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An Appropriation from Free Cash (account 01-324001) to the Planning Department (#175) in the amount of $70,000 to hire a consultant for technical assistance to update the Downtown Parking Study.

Clerk file 2026-1165 — its full path through the council

Passed · Reject · moved by Devin Romanul, seconded by Cal Finocchiaro Yes: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Maya Jamaleddine, Manjula Karamcheti, Elizabeth Kowal, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams. No: Bradley Freeman, John Obremski.

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iii. (ID # 2026-1165): An Appropriation from Free Cash (account 01-324001) to the Planning Department (#175) in the amount of $70,000 to hire a consultant for technical assistance to update the Downtown Parking Study. Motion to Reject made by Councilor Romanul Seconded by Councilor Finocchiaro Motion passed 9-2, Appropriation not approved RESULT: APPROPRIATION REJECTED/NOT APPROVED AYES: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Maya Jamaleddine, Manjula Karamcheti, Elizabeth Kowal, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams NAYS: Bradley Freeman, John Obremski 6

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▶ 42:07 Speaker 1: Councilor Chen. Yes. Councilor Finocchiaro. Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine. Yes. Councilor Karamcheti. Yes. Councilor Kowal. Yes. Councilor Obremski. Yes. Councilor Park. Yes. Councilor Romanul. Yes. Councilor Vandiver. Yes. Councilor Williams. Yes. President Freeman. Yes. That motion passes. ID number 2026-1165, an appropriation from free cash account 01-324001 to the planning department, number 175, in the amount of $70,000 to hire a consultant for technical assistance to update the downtown parking study.

▶ 42:42 Devin Romanul: Mr. President, this comes to us from the Appropriations and Oversight Committee with a recommendation of ought not to pass, and at this time I'll make a motion to reject this appropriation. Second.

▶ 42:51 Bradley Freeman: Motion to reject this appropriation is made by Councilor Romanul, seconded by Councilor Finocchiaro. Just for clarification for the members, in this case, a yes vote would be to vote down the order, a yes vote would be to continue to support the order. Yeah. A no vote. No, a no vote. I'm sorry. A yes vote would be to vote down the order. Nice try. A no vote would be offering support for the order. Thank you. It's still early. On discussion.

▶ 43:19 Speaker 4: Seeing none, Madam Clerk.

▶ 43:21 Speaker 1: Council Chen? Yes. Council Finocchiaro? Yes. Council Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor Karamcheti?

▶ 43:31 Speaker 5: Yes.

▶ 43:33 Speaker 1: Councilor Kowal? Yes. Councilor Brembsky? No. Councilor Park? Yes. Councilor Romanul? Yes. Councilor Vandiver?

▶ 43:44 Speaker 6: Yes.

▶ 43:46 Speaker 1: Councilor Williams?

▶ 43:48 Speaker 2: Yes.

▶ 43:49 Speaker 1: President Freeman? No. That motion passes.

▶ 43:55 Bradley Freeman: That motion passes, and that item is not approved.