← City Council · 2026-05-18 · City Council Meeting 5/18/26
Appropriation from Free Cash (account 01-324001) in the amount of $10,000 to DPW-Highway (#422) to purchase bike racks.
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v. (ID # 2026-1188): Appropriation from Free Cash (account 01-324001) in the amount of $10,000 to DPW-Highway (#422) to purchase bike racks. Motion for Passage made by Councilor Romanul Seconded by Councilor Finocchiaro All were in favor and motion passed RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] 7 AYES: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver NAYS: None ABSENT: Manjula Karamcheti, Ryan Williams Councilor Chen connected with the Ped Bike Committee, who were excited to see this pass, and they also have a lot of experience actually drilling and installing these. They offered free labor to help the DPW to do this. VII. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES VIII. EXPIRIES IX. RULE 36 REPORTS X. ADJOURNMENT Motion to Adjourn made by Councilor Romanul at 9:13 PM Seconded by Councilor Vandiver All were in favor and meeting was adjourned 8 From: Francisco Morales < > Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2026 3:56 PM To: Mayor's Office mayorsoffice@cityofmelrose.org< > Subject: Melrose Human Rights Commission Member Consideration Dear Mayor Grigoraitis,
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▶ 2:11:21 Speaker 10: And ID number 2026-1188, appropriation from free cash account 01-324001 in the amount of $10,000 to DPW Highway, number 422, to purchase bike
▶ 2:11:34 Devin Romanul: racks. Mr. President, this comes to us from the Appropriations and Oversight Committee with a recommendation for passage, and at this time, I'll make a motion for passage.
▶ 2:11:42 Speaker 11: Second.
▶ 2:11:42 Bradley Freeman: Motion for passage made by Councilor Romanul, seconded by Councilor Finocchiaro. On discussion? Councilor Chen.
▶ 2:11:48 Jason Chen: So I did connect with the Ped Bike Committee, who are excited to see this pass, and they also have a lot of experience actually drilling and installing these. So they'd offered a lot of free labor to be able to do this. And connected DPW with them.
▶ 2:12:03 Speaker 8: Any further discussions? Seeing none, Madam Clerk.
▶ 2:12:07 Speaker 10: Councilor Chen Yes. Councilor Finocchiaro Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine Yes. Councilor Kowal Yes. Councilor Obremski Yes. Councilor Park Yes. Councilor Romanul Yes. Councilor Vandiver Yes. President Freeman Yes. That motion passes.