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APPRO-2025-8 : An Appropriation from Free Cash (account 01-324001) in the amount of $34,847 to Essex Agricultural and Minuteman Technical High School for one additional student and a special education assessment.

Passed · OUGHT TO PASS [10 TO 0] Yes: Cal Finocchiaro, Ward Hamilton, Manjula Karamcheti, John Obremski, Devin Romanul, Robb Stewart, Kimberly Vandiver, Ryan Williams, Leila Migliorelli, Mark Garipay. Absent: Maya Jamaleddine.

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APPRO-2025-8 Appropriation City of Melrose Page 1 5/12/2025 12:10 PM Minutes Appropriations & Oversight Committee April 14, 2025 An Appropriation from Free Cash (account 01-324001) in the amount of $34,847 to Essex Agricultural and Minuteman Technical High School for one additional student and a special education assessment. Ought to Pass City Council

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▶ 1:16:37 Mark Garipay: Wow. Going all the way back. ID 1 2 5 7 5. An appropriation for free cash account. 1 0 1 3 2 4 0 0 1 in the amount of $34,847 to Essex Agricultural and Minuteman Technical High School for one additional student in a, in special Education assessment.

▶ 1:16:58 Speaker 1: Sue? So for this, for Essic Agricultural, um, the appropriation re requested is $7,347. Um, and that's just a difference in what we projected as far as the programs. And, um, we were assessed as special education assessment. And then the second part of that, after we sent down the fiscal 2025 budget last year, we were notified that a student had been accepted to Minuteman, um, in Lexington. And so that tuition is 27,500.

▶ 1:17:36 Speaker 5: Okay. Thank you. Mm-hmm. Councilor Ro,

▶ 1:17:40 Cal Finocchiaro: Uh, make a motion to recommend.

▶ 1:17:42 Mark Garipay: Second, we have a motion to recommend by Councilor Ro, second by Councilor on discussion.

▶ 1:17:51 Speaker 5: Um, councilor Hamilton. Sorry. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Golden. Yep.

▶ 1:17:55 Ward Hamilton: Um, do you know offhand how many students we have at Essex? Aggie, and how many we have at Minuteman Tech, by chance? Yes.

▶ 1:18:01 Speaker 1: So, Essex Agricultural, um, we have eight and Minute Man is the one student.

▶ 1:18:07 Speaker 5: Thank you. Thank you. Nothing else?

▶ 1:18:11 Mark Garipay: Anyone, uh, anyone else looking to ask questions? CNN Madam Clerk, can you please call the role

▶ 1:18:18 Speaker 1: Councilor Ro? Yes. Councilor Hamilton? Yes. Councilor Karen Chetty? Yes. Cremsky? Yes. Councilor Romanul? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Vanderberg? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. President Elli? Yes. Chair Garipay? Yes. Motion passes.