CALL TO ORDER
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Appropriations & Oversight Committee Monday, August 10, 2026, 7:30 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 Chair Romanul at 7:44 PM Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Kim Vandiver Vice Chair Present Jason Chen At-Large
Transcript
▶ 46:03 Bradley Freeman: Point of order. We do have an appropriations meeting that's supposed to start about 7:30, so I'm making a motion for a brief recess to allow ANO to start, and then we can resume this conversation.
▶ 46:12 Speaker 4: Second.
▶ 46:14 Speaker 2: All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay.
▶ 46:21 Devin Romanul: Good evening. The time is 7:44 on Monday, August 10th. This is a meeting of the Appropriations and Oversight Committee. My name is Devin Romanul. I'm the chair. I'm joined this evening by Vice Chair Vandiver, Councilors Chen, Jamaluddin, Karemčadi, Kowal, Obremski, Park, and President Freeman. This serves as a notice of quorum for the record. In accordance with open meeting law, this meeting is being broadcast live on MMTV. At this time, I'll motion by unanimous consent to approve without reading the minutes from our most recent convening. Seeing no objection, those minutes are now approved. I'll now motion by unanimous consent to open the floor for public comment. Seeing no objections, we are now open for public comment. This is a moment for members of the audience and the general public to comment on any issues on our agenda. Also, other issues are welcome. Commentary on other issues is welcome as well. Does anyone here wish to testify for public comment?