Call to Order

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▶ 54:50 Speaker 3: Mr. Clerk Vice Chair Williams? Yes. Councilor Garbe. Yes. Councillor Stewart? Yes. Councillor Chetty. Yes. Councillor Bruski. Yes. Councillor Hamilton. Yes. Councillor Vandiver. Yes. Councilor Romanul? Yes. Councillor for Naro? Yes. President Elli. Yes. And Chair Aldine? Yes. That motion also passes. Okay.

▶ 55:54 Speaker 2: Good evening everyone. The time is

▶ 56:02 Leila Migliorelli: 7 4 8 8 0 4. Um, on Monday, May 13th, this is a meeting of the Melrose City Council. Call to order. And I am President Melli in accordance with Massachusetts Open Meeting Law. This meeting is being broadcast and recorded by Melrose Access Cable tv and will be available for viewing in its entirety on MMTV and through the city website Link. Pursuant to current allowances. Under the open meeting, law enacted under chapter two of the Acts of 2023, signed into law by Governor Healy on March 29th, 2023. City Counselor Vandiver participating in this meeting tonight remotely via the Sea, the city's Zoom platform. Because of Councilor Van's remote participation, all votes are taken by roll, roll call. Please remember to speak clearly into the microphone so she's able to hear. Madam Clerk, will you please call the role

▶ 56:50 Speaker 3: Council Firo. Here. Councilor Oppe. Here. Council Hamilton? Here. Councilor Ramine. Here. Council Rum Trudy? Here. Councilor Reky. Here. Councillor Man. Here. Councillor Stewart. Here. Councillor Vandiver. Here. Councilor Williams. Here. President Re Here. That's 11, right? That's a quorum. Um,

▶ 57:12 Leila Migliorelli: I will now entertain a moment to, um, motion to open the floor for public comment. Second,