← City Council · 2026-06-15 · City Council Meeting 6/15/26
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▶ 0:02 Bradley Freeman: Good evening. Good evening. The time is 7:45 PM on Monday, June 15th, 2026. I'm Council President Freeman. Recording in progress. This meeting of the Melrose City Council is called to order. In accordance with the 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 MMTV and through the city website link. Pursuant to current allowances under the Open Meeting Law enacted under Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2025, signed into law by Governor Healey on March 28th, 2025, City Councilor Karamcheti is participating in this meeting tonight remotely via the city's Zoom platform. As such, all votes tonight will be taken by roll call. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?
▶ 0:46 Speaker 1: Yes. Councilor Chen? Here. Councilor Finocchiaro? Here. Councilor Jamaleddine? Here. Councilor Karamcheti? Councilor Kowal? Here. Councilor Obremski? Here. Councilor Park? Here. Councilor Romanul? Here. Councilor Vandiver? Councilor Williams? Here. President Freeman? Here. That makes for a quorum.
▶ 1:09 Bradley Freeman: Thank you very much. At this time, if you're able, please rise to join in the pledge of allegiance.
▶ 1:17 Speaker 2: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
▶ 1:32 Bradley Freeman: Thank you. And before we begin tonight, I just want to give folks in the audience a little sense of how this will work tonight. We're going to approve our minutes, open public comment, which is an opportunity for anyone in the public to speak on any item they want. At the conclusion of public comment, the council's going to go into executive session, which means we will need to clear the chamber for about 30 minutes, and then we'll resume the rest of the agenda following that. So, I appreciate your patience. At this time, I'll entertain a