← City Council · 2026-04-06 · City Council Meeting 4/6/26
Acceptance of donations totaling $500,000 from the Friends of the Melrose Public Library and the Trustees of the Melrose Public Library.
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ii. (ID # 2026-618): Acceptance of donations totaling $500,000 from the Friends of the Melrose Public Library and the Trustees of the Melrose Public Library. Motion for Passage made by Councilor Romanul Seconded by Councilor Karamcheti All were in favor and motion passed RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] 7 AYES: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Manjula Karamcheti, Elizabeth Kowal, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams NAYS: None ABSENT: John Obremski E. Ordinances
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▶ 1:54:59 Speaker 1: Councilor Chen? Yes. Councilor Finocchiaro? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor Karamcheti? Yes. Councilor Kowal? Yes. Councilor Park? Yes. Councilor Romanul? Yes. Councilor Vandiver? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. President Freeman? Yes. That motion passes. ID number 2026-618, acceptance of donations totaling $500,000 from the Friends of the Melrose Public Library and the trustees of the Melrose Public Library.
▶ 1:55:26 Devin Romanul: Mr. President, this comes to us from the Appropriations and Oversight with a recommendation for passage, and at this time I'll make a motion for passage.
▶ 1:55:32 Bradley Freeman: Second. Motion for passage made by Councilor Romanul, seconded by Councilor Karamcheti. On discussion? Seeing none, this requires a roll call. Madam Clerk.
▶ 1:55:40 Speaker 1: Councilor Chen? Yes. Councilor Finocchiaro? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor Karim Chetty? Yes. Councilor Kowal? Yes. Councilor Park? Yes. Councilor Romanul? Yes. Councilor Vandiver WHEREAS? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. President Freeman? Yes. That motion passes. Thank you.
▶ 1:55:57 Speaker 3: Moving down to ordinances.