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City Council — 2014-12-08

City Council Special Meeting

This meeting starts at 57:32 in a recording that covers several meetings.

Attendance

Jaclyn L. Bird present · Alderman at Large; Robert A. Boisselle present · Ward 4 Alderman; Donald L. Conn Jr. present · President, Alderman at Large; Scott M. Forbes absent · Ward 7 Alderman; Gail Infurna present · Ward 5 Alderman; Jennifer L. Lemmerman present · Ward 2 Alderman; Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis present · Alderman at Large; Monica C. Medeiros present · Alderman at Large; Peter D. Mortimer present · Ward 6 Alderman; John N. Tramontozzi present · Ward 1 Alderman; Francis X. Wright Jr. present · Ward 3 Alderman

Agenda

  1. Call to Order (57:30)
  2. ORDER-2015-75 : Special Meeting of the Board of Aldermen to be held on Monday, December 8, 2014 at 8:00 P.M. in the Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall, Melrose, MA, to act upon Order No. 2015-63: Request to set a public hearing on Classification of Property for December 1, 2014 at 8:00 P.M. and Subsequently Determine The Classification of Property. (59:11)
  3. Public Participation (58:26)
  4. Orders from Committee (59:25)
  5. ORDER-2015-63 : Request to set a public hearing on Classification of Property for December 1, 2014 at 8:00 P.M. and Subsequently Determine The Classification Of Property. (59:32)
  6. Adjournment (1:00:50)

Minutes

CITY OF MELROSE BOARD OF ALDERMEN BULLETIN● DECEMBER 8, 2014 Aldermanic Chamber Special Meeting 8:00 PM Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Jaclyn L. Bird Alderman at Large Present Robert A. Boisselle Ward 4 Alderman Present Scott M. Forbes Ward 7 Alderman Absent Gail M. Infurna Ward 5 Alderman Present Jennifer L. Lemmerman Ward 2 Alderman Present Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis Alderman at Large Present Monica C. Medeiros Alderman at Large Present Peter D. Mortimer Ward 6 Alderman Present John N. Tramontozzi Ward 1 Alderman Present Francis X. Wright Jr. Ward 3 Alderman Present Donald L. Conn Jr. President, Alderman at Large Present Special Meeting commenced at 8:30 P.M. due to committee meetings prior to Special Meeting.

ORDER-2015-63 Classification of Property Request to set a public hearing on Classification of Property for December 1, 2014 at 8:00 P.M. and Subsequently Determine The Classification Of Property. Passed as Amended City of Melrose Page 1 12/9/2014 5:04 PM

Transcript

▶ 57:24 adjourned thank you thank you for coming ladies and gentlemen my name is Donald Kahn this is a special meeting of the Melrose Board of Aldermen that has been called for this evening December 8 2014 could you call the roll please Alderman McAteer-Margolis. Here. Here. Alderman Dearest. Here. Here. Alderman Mortimer. Here. Here. Alderman Pumatose. Here. Here. Alderman Wright. Here. Here. President Carney. Here. Here. Senate President. Could everybody please rise and salute the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, the indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Motion to open the floor for public participation, Mr. President.

▶ 58:28 Second. Alderman Mortimer moves that we commence public participation for this meeting. The motion is seconded by Alderman Boisselle. Before I call for the vote, I would point out that this motion will be recorded and rebroadcast on Melrose Cable Television in accordance with the open meeting law. On the motion to commence public participation, all those in favor? Aye. Anyone opposed? Motion passes. This is the portion of our meeting where any member of the public may come forward and declaim on any order that is on our agenda this evening. It does not look like any member of the public is with us. Motion. Second. Alderman McAteer-Margolis moves to close public participation. The motion is seconded by Alderman Mortimer. On the motion,

▶ 59:11 all those in favor? Aye. Anyone opposed? Motion passes. We are here this evening at a call of His Honor the Mayor to consider Order 215-63, which is a request to set a public hearing on classification of property and subsequently to determine classification of property. We just concluded a meeting pursuant to which the Appropriations Committee made a vote to classify and to adopt a 1.42 shift factor for commercial property with no exemptions. Mr. President, I make a motion to accept the committee's recommendation that we do, one, classify property, two, adopt a shift factor of 1.42, and three, have no exemptions. Second. Alderman Mortimer moves that the board adopt the Appropriations Committee recommendation

▶ 1:00:12 relative to this order. The motion is seconded by Alderman Byrd. Discussion relative to the order. Could you call the roll, please? Alderman Byrd. Yes. Yes. Alderman Boisselle. Yes. Yes. Alderman Inferna. Yes. Yes. Alderman Glemmerman. Yes. Yes. Alderman McAteer-Margolis. Yes. yes yes yes that order passes before we adjourn this for this meeting this evening I would like to ask all of you to stand for one moment of silence in honor of John Redd Murphy former member of this board for 13 years and president this board who passed away this last week thank you motion to adjourn mr president alderman mortimer moves to adjourn the motion is seconded by alderman boys l on the motion all those in favor anyone opposed motion passes board stands adjourned

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