CALL TO ORDER
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Appropriations & Oversight Committee Thursday, June 4, 2026, 7:45 PM City Council Chamber, 1st Floor 562 Main Street, Melrose, MA 02176 MINUTES I. CALL TO ORDER Kimberly Vandiver Vice Chair Jason Chen Cal Finocchiaro Maya Jamaleddine Manjula Karamcheti Elizabeth Kowal John Obremski Christopher Park Ryan Williams William Bradley Freeman President, Ex Officio Devin Romanul Chair Meeting was called to order by Vice Chair Vandiver at 7:56 PM Chair Romanul joined remotely Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Kim Vandiver Vice Chair Present Jason Chen
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▶ 1:52:04 Speaker 4: All right, can we head back in already? We got to head back in.
▶ 1:52:17 Speaker 6: Take my what?
▶ 1:52:18 Kimberly Vandiver: Okay, so welcome everybody.
▶ 1:52:23 Speaker 6: The time is
▶ 1:52:26 Kimberly Vandiver: 7:56 PM on Thursday, June 4th.
▶ 1:52:28 Speaker 4: This is
▶ 1:52:32 Kimberly Vandiver: a public hearing for water and sewer rates. I'm Councilor Vanderberg chairing the meeting.
▶ 1:52:38 Kimberly Vandiver: And also present are-
▶ 1:52:41 Speaker 4: It's water and sewer
▶ 1:52:43 Kimberly Vandiver: Also present are Councilor Chen, Councilor Finocchiaro, Councilor Williams, Councilor Abramsky, Councilor Kowal, President Freeman,
▶ 1:52:53 Speaker 6: Councilor Romanul. Attending remotely,
▶ 1:52:57 Speaker 4: Councilor Jamaleddine,
▶ 1:53:00 Kimberly Vandiver: and momentarily I expect us to be joined by Councilors Karamcheti and Park. This is a quorum for the record.
▶ 1:53:11 Speaker 6: At this time, I'll entertain a motion to open public comment. So moved. Second.
▶ 1:53:16 Kimberly Vandiver: Motion to open public comment by Councilor Williams, seconded by Councilor Finocchiaro, and Councilor Park has joined us. We'll need a roll call vote on opening public comment.