← City Council · 2026-05-04 · City Council Meeting 5/4/26
City Council Regular Meeting April 27, 2026 7:45 PM
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resent Maya Jamaleddine At-Large Present Manjula Karamcheti Ward 1 Present Elizabeth Kowal At-Large Present John Obremski Ward 2 Present Christopher Park Ward 3 Present Devin Romanul Ward 7 Present Kimberly Vandiver Ward 5 Present Ryan Williams At-Large Present William Bradley Feeman President Present President Freeman acknowledged today's difficult situation at the Winthrop Elementary School and 1 expressed that our thoughts and prayers are with all of those impacted. II. MINUTES APPROVAL A. City Council Regular Meeting April 27, 2026 7:45 PM Motion to unanimously approve the minutes without reading made by President Freeman RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Manjula Karamcheti, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams III. PUBLIC COMMENT
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▶ 49:36 Bradley Freeman: Thank you. Before we begin tonight, I want to acknowledge today's difficult situation at the Winthrop Elementary School. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those impacted. Now moving on, at this time, I will motion by unanimous consent to approve without reading the minutes from April 27th, 2026 meeting. Seeing no objection, those minutes are now approved. I will now motion by unanimous consent to open the floor for public comment. Seeing no objection, we are open for public comment. Per Rule 33A of Melrose City Council rules, this is the portion of the meeting where the public may speak on any item on tonight's agenda. Comments expressing any viewpoint on any other matters are also welcome. Is there anyone here who'd like to speak tonight?