← Boards & Commissions Committee · 2026-02-02 · Boards & Commissions Committee Meeting 2/2/26
MINUTES APPROVAL
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At-Large Present Christopher Park Ward 3 Present William Bradley Freeman President, Ex Absent Officio Member Ryan Williams Chair Present Also in attendance were non-voting councilors: Jason Chen Manjula Karamcheti II. MINUTES APPROVAL Boards & Commissions Committee Meeting January 20, 2026 6:30 PM Motion to Approve the minutes by unanimous consent without reading them made by Chair Williams. RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Elizabeth Kowal, Christopher Park, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams NAYS: None ABSENT: Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman III. PUBLIC COMMENT 1 When: Feb 2, 2026 07:20 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: Boards & Commissions Committee Meeting Join from PC, Mac, iPad, or Android: https://cityofmelrose- org.zoom.us/j/93811800155?pwd=vSIQZQbqpoAsGUdSlt9bcXcMTXz25a.1 Passcode:982686 Webinar ID: 938 1180 0155 Motion to Open public comment made by Chair Williams at 7:21 PM There were no comments on the floor or via Zoom Motion to Close public comment made by Chair Williams at 7:21 PM IV. APPOINTMENTS
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▶ 0:00 Ryan Williams: Good evening everyone. Today is Monday, February the second, 2026. This is a meeting of the Boards and Commissions Committee of the City, council of Melrose. I'm the chair of the committee, Brian Williams, and I'm joined by voting members, counselors, Elizabeth Cowell, Christopher Park, Kim Vandiver, uh, and that's it. Non-voting member Manela Carm Cha. This serves as a notice of a quorum for the record. So the meeting will proceed in accordance with Massachusetts Open Meeting Law. Tonight's meeting will be recorded and is being broadcast by our partners at mtv, as well as live streamed on their website@mmtv3.org. At this time, I will motion by unanimous consent to do we have minutes, approve the minutes from the January 20th, 2026 meeting with no objections. Those minutes are approved without reading,