Public Comment

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▶ 1:17:11 Ryan Williams: Okay. Hello everybody. Today is Monday December 11th, 2023, and this is a meeting of the legal and Legislative Committee of the City Council of Melrose. I'm the chair of the committee, Ryan Williams, and I'm joined by voting members, counselors, Kristin Ella, Jack Ackles, and Maya Jamine. This serves as notice of a quorum for the record 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. This meeting is being held. Uh, this meeting is being recorded and is being broadcast on TV by our partners at MMTV as well as live streamed on their website@mtvthree.org. Uh, at this time I will entertain a motion to recess for the purposes of returning to the, uh, appropriations committee. Motion to recess. We got Open Public comment. We got open public comment. Okay. Let's do it. Uh, by motion, by unanimous consent to open public comment. No objections, public comments open. Okay. Anybody online? No one online. Great. Nobody's in the room. Let's motion to close public comment.

▶ 1:18:07 Robb Stewart: Point of order. Uh, Mr. Chair, uh, could you acknowledge the non-voting members as well,

▶ 1:18:13 Ryan Williams: Please? Oh, yes, of course. We have also with us non-voting members, Sean McMaster, Leila Migli, Orelli, and Rob Stewart. And my, and I'm sorry. Uh, Manila. Carm. Jie. Okay. And now I'll motion by unanimous consent to close public comment. No objections, public comments closed. And now I will entertain a motion to recess for the purposes of returning to the appropriations meeting. Mr.

▶ 1:18:36 Robb Stewart: Chair. I'll make a motion to recess. Second. Second.

▶ 1:18:38 Ryan Williams: Okay. The motion's made by Councillor Stewart, seconded by Councillor Melli. All in favor? Aye. All right. We are recessed,