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Clerk file 2026-402 — its full path through the council

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ee Name Title Status Arrived Kim Vandiver Vice Chair Present Jason Chen At-Large Present Cal Finocchiaro Ward 6 Present Maya Jamaleddine At-Large Present Remotely Manjula Karamcheti Ward 1 Present Elizabeth Kowal At-Large Present John Obremski Ward 2 Present Christopher Park Ward 3 Present Ryan Williams At-Large Present William Bradley Freeman President, Ex Officio Present Member Devin Romanul Chair Present II. MINUTES APPROVAL 1 Motion to Approve the minutes made by Councilor Vandiver Seconded by Councilor Williams All were in favor and minutes were approved RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Manjula Karamcheti,

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Transcript (~1 min @ 0:22)

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▶ 0:04 Devin Romanul: 7:16 on Thursday, February 26, 2026. This is a meeting of the Appropriations and Oversight Committee. My name is Devin Romanul, I'm the chair. Also joining me tonight are, uh, Vice Chair Vandiver, Counselors Chen, Finocchiaro, uh, Counselor Jamaluddin via Zoom. Thank you so much for joining, Counselor Jamaluddin. Um, Counselors Karemchedy, uh, Kowal, Obremski, Park, Williams, and President Ex Officio Freeman. This serves as a notice of quorum for the record. In accordance with the open meeting law, this meeting is being recorded and broadcast live on MMTV. Uh, I will now entertain a motion... Um, and just as a note for our viewing audience, as well as the counselors this evening, since Counselor Jamaluddin, uh, is joining us via Zoom, we'll be doing roll call votes for all of our, uh, motions. So at this time, I will entertain a motion to open the floor for public comment. So moved. Second. Uh, Counselor, uh, uh- Williams ... motion to open the floor for public comment made by Counselor Williams, seconded by Counselor Vandiver. Um, Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?