Appointment of Taylor Makson Murphy, 195 Florence Street, Melrose to the Commission on Women for a term of three years, said term to expire the last day of February 2028.

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▶ 19:46 Kimberly Vandiver: Okay. Motion to recommend Councilor Har jd And the second, uh, uh, councilor Stewart. And, uh, anyone discussion? All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Uh, so that will go back to the full council with a motion for passage. Thank you very much for your, your interest. Thank you. And the final item on our agenda ID number 1 2 5 7 1. The appointment of Taylor Maxon Murphy, 1 95 Florence Street, Melrose, to the Commission on Women for a term of three years. Said term to expire the last day of February, 2028. Madam Mayor, the,

▶ 20:20 Jen Grigoraitis: The other half of the Florence Street Duo. Um, and, um, Taylor is interested in serving on the Women's Commission. She is a practicing attorney. She has worked both on the, um, prosecutorial side and now is in private practice. And in both those roles, she's represented, um, victims of violence, which, as you all know from your recent resolution regarding sexual Assault Awareness Month disproportionately impacts women and girls. Um, so I am excited about our shared professional background, but also think she, she brings, um, a really important expertise for the, to the commission as they think about how best to support the women and girls of Melrose.

▶ 20:54 Kimberly Vandiver: Thank you so much. And, uh, Ms. Murphy, would you like to add anything?

▶ 20:57 Speaker 4: Um, sure. Thank you all again for your time. Um, and thank you for the opportunity to get involved. I think, um, having an opportunity to work in the roles that I've had, I am just excited about how I can work in the work with the community of Melrose to make more opportunities for young women going forward. And obviously it's incredible that we're led by a mayor. We have a, a, a, excuse me, led by a female mayor and there's a, a heavily female presence on the city council and looking forward to working with other, uh, female leaders in the community.

▶ 21:29 Kimberly Vandiver: Thank you. Any counselors on discussion?

▶ 21:35 Manjula Karamcheti: Thank you for bringing your expertise and your background, uh, to this work. Um, as a mom with the daughter, uh, the idea of supporting both current leaders and future leaders, um, and making sure not only that they have opportunity, but they are safe, um, to be who they are, um, in Melrose and beyond, really matters. So thank you. Thank

▶ 21:58 Speaker 5: You. Um, and I'll make a motion to recommend Second. Okay.

▶ 22:02 Kimberly Vandiver: Uh, motion to recommend, uh, vice Chair Karm Chidi. And the second room. Councillor Occhio. Anybody on discussion? Okay. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? So that will go back to the full council with a motion for passage. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you counselors. Thank You. Okay. That, uh, was the last item on our agenda tonight. Um, so I will, uh, uh, would anybody like to make a motion to adjourn?