← City Council · 2026-06-01 · City Council Meeting 6/1/26
CALL TO ORDER
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City Council Regular Meeting Monday, June 1, 2026, 7:45 PM City Council Chamber, 1st Floor 562 Main Street, Melrose, MA 02176 MINUTES I. CALL TO ORDER Jason Chen Cal Finocchiaro Maya Jamaleddine Manjula Karamcheti Elizabeth Kowal John Obremski Christopher Park Devin Romanul Kimberly Vandiver Ryan Williams Brad Freeman, President Pledge of Allegiance Meeting was called to order by President Freeman at 7:47 PM Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Jason Chen At-Large Present Cal Finocchiaro Ward 6 Present Maya Jamaleddine At-Large Absent Manjula Karamcheti Ward 1
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▶ 1:36:59 Devin Romanul: All right. We'll move the bottom line on Department 300. It now being past 7:45, and we have a full city council meeting, so if you will indulge us for a moment to recess to gavel it in. Unless there's any objection, we'll motion to recess. Seeing no objection, we are now in recess.
▶ 1:37:16 Bradley Freeman: Good evening. The time is 7:47 on Monday, June 1st, 2026. I am Council President Freeman. This meeting of the Melrose City Council is called to order. In accordance with Massachusetts open meeting law, this meeting is being broadcast and recorded by Melrose Cable Access TV, and will be available for viewing in its entirety on NMTV and through the city website. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?
▶ 1:37:40 Speaker 7: Councilor Chen? Here. Councilor Finocchiaro? Here. Councilor Jamaleddine? Councilor Karamcheti? Here. Councilor Kowal? Here. Councilor Obremski? Here. Councilor Park? Here. Councilor Romanul? Here. Councilor VanBurch? Here. Councilor Williams? Here. President Freeman? Here. That makes four.