An Appropriation in the amount of $126,652,797 to fund the Fiscal Year 2027 General Fund Operating Budget.
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B. (ID # 2026-1208): An Appropriation in the amount of $126,652,797 to fund the Fiscal Year 2027 General Fund Operating Budget. Motion to Hold in Committee made by Councilor Williams Seconded by Councilor Karamcheti All were in favor and motion passed RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Manjula Karamcheti, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams NAYS: None 7 ABSENT: Maya Jamaleddine VII. APPROPRIATIONS FREE CASH CONTINUED
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▶ 2:11:48 Speaker 2: Yes. Vice Chair Vandiver? Yes. Councilor Chen? Yes. Councilor Finocchiaro? Yes. Mm-hmm. Councilor Karamcheti? Yes. Councilor Kowal? Yes. Councilor Abramsky? Yes. Councilor Park? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. President Freeman? Yes. Chair Romanul? Yes.
▶ 2:12:05 Devin Romanul: All in favor. All in favor. All right. We'll move that forward. Thank you so much. Next in appropriations for FY27, ID number 2026-1208, an appropriation in the amount of $126,652,797 to fund the fiscal year 2027 general fund operating budget.
▶ 2:12:24 Speaker 10: Motion to place on file.
▶ 2:12:25 Speaker 1: Second. Is it motion to hold?
▶ 2:12:27 Speaker 10: Sorry, motion to hold. Sorry about that. Yeah. Motion to hold.
▶ 2:12:29 Speaker 1: Motion to hold made by Councilor Williams, seconded by Councilor-
▶ 2:12:31 Speaker 8: So we second the holding
▶ 2:12:32 Speaker 10: ... Karamcheti. I was trying to table the whole budget, but it didn't work.
▶ 2:12:36 Devin Romanul: Put it off till next time. Could pose a problem. Yes. Motion to hold the committee, made by Councilor Williams, seconded by Councilor Karamcheti. On discussion? Seeing none. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?
▶ 2:12:46 Speaker 2: Vice Chair Vandiver? Yes. Councilor Chen? Yes. Councilor Finocchiaro? Yes. Councilor Karamcheti? Yes. Councilor Kowal? Yes. Councilor Abramsky? Yes. Councilor Park? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. President Freeman? Yes. Chair Romanul?
▶ 2:12:59 Devin Romanul: Yes. All in favor. All right. We will hold our budget in committee. Up next, appropriations and free cash continued. Thank you so much for your patience. This is ID number 2026-1172, an appropriation from free cash to the school department in the amount of $12,193.20 to purchase vape detectors for Melrose Middle School.