City Council — 2017-01-03
Attendance
Robert A. Boisselle ; Donald L. Conn Jr. ; Scott M. Forbes ; Gail Infurna ; Jennifer L. Lemmerman ; Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis ; Monica C. Medeiros ; Peter D. Mortimer ; John N. Tramontozzi ; Francis X. Wright Jr. ; Michael P. Zwirko
Agenda
- Call to Order
- ORDER-2017-73 : Organizational Meeting of the Board of Aldermen to be held on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 7:45 P.M in the Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall, Melrose, MA
- ORDER-2017-74 : Election of the President of the Board of Aldermen for the Year 2017
- ORDER-2017-75 : Adoption of the Rules of Order of the Board of Aldermen for the Year 2017
- Public Participation
- ACCEPT MINUTES OF BOA
- Communications from His Honor, The Mayor And Other City Officials
- ORDER-2017-76 : Library Renovation and Construction Grant Application
- New Business
- Orders Out of Order
- Orders from Committee
- Unfinished Business
- Calendar
- Adjournment
Minutes
CITY OF MELROSE BOARD OF ALDERMEN BULLETIN● JANUARY 3, 2017 Aldermanic Chamber, Melrose City Hall Organizational Meeting 7:45 PM 562 Main Street, Melrose, MA 02176
ORDER-2017-73 Organizational Meeting Organizational Meeting of the Board of Aldermen to be held on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 7:45 P.M in the Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall, Melrose, MA Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Robert A. Boisselle Ward 4 Alderman Present Scott M. Forbes Ward 7 Alderman Present Gail M. Infurna Ward 5 Alderman Present Jennifer L. Lemmerman Ward 2 Alderman Present Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis Alderman at Large Absent Monica C. Medeiros Alderman at Large Present Peter D. Mortimer Ward 6 Alderman Present John N. Tramontozzi Ward 1 Alderman Absent Francis X. Wright Jr. Ward 3 Alderman Absent Michael P. Zwirko Alderman at Large Present Donald L. Conn Jr. President, Alderman at Large Present Maribeth Harrington, Clerk of Committees called the Roll Roll Call showed - Eight (8) members present.
ORDER-2017-74 Election of the President Election of the President of the Board of Aldermen for the Year 2017 Placed on File
ORDER-2017-75 Rules of Order of the Melrose Board of Aldermen Adoption of the Rules of Order of the Board of Aldermen for the Year 2017 Passed
ORDER-2017-76 Authorization Library Renovation and Construction Grant Application Assigned to Committee Appropriations Committee City of Melrose Page 1 1/17/2017 5:43 PM
Transcript
▶ 0:00 The hour will be at 7.45. The organizational meeting is called to order, and the clerk, Mary Beth Harrington, will call the roll. Alderman Boisselle? Here. Here. Alderman Conn? Here. Here. Alderman Forbes? Here. Here. Alderman Infurna? Here. Here. Alderman Lemmerman? Here. Here. Alderman McAteer-Margolis? Alderman Medeiros? Here. Here. Alderman Mortimer? Here. Here. Alderman Tramontozzi? Here. Alderman Wright? Here. Alderman Zwirko? here here eight present eight present we will now rise and salute the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all the board will proceed to the business of electing a president of the board for
▶ 1:01 year 2017 at a caucus of the board of aldermen held on december 5th 2016 donald l khan was unanimously nominated for the office of president of the board of aldermen for the year 2017. a formal motion is now in order madam chair i make a motion to open the floor for nominations for the office of president of the board of aldermen for the year 2017. second he's been moved to seconded to open nominations all in favor aye aye opposed nominations are now open madam chair i make a motion to nominate alderman donald l khan for president of the board of alderman for the year 2017. second it's been moved to second it um to place donald l khan jr's name in nomination for president of the board are there any further nominations motion to close nominations madam
▶ 1:55 chair second it's moved and seconded to close nominations all in favor aye aye opposed the eyes have it nominations are hereby closed the election will be by the voci vote each member present rising answering to his or her name in announcing his or her choice the clerk mary beth harrington will now call the roll alderman boycelle donald khan donald khan alderman khan donald khan donald khan alderman forbes donald khan donald khan alderman inferno donald khan donald khan alderman lemmerman donald khan donald khan alderman Medeiros alderman donald elkan jr donald khan alderman mortimer alderman donald khan donald khan alderman Zwirko donald khan donald khan eight total for donald khan eight votes have been cast off for alderman khan
▶ 2:49 alderman donald del con jr has been unanimously elected as president of the board of aldermen for the year 2017. well alderman mortimer kindly escort the newly elected president to the russian government of office okay hi statement hi donald del con jr do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that i will be a true faith in allegiance that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the commonwealth of massachusetts to the commonwealth of massachusetts we will support the constitution thereof so help me god I Donald L. Cahn Jr do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me all the duties incumbent on me as president of the board of
▶ 3:47 alderman as president of the board of alderman according to the best of my abilities according to the best of my abilities and understanding and understanding agreeably to the rules agreeably to the rules and regulations and regulations of the constitution of the constitution and laws of the commonwealth and laws of the commonwealth so help me god so help me god i i donald l khan jr and to solemnly swear do solemnly swear that i will support that i will support the constitution of the united states the constitution of the united states so help me god so help me god thank you thank you very much folks no no speeches tonight I look forward to working with all of you in the upcoming year, and I am sure, as Coach Belichick says, we'll all do our job, and we'll have a successful year.
▶ 4:41 So I thank you for your confidence. At this point in time, I would appreciate a motion to open the floor for public participation. So moved, Mr. President. Second. Alderman Mortimer moves to open the floor for public participation. Motion is seconded by Alderman Weisel. On the motion, all those in favor? Aye. Anyone opposed? Motion passes. this is the portion of our meeting where anybody in the chamber who wishes to speak on any order which is on our agenda for the evening uh is able to come forward state their name and address and to claim on the order it does not appear that any member of the public is with us here this evening motion to close public participation mr president alderman water removes to close public participation
▶ 5:24 motion second by alderman Boisselle on the motion all those in favor aye aye anyone opposed motion passes as with all of our meetings our meeting this evening which is january 3rd 2017 will be rebroadcast on melrose cable television in accordance with the laws of the commonwealth mr president i have before me the minutes of our board of aldermen from october 17th november 21st and december 5th and i move that they be accepted without reading Alderman Alderman moves that we accept the minutes from October 17th November 21st and December 5th meetings without reading the motion I believe was seconded by Alderman Inferna is there any discussion on the motion all those in favor of the motion please indicate by saying aye aye anyone opposed motion
▶ 6:12 Peter D. Mortimer: passes those minutes will be accepted without reading order 2017-75 adoption of the rules of order of the Board of Aldermen for the year 2017 request Just immediate consideration, Mr. President. Alderman Mortimer moves for immediate consideration of all order 2017-75. Is there an objection to immediate consideration of the order? There is not. Mr. President, I make a motion that we adopt the rules of the year 2017 as amended by the amendment of rule 53 in February of this year. I move that we accept these amended rules of order for the Board of Aldermen. Board of Aldermen moves that we accept the rules of the Board of Aldermen as most recently amended on February 1st, 2016. Second. Seconded by Alderman Forbes.
▶ 7:05 Is there any discussion? All those in favor of the motion, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? Motion passes. The rules are hereby adopted. order 2017-76 library renovation and construction grant application this order will be referred to the committee on appropriations do we have any orders out of order this evening are there any orders from committee are there any reports from any member of the board who has been appointed to be the representative to any outside committee in accordance with rule 53 Okay, that appears to conclude the business of our meeting this evening. Motion to adjourn, Mr. President. Second. All in favor of the motion to adjourn, all in favor of the motion, all those in favor?
▶ 8:02 Aye. Anyone opposed? Motion passes. Meeting is hereby adjourned. Thank you, folks.