MINUTES APPROVAL
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Minutes original PDF
Status Arrived Kim Vandiver Vice Chair Present Jason Chen At-Large Present Cal Finocchiaro Ward 6 Absent Maya Jamaleddine At-Large Present Manjula Karamcheti Ward 1 Absent Elizabeth Kowal At-Large Present John Obremski Ward 2 Present Christopher Park Ward 3 Absent Ryan Williams At-Large Present William Bradley Freeman President, Ex Officio Present Member Devin Romanul Chair Present II. MINUTES APPROVAL A. Appropriations & Oversight Committee Meeting August 10, 2026 7:30 PM 1 Motion to Approve the minutes by unanimous consent without reading made by Chair Romanul All were in favor and motion passed RESULTS: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Jason Chen, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams NAYS: None ABSENT: Cal Finocchiaro, Manjula Karamcheti, Christopher Park III. PUBLIC COMMENT When: Aug 17, 2026 07:15 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: Appropriations & Oversight Committee Meeting Join from PC, Mac, iPad, or Android: https://cityofmelrose- org.zoom.us/j/99009691652?pwd=NsypvUDSBLvp2YhRrLHdzz4aGDSTYZ.1 Passcode:347313 Webinar ID: 990 0969 1652 Motion to Open public comment made by Chair Romanul at 7:17 pm There were no comments on the floor or via Zoom Motion to Close public comment made by Chair Romanul at 7:18 pm IV. GRANTS
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▶ 0:27 Devin Romanul: This serves as a notice of quorum for the record. In accordance with the Open Meeting Law, this meeting is being broadcast and recorded live on MMTV. At this time, I'll motion by unanimous consent to approve without reading the minutes for our most recent meeting on Monday, August 10th. Seeing no objection, those minutes are now approved. I'll now motion by unanimous consent to open the floor for public comment. Seeing no objection, we are now open for public comment. This is the portion of the meeting where members of the public may comment on any items on tonight's agenda, and comments on other viewpoints or other matters not on the agenda are also welcome. Do we have anybody here for public comment?