← City Council · 2026-05-04 · City Council Meeting 5/4/26
Appropriation from Free Cash (account 01-324001) in the amount of $170,000 to Capital Outlay (#931) to purchase a sidewalk plow.
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i. (ID # 2026-1147): Appropriation from Free Cash (account 01-324001) in the amount of $170,000 to Capital Outlay (#931) to purchase a sidewalk plow. Motion to Postpone until May 11 made by Councilor Romanul Seconded by Councilor Williams All were in favor and motion passed 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 NAYS: None Comments and Discussion: Councilor Romanul stated that this order comes from A&O with recommendation for passage. He stated that there has been discussion within the group and from public comment/feedback about the sequencing of appropriations, with discussion in the committee and passage in city council occurring on the same evening. To allow for more discussion and public feedback, he proposed not doing all of those considerations in one evening unless it's an emergency. He proposed having final vote in city council occur on a different date and to make this the practice going forward.
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▶ 1:14:51 Speaker 2: Moving on to unfinished business and appropriations.
▶ 1:14:54 Speaker 1: ID number 2026-1147, appropriation from free cash, account 01-324001 in the amount of $170,000 to capital outlay number 931 to purchase a sidewalk plow.
▶ 1:15:12 Devin Romanul: Mr. President, this appropriation comes to us from the Appropriations and Oversight Committee with a recommendation for passage. And, with the indulgence of some of my colleagues, I'll just say, before I make a motion, there has been some discussion, both within the group and from public comment, about the sequencing of our appropriations during this particularly frenetic season, and that the consideration of appropriations within A&O, in the 7:00 hour, and then the passage of those in the 8:00 hour, both for our going back and forth and grappling with questions in the meeting and maybe having some follow-up, as well as some public comment and some of that getting metabolized in this body and subsequently people, as we have two in our audience this evening, to come back and advocate for certain positions. I think that in reverting to what we have done in previous years, maybe not doing all of those considerations in one evening unless it's an emergency. And so I think with a nod to making this practice moving forward, and making sure that if we pass something in Appropriations and Oversight, say, on this evening, we would take it up at the next meeting structurally and not have to keep doing these delays. So, if you'll indulge our patience here just for one more week, I'm going to motion through the postponements for what we considered this tonight until next week, and then subsequently, hopefully, institutionalize some of that because I really, really think that's fabulous feedback both for folks within this body, and in the public to make sure that we're fully working through all of the public feedback and information we're receiving. So, really appreciate all that. All that being said, I'd like to move to postpone this motion until our next regular meeting Monday, May 11th in one week's time. Second.
▶ 1:17:01 Bradley Freeman: Motion to postpone until May 11th made by Councilor Romanul, seconded by Councilor Williams. On discussion. Seeing none, all in favor? Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes to postpone.
▶ 1:17:17 Speaker 1: ID number 2026-1148, appropriation from free cash, account 01-324001 in the amount of $880,000 to capital outlay number 931 to purchase DPW vehicles.