Call to Order

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▶ 0:00 Speaker 1: Okay, if the chamber could come to order, please.

▶ 0:27 Speaker 1: Okay, welcome to the Aldermanic Chamber. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Donald Kahn. I'm the President of the Board of Aldermen. Sitting with me is Kristen Thorpe, Chairman of the Melrose School Committee. Tonight we are here to hear from His Honor the Mayor in accordance with Section 6.2 of the City Charter, which requires that he appear before a joint meeting of the school committee and the board of aldermen to discuss the fiscal situation and health of the city of melrose ms o'shea could you

▶ 1:12 Speaker 2: call the rule of the two bodies please here here here here here here here here here here here

▶ 1:31 Speaker 2: school committee members christine casatelli here here darlin constantine here maya dolan here

▶ 1:38 Speaker 2: robert briscoe here here jessica duggan here here barry corcoran and chairman christian thorpe here

▶ 1:54 Speaker 1: Okay, we have a quorum of both groups. Could everybody please rise and join us in saluting the flag.

▶ 2:04 Peter D. Mortimer: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

▶ 2:18 Peter D. Mortimer: Well, Mr. Chair of the Joint Committee meetings, I make a motion to open the floor for public participation.

▶ 2:25 Speaker 1: Well, Mr. Alderman, it's the opinion of the chair that since no votes will be taken, and this is only a meeting to receive information from his honor, the mayor, that there will be no public participation relative to the joint meeting. As soon as this meeting adjourns, we will have a meeting of the Board of Aldermen, at which time we will receive the budget and other orders that are going to be discussed by the mayor this evening so after the joint meeting is concluded we will open the meeting of the board of aldermen at which time anybody who wishes to speak will be heard by the board of aldermen thank you sir i will withdraw my