Call to Order

Transcript (~2 min @ 6:18)

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▶ 6:12 Leila Migliorelli: For the evening. The time is 7:45 PM on Tuesday, February 20th, 2024. This is a meeting of the Melrose City Council. Called to order. And I am President Melli in accordance with Massachusetts Open Meeting Law. This meeting is being broadcast and recorded by Melrose Cable Access tv, and will be available for viewing in its entirety on MMTV and through the city website Link because this evening we have a counselor, um, participating remotely. Um, this is, uh, able to be done pursuant to the current out allowances under open meeting Law, and Enact under chapter two of the Acts of 2023. Signed into law by Governor Healy on March 29th, 2023. Uh, city Councilor, uh, Firo is participating in this meeting tonight remotely via the city's Zoom platform. This means that every, um, vote will be a roll call vote. Um, and please be sure that you're speaking directly into your microphone, um, so that our Councilor Firo is able to hear and participate remotely. Alright. Um, Madam Clerk, will you please call the

▶ 7:20 Speaker 4: Role Councilor Firo? Here. Councillor Garipay? Here. Councilor Hamilton? Here. Councilor Maladin? Here. Councilor Karen Shady. Here. Councillor Reky? Here. Councillor Stewart? Here. Council Romanul. Here. Councilor Van Devin. Here. Councillor Williams. Here. President Elli. Here. 11. Present. Okay.

▶ 7:43 Leila Migliorelli: That's a quorum. Um, at this time, please rise if you're able to join us in ledge of allegiance,

▶ 7:52 Speaker 5: Pledge allegiance, the flash flag of the United States of America.

▶ 7:54 Speaker 6: And due to the Republic for which it stands,

▶ 7:57 Speaker 6: one Nation under God, individually with liberty

▶ 8:02 Speaker 5: and justice for fraud.