Call to Order

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▶ 0:03 Jen Grigoraitis: Alright good evening. Today is Monday April 3rd, 2023 and the time is 7:45 pm and this meeting of the Melrose city council is called to order I am president Grigoraitis in accordance with Massachusetts open meeting law. This meeting is recorded by Melrose cable access and will be available for viewing in its entirety on mmtv and through the city website link. I would also like to note that pursuant to current allowances under the open meeting law and acted under chapter 2 of the acts of 2023 signed into law by Governor Healy on March 29th, 2023 city counciloridine is participating in this meeting tonight remotely via the city Zoom platform. Therefore all votes will be a roll call vote Madam clerk. Can you please call the roll?

▶ 0:49 Speaker 1: Countless sonella. Yeah counselor Eccles here counselor garapay here comes the jamaladin.

▶ 0:57 Speaker 2: Here Council Karen chady here counselor

▶ 1:00 Speaker 3: McMaster here Council migliarelli here. Counslow bremski here counselor Stewart here your Council Williams here in president

▶ 1:08 Speaker 4: Grigoraitis here.

▶ 1:12 Jen Grigoraitis: 11 present we have 11 present. So that serves as notice of a quorum for the record and we will proceed at this time, please rise to salute the flag.

▶ 1:21 Ryan Williams: To the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice.