Melrose Council Search

← City Council · 2026-05-04 · City Council Meeting 5/4/26

An Appropriation from Free Cash (account 01-324001) to the Planning Department (#175) in the amount of $75,000 to hire a consultant for technical assistance to update the City’s Housing Production Plan (HPP).

Clerk file 2026-1164 — its full path through the council

Passed · Refer to Committee · moved by Bradley Freeman Yes: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Manjula Karamcheti, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams.

Agenda original PDF

No further agenda text.

Minutes original PDF

2. (ID # 2026-1164): An Appropriation from Free Cash (account 01-324001) to the Planning Department (#175) in the amount of $75,000 to hire a consultant for technical assistance to update the City’s Housing Production Plan (HPP). Motion to Refer to Appropriations & Oversight Committee made by President Freeman RESULT: ASSIGN TO COMMITTEE TO: Appropriations & Oversight

All documents for this meeting on the city portal

Transcript (~1 min @ 1:09:56)

Speakers identified by voice; unnamed voices are numbered within this recording. Auto-caption text — verify against the video.

▶ 1:09:38 Speaker 1: ID number 2026-1145, an appropriation from free cash, account 01-324001, to the assessing department, number 141, in the amount of $9,000 to cover the cost of mailing tax impact notices to all taxpayers in Melrose.

▶ 1:09:57 Bradley Freeman: This will go to Appropriations and Oversight.

▶ 1:10:00 Speaker 1: ID number 2026-1164, an appropriation from free cash, account 01-324001, to the planning department, number 175, in the amount of $75,000 to hire a consultant for technical assistance to update the city's housing production plan.