Acceptance of Fiscal 2026 Local Cultural Council Allocation
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A. (ID # 2025-867): Acceptance of Fiscal 2026 Local Cultural Council Allocation Motion to Recommend to full council made by Councilor Williams Seconded by Councilor Karamcheti All were in favor and motion passed RESULTS: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] TO: City Council AYES: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Manjula Karamcheti, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams NAYS: None ABSENT: Maya Jamaleddine
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▶ 38:53 Devin Romanul: Public comment. Seeing none, we are now closed. Alright. First on our agenda this evening, ID number 20 25 8 6 7. Acceptance of fiscal 2026 Local cultural council allocation. Joining us is member of the administration. Good evening.
▶ 39:10 Speaker 7: Hi. Good evening, counselors. I'm Lauren Grig, chief of Staff. Nice to see returning counselors and welcome to the new ones as well. Um, so before you is the annual allocation from the Massachusetts Cultural Council that every city in town receives, um, for arts and culture. So our annual allocation this year, um, is just under $17,000. I think it's 16,800, which is the same as last year. And we have our local Melrose Cultural Council Committee that, um, does a lot of grant making and gives this money out to Melrose Nonprofits and individuals to put on programs like the opening doors, concert, things that happen, you know, at the BB Estate Open Studios tour. Um, lots of different free community events throughout the year. Um, chamber of Commerce, summer stroll. So these organizations, it's a, it's a grant opportunity for these organizations to help fund a lot of the programs and events that we all attend throughout the year.
▶ 40:06 Devin Romanul: Thank you so much. Any members have any questions? Councillor Williams. Motion to approve. Second motion to approve by Councillor Williams. Seconded by, uh, Councillor Karen Shady on discussion. All in favor? Aye. Aye. All those opposed the ayes haven't. Thank you so much. Thank you. Also note for the record, we're joined by Councillor Reky. Good evening. Good evening. How you doing? Pretty well. How are you? Good. Good. Thank you. Alright. Second on our agenda tonight, ID number 2025. 8 6 8 acceptance of municipal a DA improvement grant.