaker 1: Council for year 2020 councillor elect snella has made a motion to nominate

▶ 2:19 Speaker 1: councillor like Grigoraitis itis second by councillor elect make a rally it's Councillor McMaster.

▶ 2:23 Shawn M. MacMaster: It's my pleasure, Madam Clerk, to nominate Councillor John Tramontozzi.

▶ 2:30 Speaker 1: Councillor McMaster has nominated Councillor Tramontozzi.

▶ 2:36 Speaker 1: Second. Are there any further nominations?

▶ 2:42 John N. Tramontozzi: Motion to close nominations.

▶ 2:45 Speaker 1: Do I have a second? Second. Since no further nominations, Councillor Tramontozzi has made a motion to close nominations, seconded by Councillor-Elect Garapay. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Nominations are now closed. So we have two nominations. We have Councilor-elect Jennifer Grigoraitis and Councilor John Tramontozzi. So the election process for nominating a president is a viva voti vote, which means when called, each member present will state the name of the person for whom he or she votes. Ms. Foote, can you please call the roll?

▶ 3:18 Speaker 2: Councilor-elect Cinella.

▶ 3:20 Speaker 3: Jennifer Grigoraitis.

▶ 3:22 Speaker 2: Councilor-elect Echols. Jennifer Grigoraitis. council elect garapay jennifer gregoritis counselor elect gregoritis jennifer gregoritis counselor elect i'm sorry counselor Letter garabedian

▶ 3:42 Speaker 2: jennifer gregoritis counselor mcmaster john Tramontozzi counselor elect mcnaught

▶ 3:47 Speaker 2: jennifer gregoritis council councilor elect migliarelli jennifer gregoritis

▶ 3:53 Speaker 2: Councilor Stewart. Jennifer Grigoraitis.

▶ 3:54 Robb Stewart: Councilor Thomas.

▶ 3:57 Speaker 2: Jennifer Grigoraitis. Councilor Tramontozzi.

▶ 4:02 Speaker 4: Councilor Tramontozzi.

▶ 4:03 John N. Tramontozzi: Nine Grigoraitis, two Tramontozzi.

▶ 4:08 Speaker 4: Okay, so we have a majority vote for Councilor-Elect Jennifer Grigoraitis.

▶ 4:12 Speaker 1: So the chair declares upon the vote of the members present,

▶ 4:19 Speaker 1: declares upon the vote of the members present Jennifer Grigoraitis has been duly nominated by the members of this caucus to be the newly elected president of the Melrose City Council for the year 2020 in accordance with the rules of order the term will become effective upon formal election by the City Council at our organizational meeting on January 13th at this time will the appropriations chair Kate Lipper-Garabedian please escort the the councillor-elect to the restroom good evening thank you everyone for your

▶ 5:06 Jen Grigoraitis: support I wanted to just briefly thank Councillor Tramontozzi for his service and his continued service to the city and to the residents of Ward 1 and I know I and many of the newly elected councillors look forward to learning from him in our coming term I know everyone around this horseshoe has different experiences and different priorities to bring to the work of this council and I also know that we have one very important thing in common I believe we all ran for this office because we know we can and should serve our shared community we want to make a difference for the common good in melrose this is true whether we were just elected for the first time or returning to the council and i admire you all for that commitment i appreciate the time that you dedicate to it and i know we can work together to make a