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4704.63 SPEAKER34704.63 -4704.63 Councilor4704.63 Feltner?4705.02 Yes.4705.59 Councilor4705.99 Gannon?4706.39 Yes.4706.95 President4707.27 Sedaris?4707.74

4708.31 SPEAKER24708.31 -4708.31 Yes.4708.31

4708.55 SIDERIS4708.55 -4708.55 Thank4708.55 you.4708.78 8b4713.02 is4713.35 a4713.59 public4713.66 hearing4713.99 and4714.31 vote4714.7 on4714.86 a4714.86 proposed4714.86 loan4715.27 order4715.51 that4715.82 the4716.06 sum4716.15 of4716.39 $418,0004716.55 is4718.25 appropriated4718.65 to4719.85 pay4720.09 cost4720.41 of4720.81 performing4721.05 infiltration4721.77 and4722.41 inflow4722.57 reduction4722.97 and4723.93 sewer4724.17 rehabilitation.4724.57 Mr.4727.05 manager.4727.45 4728.97 PROAKIS4728.97 -4728.97 Thank4728.97 you,4729.13 Mr.4729.53 President.4729.93 This4729.93 particular4730.17 item4730.65 is4731.93 an4732.01 interest-free4732.65 loan4732.89 accompanied4734.01 by4734.56 a4734.8 grant4734.97 from4735.36 MWRA.4735.69 It's4736.56 consistent4736.8 with4737.69 line4739.44 504739.77 of4740.09 the4740.24 fiscal4740.4 year4740.73 264740.97 water4741.44 and4741.77 sewer4741.93 enterprise4742.32 fund4742.97 capital4743.44 improvement4743.93 plan,4744.56 and4746.33 consistent4746.81 with4747.53 item4748.65 474749.45 of4750.57 the4750.89 conceptual4751.05 recommendations4751.77 provided4752.49 by4752.89 the4753.05 council4753.13 on4754.01 their4754.25 behalf.4754.57 Again,4754.89 our4755.93 city4757.21 engineer4757.45 and4758.01 DPW4758.57 director4759.05 are4759.61 available4759.85 to4760.25 answer4760.33 any4760.57 questions4760.84 on4761.07 this.4761.23 Thank4761.31 you,4761.56 Mr.4761.95 President.4762.84 4762.84 SIDERIS4762.84 -4762.84 Thank4762.84 you.4763.07 This4763.64 is4763.88 a4764.03 public4764.19 hearing,4764.91 if4765.07 there's4765.07 any4765.23 member4765.48 of4765.8 the4765.95 public4766.03 that4766.76 wishes4766.91 to4767.31 be4767.4 heard,4767.56 please4767.88 raise4768.19 your4768.35 hand.4768.52 Seeing4772.19 none,4772.52 I4772.76 close4772.91 the4773.23 public4773.31 hearing4773.64 and4773.95 ask4774.19 for4774.35 a4774.52 motion4774.59 from4774.91 the4775.07 council.4775.23 4775.71 PICCIRILLI4775.71 -4775.71 Mr.4775.95 President,4776.11 I4776.11 make4776.19 a4776.35 motion4776.51 that4776.75 we4776.83 approve4777.07 the4777.63 loan4777.79 order4778.11 for4778.35 $418,0004778.51 for4780.03 the4780.19 sewer4780.59 inflow4780.99 and4781.31 infiltration.4781.47 4782.43 SIDERIS4782.43 -4782.43 Is4782.43 there4782.67 a4782.83 second?4782.91 4783.31 FELTNER4783.31 -4783.31 Second.4783.31 4783.71 SIDERIS4783.71 -4783.71 Any4783.71 discussion?4784.03 Roll4785.79 call,4785.95 please.4786.27

4787.55 SPEAKER34787.55 -4787.55 Councilor4787.55 Palumba?4788.03 Yes.4788.51 Councilor4788.91 Picherilli?4789.23 Yes.4789.95 Councilor4790.27 Raisin?4790.75 Yes.4791.23 Councilor4791.6 Bays?4791.93 Yes.4792.4 Councilor4792.73 Feltner?4793.05 Yes.4793.6 Councilor4793.93 Gannon?4794.32 Yes.4794.89 Councilor4795.2 Izzo?4795.6 Yes.4796.09 President4796.4 Sedaris?4796.8

4797.77 SPEAKER24797.77 -4797.77 Yes.4797.77

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4918.94 SPEAKER34918.94 -4918.94 Councilor4918.94 Piccherelli?4919.26 Yes.4920.06 Councilor4920.38 Oration?4920.86 Yes.4921.34 Councilor4921.66 Bass?4922.14

4922.62 SPEAKER54922.62 -4922.62 Yes.4922.62

4922.94 SPEAKER34922.94 -4922.94 Councilor4922.94 Feltner?4923.34

4923.9 SPEAKER54923.9 -4923.9 Yes.4923.9

4924.22 SPEAKER34924.22 -4924.22 Councilor4924.22 Gannon?4924.7 Yes.4925.26 Councilor4925.66 Izzo?4926.14

4927.1 SPEAKER74927.1 -4927.1 Yes.4927.1

4927.5 SPEAKER34927.5 -4927.5 Councilor4927.5 Palumbo?4927.9 Yes.4928.38 President4928.62 Sideris?4929.1

4929.66 SPEAKER24929.66 -4929.66 Yes.4929.66

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