Public Comment

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▶ 0:55 Ryan Williams: 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,

▶ 1:06 Speaker 3: Liberty, and justice for all.

▶ 1:16 Leila Migliorelli: Next up is public comment. I will motion by unanimous consent to open the floor for public comment. Seeing no objections, we are now open for public comment per rule 33 A of the Melrose City Council rules. This is a portion of the meeting where the public may speak on any item on tonight's agenda. Comments expressing any viewpoint on other matters are also welcome. Just a reminder, the public comment period is an opportunity for the public to share comments. Counselors will not respond. The public has up to five minutes for comments. Would anyone here tonight like to speak in public comments?

▶ 1:53 Leila Migliorelli: All Right. Is there anyone online?

▶ 1:55 Speaker 1: I have Ann Dixon.

▶ 1:56 Speaker 2: I don't know if you wanna speak

▶ 1:58 Speaker 1: during public comment or just wanna listen.

▶ 2:04 Speaker 2: Nope, I'm allowing her to talk.

▶ 2:08 Speaker 4: Okay. Seeing no objections.

▶ 2:11 Leila Migliorelli: Um, I will motion by Nez. Sorry if there's no objection, I'll, uh, close public comment. Seeing no objections. I, uh, we are now closed for public comment.

▶ 2:24 Speaker 5: Um, oh, I went out of order.

▶ 2:29 Leila Migliorelli: Yeah, I did it the other way, the other meeting and flipped it back around. Next up is reading of the minutes. Um, at this time I'll motion by to approve without reading by unanimous consent. The minutes from March 17th, 2025. Seeing no objections, those minutes are now approved.