Appropriations & Oversight Committee — 2026-05-14

Appropriations & Oversight Committee-Budget Hearing

Attendance

Jason Chen present · At-Large; Cal Finocchiaro present · Ward 6; Bradley Freeman present · President, Ex Officio; Maya Jamaleddine present, 7:12 PM · At-Large; Manjula Karamcheti present, 7:03 PM · Ward 1; Elizabeth Kowal present · At-Large; John Obremski present · Ward 2; Christopher Park present · Ward 3; Kimberly Vandiver present · Vice Chair; Ryan Williams present · At-Large

Agenda

CALL TO ORDER (0:01)
Attendees (0:14)
MINUTES APPROVAL (0:25)
PUBLIC COMMENT (0:38)
DEPARTMENT BUDGET PRESENTATIONS (1:23)
Department Presenter 165 Liquor Commission 540 Beebe Estate 2750 Beebe Estate Revolving Account 542 Commission on Women 544 Human Rights Commission 545 Commission on Disability (3:48)
APPROPRIATIONS (52:38)
An Appropriation in the amount of $126,652,797 to fund the Fiscal Year 2027 General Fund Operating Budget. (52:47)
ORDINANCES (53:34)
Reauthorization of the revolving fund table for Fiscal Year 2027. (53:42)
ADJOURNMENT (54:46)

Minutes

Appropriations & Oversight Committee Thursday, May 14, 2026, 7:00 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 7:00 PM Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Kim Vandiver Vice Chair Present Jason Chen At-Large Present Cal Finocchiaro Ward 6 Present Maya Jamaleddine At-Large Present 7:12 PM Manjula Karamcheti Ward 1 Present 7:03 PM Elizabeth Kowal At-Large Present John Obremski Ward 2 Present Christopher Park Ward 3 Present Ryan Williams At-Large Present William Bradley Freeman President, Ex Officio Present Member Devin Romanul Chair Present II. MINUTES APPROVAL 1 Appropriations & Oversight Committee Meeting May 4, 2026 7:00 PM Motion to Approve the minutes by unanimous consent made by Chair Romanul Minutes were approved RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] 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 (arrived late) III. PUBLIC COMMENT When: May 14, 2026 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: Appropriations & Oversight Committee Meeting Join from PC, Mac, iPad, or Android: https://cityofmelrose- org.zoom.us/j/93370046088?pwd=k7U4duAhOPQTNrssZW6Gego5yel3aK.1 Passcode:724263 Webinar ID: 933 7004 6088 Motion to Open public comment made by Chair Romanul at 7:01 PM There were no comments on the floor or via Zoom Motion to Close public comment made by Chair Romanul at 7:01 PM IV. DEPARTMENT BUDGET PRESENTATIONS A. Department Presenter 165 Liquor Commission 540 Beebe Estate 2750 Beebe Estate Revolving Account 542 Commission on Women 544 Human Rights Commission 545 Commission on Disability Chair Romanul stated that tonight is the first hearing for the fiscal year 2027 budget, spanning from July 1st of this year to June 30th of 2027. The mayor has assembled and submitted a budget for the 2 City Council's consideration in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the City of Melrose. That budget has been referred to this committee, the Committee of the Whole of the Appropriations and Oversight Committee, for consideration over the course of 9 hearings over the next 2 months. In terms of process, we have the power as a city council to either affirm each individual department's budget, reduce that number, or zero out that number. Those are the only choices that we as a body have. In terms of hearing structures, you'll see each individual department head or sometimes a representative of a board or commission come before us and give a brief opening statement. They have submitted policy memos to us for our consideration, and we have an opportunity to have a question and answer period before you all. Our schedule is online and at our next meeting on Monday, the mayor and the CFO will be joining us and giving an overview of the fiscal environment and the overall budget. Councilor Williams shared that the detailed budget spreadsheets are in the agenda portal as a MUNIS spreadsheet. It provides detailed analysis on what the actual expenses were for the last few years, what the projected expenses were, what the mayor is requesting for 2027, and what percent change that represents. Department 165 Liquor Commission Joe Nevin, Chair, provided an update on the commission's activities, which is attached to these minutes. This past year they brought in new restaurants (Bangkok Thai, Table 4, Big Fin Poke) and, in retail, Franklin Market. They've had the farmer's market and multiple one-day events and issue about 25 to 40 one-day permits annually. Their priorities for the coming year are to review the current Liquor Licensing Commission general rules and regulations, evaluate what changes could be made to them, and then set up a plan for that. And also to review the current fees and compare them to the surrounding communities. There will be a website update as well. Council praised the commission's work in expanding alcohol sales and events in Melrose. Motion to Move the Bottom Line made by Councilor Finocchiaro Seconded by Councilor Williams All were in favor and motion passed RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] 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 Jalameddine (arrived late) Department 540 Beebe Estate Jessica Rowcroft McKenna, Treasurer, gave updates on the Beebe Estate which are provided in the attached document. This involved recent maintenance work including a new master lock and key system and exterior repainting. Gutter work will be required in the future. Discussion focused on expanding event rentals to generate more revenue for future projects, with roughly $15,000 generated in the FY26 so far. Motion to Move the Bottom Line made by Councilor Finocchiaro Seconded by Councilor Vandiver 3 All were in favor and motion passed RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] 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 (arrived late) Department 2750 Beebe Estate Revolving Account Jessica Rowdcroft McKenna stated that the revolving account is used for Beebe Estate much larger capital needs. The city budget is used to cover utilities and also some smaller needs, like the master lock and key system. And we did some interior painting this year as well, which was covered by the city budget. It was noted that the Revolving Fund cap is $30,000 annually, and there are no salaries paid from this fund. Motion to Approve/Move the Bottom Line made by Councilor Williams Seconded by Councilor Finocchiaro All were in favor and motion passed RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Manjula Karamcheti, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams NAYS: None Department 542 Commission on Women Allie Goldberg, Co-Chair, provided an update on the commission, which is in the attached document. She reported on their activities focusing on women's health, including workshops on brain health and nutrition, and plans for future events in partnership with the Melrose Y. The Commission requested modest funds to support their community outreach efforts, noting they have operated without a budget by relying on donated time and resources. Additional funds would help increase foot traffic, explore new venues, and reach a broader audience, especially younger and older residents, to spread their views on and support of feminism, with the goal of engaging all residents of Melrose. It was suggested to add events targeting younger residents and to continue the podcast series highlighting women in Melrose. The mayor's request for this year is $2,500, up from $1,000 in 2025. Motion to Approve the Bottom Line made by Coucilor Williams Seconded by Councilor Finocchiaro All were in favor and motion passed RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Manjula Karamcheti, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams NAYS: None 4 Department 544 Human Rights Commission Josh Shortlidge, Chair, Jay Stapp, Treasurer and Lizzy Barr, Member (remote attendance) presented the accomplishments and goals of the commission, which are in the attached memo. They outlined recent activities including distributing Know Your Rights cards and resource guides, and discussed priorities for the upcoming year, including strengthening community engagement and partnerships with local organizations. The Human Rights Commission currently has 7 vacancies out of a possible 9 positions. They discussed their recruitment process and outreach efforts in Melrose. Lizzy explained that applications are accepted via email with a resume and letter of intent to the Human Rights Commission inbox, which are then forwarded to the Mayor's office. The commission plans to focus on distributing Know Your Rights cards, organizing training sessions, and supporting community events like MLK Day of Service and World Culture Fair. Councilor Kowal mentioned a potential partnership with Pathways to Restorative Communities to bring different community groups together, while Councilor Williams expressed support for the commission's work and suggested considering surveillance as part of future policy initiatives, including cameras in schools, and the importance of community reporting without causing fear. Lizzy explained the MHRC's support for the Roosevelt World Culture Fair, including purchasing items like passport books and distributing MHRC materials. Motion to Move the Bottom Line made by Councilor Finocchiaro Seconded by Councilor Karamcheti All were in favor and motion passed RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Manjula Karamcheti, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams NAYS: None Department 545 Commission on Disability Gary Hale, chair of the Commission on Disability, presented their accomplishments which are in the attached memo and include securing a $171,000 ADA Improvement Grant for accessibility improvements in three elementary schools and developing a guide for community organizations to welcome people with disabilities. An initiative that we just began this spring is working with the high school Special Education department and the Chamber of Commerce to bring students with disabilities together with community businesses to establish work opportunities work experiences for them. They will continue with the Disability Pride Event this year. They brought in a resource to work with the city on website accessibility, which must be met by April 2027, and they offered their assistance in meeting that target. They need to reach out and be better connected to the disability community to inform them of the resources. Councilor Williams shared that they do a lot with $1,400, which will increase to $2,500. He has seen Gary more than almost any other commission member of any commission in the city. He is everywhere, always working, and always takes on what must be a daunting and maybe sometimes dispiriting task as a person with disabilities navigating a world that is not designed for them. He does it with a lot of kindness and positivity and optimism, and he really appreciates that. He said thank you to Gary, and to every single individual member of the Commission on Disability for the excellent work that they've done for a very new commission. He wished that he could get more money, and hopes in the future that that's the case. Motion to Move the Bottom Line made by Councilor Finocchiaro Seconded by Councilor Karamcheti 5 All were in favor and motion passed RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Manjula Karamcheti, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams NAYS: None V. APPROPRIATIONS

A. (ID # 2026-1208): An Appropriation in the amount of $126,652,797 to fund the Fiscal Year 2027 General Fund Operating Budget. Motion to Hold in Committee made by Councilor Williams Seconded by Councilor Vandiver All were in favor and motion passed RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Manjula Karamcheti, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver, Ryan Williams NAYS: None VI. ORDINANCES

A. (ID # 2026-1212): Reauthorization of the revolving fund table for Fiscal Year 2027. in Committee made by Councilor Vandiver Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Manjula Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Vandiver, Ryan Williams by unanimous consent made by Chair Romanul at 7:55 PM favor and meeting was adjourned 6 CITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 62,887.48 72,595.00 72,595.00 57,287.90 72,595.00 73,746.00 1.6% 62,887.48 72,595.00 72,595.00 57,287.90 72,595.00 73,746.00 1.6% 2,302.00 300.00 300.00 1,910.00 300.00 3,000.00 900.0% 206.00 700.00 700.00 790.00 700.00 700.00 .0% 11,000.00 11,000.00 11,000.00 9,737.46 11,000.00 12,000.00 9.1% 13,508.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 12,437.46 12,000.00 15,700.00 30.8% 76,395.48 84,595.00 84,595.00 69,725.36 84,595.00 89,446.00 5.7% Page 1 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 335,222.26 345,726.00 345,726.00 296,506.71 345,726.00 377,019.00 9.1% 335,222.26 345,726.00 345,726.00 296,506.71 345,726.00 377,019.00 9.1% 456.76 750.00 750.00 584.64 998.00 750.00 .0% 7,026.69 7,000.00 7,000.00 6,063.19 7,000.00 7,000.00 .0% .00 9,000.00 9,000.00 9,000.00 9,000.00 12,000.00 33.3% 486.90 4,000.00 4,000.00 9,029.05 9,500.00 6,000.00 50.0% 7,970.35 20,750.00 20,750.00 24,676.88 26,498.00 25,750.00 24.1% 22,828.00 24,500.00 24,500.00 23,780.00 24,500.00 24,500.00 .0% 3,540.00 2,250.00 2,250.00 763.16 2,250.00 2,250.00 .0% 26,368.00 26,750.00 26,750.00 24,543.16 26,750.00 26,750.00 .0% 369,560.61 393,226.00 393,226.00 345,726.75 398,974.00 429,519.00 9.2% Page 2 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 386,437.15 407,422.00 407,422.00 347,802.58 407,422.00 343,703.00 -15.6% 386,437.15 407,422.00 407,422.00 347,802.58 407,422.00 343,703.00 -15.6% 69,170.00 80,165.00 80,165.00 79,337.50 80,165.00 84,000.00 4.8% 11,800.00 11,800.00 11,800.00 10,777.55 11,800.00 42,702.00 261.9% 80,970.00 91,965.00 91,965.00 90,115.05 91,965.00 126,702.00 37.8% 225.00 600.00 600.00 500.00 600.00 1,000.00 66.7% 2,527.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 150.00 1,000.00 2,000.00 100.0% 2,752.00 1,600.00 1,600.00 650.00 1,600.00 3,000.00 87.5% 470,159.15 500,987.00 500,987.00 438,567.63 500,987.00 473,405.00 -5.5% Page 3 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 244,040.09 256,712.00 256,712.00 220,689.14 256,712.00 272,319.00 6.1% 244,040.09 256,712.00 256,712.00 220,689.14 256,712.00 272,319.00 6.1% 250.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 .0% 1,029.04 1,000.00 1,000.00 35.14 1,000.00 1,000.00 .0% 298.05 300.00 300.00 300.00 300.00 300.00 .0% 3,327.75 15,900.00 15,900.00 30,793.16 31,507.99 15,900.00 .0% 103,082.75 103,500.00 103,500.00 138,353.75 138,559.01 108,675.00 5.0% 107,987.59 120,950.00 120,950.00 169,732.05 171,617.00 126,125.00 4.3% 181.70 200.00 200.00 192.02 200.00 200.00 .0% 181.70 200.00 200.00 192.02 200.00 200.00 .0% 695.00 700.00 700.00 694.00 700.00 700.00 .0% 6,339.01 3,000.00 3,000.00 1,795.00 3,000.00 6,000.00 100.0% 7,034.01 3,700.00 3,700.00 2,489.00 3,700.00 6,700.00 81.1% 359,243.39 381,562.00 381,562.00 393,102.21 432,229.00 405,344.00 6.2% Page 4 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 419,478.42 441,481.00 441,481.00 381,753.01 441,481.00 532,737.00 20.7% 419,478.42 441,481.00 441,481.00 381,753.01 441,481.00 532,737.00 20.7% 9,720.05 20,000.00 20,000.00 4,713.77 20,000.00 16,250.00 -18.8% 69,472.33 60,000.00 60,000.00 55,082.77 60,000.00 55,000.00 -8.3% 1,470.00 1,400.00 1,400.00 1,544.00 1,400.00 1,400.00 .0% 1,210.94 1,215.00 1,215.00 300.00 1,215.00 2,000.00 64.6% 880.39 1,260.00 1,260.00 1,105.00 1,639.61 3,500.00 177.8% 17,788.31 14,848.00 14,848.00 3,937.59 15,961.75 15,000.00 1.0% 100,542.02 98,723.00 98,723.00 66,683.13 100,216.36 93,150.00 -5.6% 265.00 165.00 165.00 485.00 165.00 475.00 187.9% 1,073.13 1,500.00 1,500.00 845.09 1,500.00 2,000.00 33.3% 2,000.00 2,075.00 2,075.00 2,000.00 2,075.00 2,000.00 -3.6% 3,338.13 3,740.00 3,740.00 3,330.09 3,740.00 4,475.00 19.7% 523,358.57 543,944.00 543,944.00 451,766.23 545,437.36 630,362.00 15.9% Page 5 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 165,764.98 148,603.00 148,603.00 128,598.75 148,603.00 171,959.00 15.7% 114,306.22 119,475.00 119,475.00 103,496.50 119,475.00 123,061.00 3.0% 280,071.20 268,078.00 268,078.00 232,095.25 268,078.00 295,020.00 10.1% 451.14 1,200.00 1,200.00 205.00 3,410.00 1,200.00 .0% 33,104.27 30,000.00 30,000.00 10,332.90 31,790.00 30,000.00 .0% 33,555.41 31,200.00 31,200.00 10,537.90 35,200.00 31,200.00 .0% 357.00 500.00 500.00 407.00 500.00 500.00 .0% 3,322.00 3,850.00 3,850.00 3,816.00 4,454.00 4,152.00 7.8% 3,679.00 4,350.00 4,350.00 4,223.00 4,954.00 4,652.00 6.9% 1,300.00 2,730.00 2,730.00 1,270.00 2,730.00 2,500.00 -8.4% 1,932.09 3,000.00 3,000.00 1,680.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 .0% 807,504.40 884,112.00 884,112.00 891,383.40 889,764.00 968,715.00 9.6% 12,013.07 10,000.00 10,000.00 2,054.97 10,000.00 60,000.00 500.0% 822,749.56 899,842.00 899,842.00 896,388.37 905,494.00 1,034,215.00 14.9% 1,140,055.17 1,203,470.00 1,203,470.00 1,143,244.52 1,213,726.00 1,365,087.00 13.4% Page 6 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 156,945.53 164,061.00 164,061.00 145,536.92 164,061.00 200,629.00 22.3% 156,945.53 164,061.00 164,061.00 145,536.92 164,061.00 200,629.00 22.3% 5,999.67 .00 8,000.00 12,653.84 10,357.75 8,000.00 .0% 96.96 100.00 100.00 91.00 100.00 100.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 10,000.00 .00 10,000.00 .0% 6,096.63 100.00 8,100.00 22,744.84 10,457.75 18,100.00 123.5% 539.00 519.00 519.00 574.00 519.00 519.00 .0% 242.99 500.00 500.00 90.00 500.00 500.00 .0% 15,129.00 .00 12,000.00 10,790.00 10,253.00 12,000.00 .0% 15,910.99 1,019.00 13,019.00 11,454.00 11,272.00 13,019.00 .0% 178,953.15 165,180.00 185,180.00 179,735.76 185,790.75 231,748.00 25.1% Page 7 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 390,639.04 410,358.00 410,358.00 337,308.93 410,358.00 425,211.00 3.6% 390,639.04 410,358.00 410,358.00 337,308.93 410,358.00 425,211.00 3.6% 156,475.53 100,000.00 100,000.00 80,749.54 128,788.95 100,000.00 .0% 13,877.41 12,000.00 12,000.00 4,199.59 16,199.59 12,000.00 .0% 34,999.29 29,280.00 29,280.00 32,920.10 33,919.58 29,280.00 .0% 2,900.00 .00 .00 .00 2,100.00 .00 .0% 123,833.50 130,343.00 130,343.00 131,241.67 132,343.00 136,860.00 5.0% 245,353.97 265,491.00 265,491.00 289,562.90 300,377.14 288,766.00 8.8% 6,867.13 7,417.00 7,417.00 7,317.11 7,417.00 7,417.00 .0% 3,362.80 10,000.00 10,000.00 .00 10,000.00 10,000.00 .0% 16,067.51 9,180.00 9,180.00 5,789.80 9,180.00 9,180.00 .0% 106,251.87 105,000.00 105,000.00 120,139.76 123,882.32 105,000.00 .0% 709,989.01 668,711.00 668,711.00 671,920.47 764,207.58 698,503.00 4.5% 3,482.09 2,000.00 2,000.00 1,983.18 2,000.00 .00 -100.0% 3,482.09 2,000.00 2,000.00 1,983.18 2,000.00 .00 -100.0% 800.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 1,565.00 3,900.00 2,500.00 .0% 800.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 1,565.00 3,900.00 2,500.00 .0% 555,609.39 .00 525,000.00 614,969.95 226,600.61 525,000.00 .0% 555,609.39 .00 525,000.00 614,969.95 226,600.61 525,000.00 .0% 1,660,519.53 1,083,569.00 1,608,569.00 1,627,747.53 1,407,066.19 1,651,214.00 2.7% Page 8 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 253,637.53 293,212.00 293,212.00 261,316.59 293,212.00 301,754.00 2.9% 8,791.07 11,400.00 11,400.00 1,944.26 11,400.00 11,400.00 .0% 262,428.60 304,612.00 304,612.00 263,260.85 304,612.00 313,154.00 2.8% -26.07 1,500.00 1,500.00 1,144.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 .0% 3,377.03 3,000.00 3,000.00 2,313.44 3,000.00 3,000.00 .0% 1,523.45 1,700.00 1,700.00 1,000.00 1,700.00 1,700.00 .0% .00 10,000.00 10,000.00 .00 10,000.00 17,915.00 79.2% 7,912.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 8,156.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 .0% 12,786.41 26,200.00 26,200.00 12,613.44 26,200.00 34,115.00 30.2% 2,716.51 5,000.00 5,000.00 1,767.05 5,000.00 5,000.00 .0% 2,716.51 5,000.00 5,000.00 1,767.05 5,000.00 5,000.00 .0% 615.00 700.00 700.00 455.00 700.00 700.00 .0% 885.60 4,000.00 4,000.00 620.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 .0% 20.00 75.00 75.00 .00 75.00 75.00 .0% 1,520.60 4,775.00 4,775.00 1,075.00 4,775.00 4,775.00 .0% 279,452.12 340,587.00 340,587.00 278,716.34 340,587.00 357,044.00 4.8% Page 9 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 3,805.10 4,569.00 4,569.00 2,953.40 4,569.00 4,569.00 .0% 80,587.83 55,000.00 55,000.00 30,562.40 55,000.00 55,000.00 .0% 84,392.93 59,569.00 59,569.00 33,515.80 59,569.00 59,569.00 .0% 16,966.64 13,000.00 13,000.00 27,951.88 13,000.00 13,000.00 .0% 8,101.83 11,000.00 11,000.00 8,623.77 11,000.00 11,000.00 .0% 15,864.50 16,000.00 16,000.00 14,642.06 20,000.00 16,000.00 .0% 8,089.46 10,000.00 10,000.00 2,173.65 10,000.00 10,000.00 .0% 49,022.43 50,000.00 50,000.00 53,391.36 54,000.00 50,000.00 .0% 1,377.55 3,000.00 3,000.00 2,795.41 3,000.00 3,000.00 .0% 1,377.55 3,000.00 3,000.00 2,795.41 3,000.00 3,000.00 .0% 25.00 200.00 200.00 .00 200.00 200.00 .0% .00 1,000.00 1,000.00 .00 1,000.00 1,000.00 .0% 25.00 1,200.00 1,200.00 .00 1,200.00 1,200.00 .0% 134,817.91 113,769.00 113,769.00 89,702.57 117,769.00 113,769.00 .0% Page 10 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 387.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 .00 1,000.00 1,000.00 .0% .00 1,000.00 1,000.00 .00 1,000.00 1,000.00 .0% 387.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 .00 2,000.00 2,000.00 .0% 387.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 .00 2,000.00 2,000.00 .0% Page 11 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE & COMMUNITY DEVELOP 375,298.16 374,802.00 374,802.00 324,105.56 374,802.00 385,654.00 2.9% 375,298.16 374,802.00 374,802.00 324,105.56 374,802.00 385,654.00 2.9% 880.00 880.00 880.00 399.00 880.00 880.00 .0% 1,280.00 1,280.00 1,280.00 555.34 1,280.00 1,280.00 .0% 9,053.42 14,000.00 14,000.00 4,946.58 18,946.58 14,000.00 .0% 471.78 .00 .00 .00 .00 2,500.00 .0% 11,685.20 16,160.00 16,160.00 5,900.92 21,106.58 18,660.00 15.5% 3,000.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 .00 .00 .00 .0% 1,654.40 1,925.00 1,925.00 1,719.80 1,925.00 1,925.00 .0% 2,400.67 2,455.00 2,455.00 1,275.28 2,455.00 2,455.00 .0% 7,055.07 6,880.00 6,880.00 2,995.08 4,380.00 4,380.00 -36.3% .00 .00 .00 60,000.00 .00 .00 .0% 25,000.00 .00 .00 100,000.00 100,000.00 .00 .0% 25,000.00 .00 .00 160,000.00 100,000.00 .00 .0% 419,038.43 397,842.00 397,842.00 493,001.56 500,288.58 408,694.00 2.7% Page 12 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 5,101,716.77 5,182,115.00 5,336,191.00 4,402,182.37 5,182,115.00 5,670,660.00 6.3% 623,440.40 457,900.00 457,900.00 361,766.42 457,900.00 457,900.00 .0% 164,869.56 125,000.00 125,000.00 188,677.64 125,000.00 150,000.00 20.0% 17,503.10 26,000.00 26,000.00 15,109.48 26,000.00 26,000.00 .0% 5,907,529.83 5,791,015.00 5,945,091.00 4,967,735.91 5,791,015.00 6,304,560.00 6.0% 1,942.12 2,540.00 2,540.00 1,099.75 2,560.00 2,540.00 .0% 814.60 3,750.00 3,750.00 3,397.33 3,750.00 3,750.00 .0% 802.50 800.00 800.00 653.40 925.00 800.00 .0% 839.50 1,240.00 1,240.00 839.50 1,240.00 1,240.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .0% 48,145.30 60,000.00 60,000.00 47,515.72 60,000.00 67,785.00 13.0% 22,555.74 20,000.00 20,000.00 18,080.03 20,000.00 20,000.00 .0% 10,540.16 10,000.00 10,000.00 9,040.65 10,025.00 10,000.00 .0% 85,639.92 98,330.00 98,330.00 80,626.38 98,500.00 106,115.00 7.9% 281.20 2,500.00 2,500.00 344.87 2,500.00 2,500.00 .0% 617.98 590.00 590.00 547.11 590.00 590.00 .0% 3,406.25 2,969.00 2,969.00 848.33 3,033.46 6,000.00 102.1% 1,316.40 5,000.00 5,000.00 .00 5,000.00 5,000.00 .0% 3,220.00 3,900.00 3,900.00 .00 3,900.00 .00 -100.0% 493.44 800.00 800.00 356.00 800.00 800.00 .0% 233.39 500.00 500.00 201.37 500.00 500.00 .0% 97,581.11 73,000.00 73,000.00 60,738.36 73,400.00 73,000.00 .0% 2,023.12 2,500.00 2,500.00 794.46 2,500.00 2,500.00 .0% 15,150.58 12,500.00 12,500.00 2,141.14 12,500.00 12,500.00 .0% 124,323.47 104,259.00 104,259.00 65,971.64 104,723.46 103,390.00 -.8% 9,699.77 10,000.00 10,000.00 8,302.15 10,000.00 10,000.00 .0% .00 .00 46,134.00 46,134.00 .00 46,134.00 .0% 12,820.08 13,500.00 13,500.00 12,365.00 13,500.00 14,000.00 3.7% 24,511.80 20,000.00 20,000.00 15,124.24 20,794.00 20,000.00 .0% 47,031.65 43,500.00 89,634.00 81,925.39 44,294.00 90,134.00 .6% .00 .00 .00 90,000.00 .00 .00 .0% Page 13 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE .00 .00 .00 16,000.00 .00 .00 .0% .00 .00 .00 106,000.00 .00 .00 .0% 6,164,524.87 6,037,104.00 6,237,314.00 5,302,259.32 6,038,532.46 6,604,199.00 5.9% Page 14 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 4,877,556.39 5,201,301.00 5,201,301.00 4,501,854.16 5,201,301.00 5,328,184.00 2.4% 1,635,358.72 489,300.00 489,300.00 719,982.70 489,300.00 513,500.00 4.9% 12,012.88 11,500.00 11,500.00 12,253.40 11,500.00 11,500.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .0% 6,524,927.99 5,702,101.00 5,702,101.00 5,234,090.26 5,702,101.00 5,853,184.00 2.6% 173.10 250.00 250.00 45.50 250.00 250.00 .0% 14,210.75 10,900.00 10,900.00 6,546.18 11,946.00 15,000.00 37.6% 128,317.88 80,000.00 80,000.00 65,446.51 80,000.00 100,000.00 25.0% 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 .0% 9,279.25 10,000.00 10,000.00 1,014.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 .0% 39,328.14 50,000.00 50,000.00 43,360.12 55,000.00 40,000.00 -20.0% 196,309.12 156,150.00 156,150.00 121,412.31 162,196.00 170,250.00 9.0% 1,070.73 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .0% 3,651.75 3,000.00 3,000.00 2,380.20 3,000.00 4,000.00 33.3% .00 25,000.00 25,000.00 7,840.45 25,000.00 10,000.00 -60.0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .0% 766.73 4,500.00 4,500.00 4,500.00 4,500.00 4,500.00 .0% 670.06 750.00 750.00 469.73 750.00 2,000.00 166.7% 8,469.80 7,000.00 7,000.00 7,234.95 7,000.00 7,500.00 7.1% 2,199.26 1,000.00 1,000.00 242.81 1,000.00 1,000.00 .0% 1,804.35 4,000.00 4,000.00 964.18 4,000.00 4,000.00 .0% 2,792.91 3,000.00 3,000.00 2,316.22 3,000.00 3,000.00 .0% 549.21 2,000.00 2,000.00 157.25 2,000.00 2,000.00 .0% 50,883.00 52,100.00 52,100.00 49,423.00 52,100.00 52,100.00 .0% .00 500.00 500.00 .00 500.00 500.00 .0% 2,252.00 2,400.00 2,400.00 2,743.00 2,400.00 2,400.00 .0% 52,034.48 .00 .00 75,000.00 75,000.00 .00 .0% 127,144.28 105,250.00 105,250.00 153,271.79 180,250.00 93,000.00 -11.6% 1,100.00 1,100.00 1,100.00 1,100.00 1,100.00 1,100.00 .0% 911.21 1,500.00 1,500.00 1,106.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 .0% Page 15 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 2,011.21 2,600.00 2,600.00 2,206.00 2,600.00 2,600.00 .0% 24,972.83 20,000.00 20,000.00 9,009.78 20,000.00 20,000.00 .0% 2,923.99 3,700.00 3,700.00 2,798.61 3,700.00 3,700.00 .0% 27,896.82 23,700.00 23,700.00 11,808.39 23,700.00 23,700.00 .0% 6,878,289.42 5,989,801.00 5,989,801.00 5,522,788.75 6,070,847.00 6,142,734.00 2.6% Page 16 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 384,056.48 406,890.00 406,890.00 341,880.37 406,890.00 416,970.00 2.5% 783.52 1,900.00 1,900.00 638.56 1,900.00 1,900.00 .0% 384,840.00 408,790.00 408,790.00 342,518.93 408,790.00 418,870.00 2.5% 43.10 325.00 325.00 250.00 325.00 400.00 23.1% 10,356.90 10,000.00 10,000.00 4,903.20 10,000.00 10,000.00 .0% 10,400.00 10,325.00 10,325.00 5,153.20 10,325.00 10,400.00 .7% .00 1,000.00 1,000.00 780.00 1,000.00 1,500.00 50.0% 396.00 750.00 750.00 .00 750.00 1,000.00 33.3% 396.00 1,750.00 1,750.00 780.00 1,750.00 2,500.00 42.9% 790.00 500.00 500.00 1,488.00 500.00 500.00 .0% 904.00 1,300.00 1,300.00 280.00 1,300.00 2,600.00 100.0% 1,694.00 1,800.00 1,800.00 1,768.00 1,800.00 3,100.00 72.2% 397,330.00 422,665.00 422,665.00 350,220.13 422,665.00 434,870.00 2.9% Page 17 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 28,080.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 8,653.95 10,000.00 10,000.00 .0% 28,080.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 8,653.95 10,000.00 10,000.00 .0% 391.28 .00 .00 970.00 970.00 .00 .0% 391.28 .00 .00 970.00 970.00 .00 .0% 810.83 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .0% 810.83 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .0% 29,282.11 10,000.00 10,000.00 9,623.95 10,970.00 10,000.00 .0% Page 18 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 15,483.00 15,931.00 15,931.00 13,668.04 15,931.00 16,333.00 2.5% 15,483.00 15,931.00 15,931.00 13,668.04 15,931.00 16,333.00 2.5% 5,031.50 6,750.00 6,750.00 1,009.50 6,750.00 6,750.00 .0% 34,999.92 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 35,000.00 .0% 12,809.89 12,000.00 12,000.00 9,947.05 12,040.65 14,000.00 16.7% 52,841.31 53,750.00 53,750.00 45,956.55 53,790.65 55,750.00 3.7% 68,324.31 69,681.00 69,681.00 59,624.59 69,721.65 72,083.00 3.4% Page 19 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE .00 42,523,875.00 46,342,675.00 .00 42,523,875.00 49,332,180.00 6.5% .00 42,523,875.00 46,342,675.00 .00 42,523,875.00 49,332,180.00 6.5% .00 42,523,875.00 46,342,675.00 .00 42,523,875.00 49,332,180.00 6.5% Page 20 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 1,619,030.00 1,951,636.00 1,951,636.00 1,951,636.00 1,951,636.00 2,066,354.00 5.9% 27,426.18 28,201.00 28,201.00 28,200.18 28,201.00 29,231.00 3.7% 184,459.00 191,310.00 191,310.00 141,961.00 191,310.00 193,731.00 1.3% 1,830,915.18 2,171,147.00 2,171,147.00 2,121,797.18 2,171,147.00 2,289,316.00 5.4% 1,830,915.18 2,171,147.00 2,171,147.00 2,121,797.18 2,171,147.00 2,289,316.00 5.4% Page 21 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE ENGINEERING 776,408.34 694,535.00 806,239.00 608,324.48 694,535.00 831,489.00 3.1% 20,361.50 .00 21,000.00 6,330.00 .00 21,000.00 .0% 1,178.00 4,000.00 7,905.00 12,070.40 4,000.00 7,905.00 .0% 797,947.84 698,535.00 835,144.00 626,724.88 698,535.00 860,394.00 3.0% 4,881.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 11,075.60 4,000.00 4,000.00 .0% 82.02 4,500.00 4,500.00 .00 4,500.00 4,500.00 .0% 694.01 4,250.00 4,250.00 1,371.40 4,250.00 4,250.00 .0% 38,133.81 45,000.00 45,000.00 120,186.83 136,731.76 45,000.00 .0% 210.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 2,192.50 1,500.00 1,500.00 .0% 4,590.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 .00 10,000.00 6,000.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 3,500.00 .0% 48,590.84 65,250.00 65,250.00 134,826.33 160,981.76 68,750.00 5.4% 4,720.61 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,672.45 5,000.00 5,000.00 .0% 1,464.09 6,000.00 6,000.00 4,562.60 6,000.00 6,000.00 .0% 25,993.26 28,000.00 28,000.00 30,739.74 28,000.00 39,015.00 39.3% 548.49 8,000.00 8,000.00 .00 8,000.00 8,000.00 .0% 32,726.45 47,000.00 47,000.00 40,974.79 47,000.00 58,015.00 23.4% 8,595.89 12,000.00 12,000.00 3,888.75 12,000.00 15,000.00 25.0% 8,595.89 12,000.00 12,000.00 3,888.75 12,000.00 15,000.00 25.0% 17,526.36 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .0% .00 .00 .00 25,000.00 .00 .00 .0% .00 .00 .00 80,000.00 .00 .00 .0% 3,871.00 .00 .00 71,129.00 71,129.00 .00 .0% .00 .00 .00 205,147.50 .00 .00 .0% .00 .00 .00 175,000.00 .00 .00 .0% 21,397.36 .00 .00 556,276.50 71,129.00 .00 .0% 909,258.38 822,785.00 959,394.00 1,362,691.25 989,645.76 1,002,159.00 4.5% Page 22 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 135,792.56 128,870.00 128,870.00 120,685.86 128,870.00 208,254.00 61.6% 66,682.50 .00 69,120.00 3,495.00 .00 69,120.00 .0% 15,143.08 15,461.00 15,461.00 13,751.65 15,461.00 15,461.00 .0% 15,012.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 14,556.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 .0% 844,902.46 877,783.00 877,783.00 709,894.43 877,783.00 823,767.00 -6.2% 364,951.37 382,744.00 437,093.00 320,856.94 382,744.00 443,980.00 1.6% 24,580.91 25,000.00 25,000.00 22,065.00 25,000.00 25,000.00 .0% 91,842.27 60,000.00 78,329.00 56,439.13 60,000.00 78,329.00 .0% 45,929.85 7,960.00 7,960.00 31,212.40 7,960.00 30,000.00 276.9% 1,604,837.00 1,522,818.00 1,664,616.00 1,292,956.41 1,522,818.00 1,718,911.00 3.3% 230,456.94 237,941.00 237,941.00 237,940.64 237,941.00 245,649.00 3.2% 8,117.22 16,621.00 16,621.00 11,882.78 28,503.78 16,621.00 .0% 74,642.58 120,000.00 120,000.00 139,692.49 120,000.00 620,000.00 416.7% 6,907.73 30,000.00 30,000.00 7,500.00 30,092.27 30,000.00 .0% 20,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 500.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 .0% 42,999.30 55,620.00 55,620.00 33,950.13 55,620.00 55,620.00 .0% 17,166.53 18,700.00 18,700.00 16,855.16 18,700.00 18,700.00 .0% 125,403.26 168,000.00 168,000.00 128,424.51 168,000.00 168,000.00 .0% 8,416.10 6,800.00 6,800.00 11,670.75 6,800.00 6,800.00 .0% 2,326.90 4,910.00 4,910.00 2,525.24 4,910.00 4,910.00 .0% 20,041.96 60,000.00 60,000.00 82,150.61 60,000.00 110,000.00 83.3% 6,388.30 .00 .00 904.17 .00 .00 .0% 20,736.58 22,200.00 22,200.00 6,900.28 22,200.00 22,200.00 .0% 9,669.53 7,500.00 7,500.00 10,542.47 7,500.00 7,500.00 .0% 34,494.67 33,300.00 33,300.00 36,057.45 33,300.00 33,300.00 .0% 19,362.11 20,000.00 20,000.00 23,043.44 23,013.89 20,000.00 .0% 31,940.47 31,800.00 31,800.00 25,642.61 31,800.00 31,800.00 .0% 3,928.34 6,900.00 6,900.00 3,029.99 6,900.00 6,900.00 .0% 4,393.59 4,250.00 4,250.00 4,497.98 4,250.00 4,250.00 .0% 18,184.95 49,440.00 49,440.00 23,647.96 49,440.00 49,440.00 .0% 34,707.26 39,000.00 39,000.00 54,932.72 39,000.00 39,000.00 .0% 959,078.87 840,000.00 840,000.00 877,387.81 840,000.00 860,000.00 2.4% 312,470.71 267,800.00 267,800.00 490,474.18 267,929.44 300,000.00 12.0% 152,839.39 236,900.00 236,900.00 29,958.81 237,224.09 236,900.00 .0% .00 25,000.00 25,000.00 .00 25,000.00 25,000.00 .0% 149,535.44 77,250.00 77,250.00 79,029.03 98,702.46 77,250.00 .0% Page 23 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 9,608.50 21,800.00 21,800.00 14,640.14 28,946.77 21,800.00 .0% 12,885.64 5,000.00 5,000.00 276.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 .0% 7,601.58 10,000.00 10,000.00 6,105.88 10,000.00 10,000.00 .0% 2,344,304.45 2,436,732.00 2,436,732.00 2,360,163.23 2,480,773.70 3,046,640.00 25.0% 8,815.14 20,000.00 20,000.00 24,097.47 23,975.50 20,000.00 .0% 13,412.99 13,750.00 13,750.00 3,915.00 13,750.00 13,750.00 .0% 470,010.74 437,750.00 437,750.00 347,432.11 464,006.00 437,750.00 .0% 78,790.50 146,000.00 146,000.00 136,769.04 146,000.00 146,000.00 .0% 113,373.28 98,000.00 98,000.00 104,129.93 98,000.00 98,000.00 .0% 684,402.65 715,500.00 715,500.00 616,343.55 745,731.50 715,500.00 .0% .00 .00 40,000.00 .00 .00 .00 .0% 75,000.00 .00 .00 100,000.00 .00 100,000.00 .0% 3,711.25 .00 4,345,052.00 3,847,983.53 .00 .00 .0% 78,711.25 .00 4,385,052.00 3,947,983.53 .00 100,000.00 -97.7% 4,712,255.35 4,675,050.00 9,201,900.00 8,217,446.72 4,749,323.20 5,581,051.00 -39.3% Page 24 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 277,736.26 297,292.00 297,292.00 252,037.18 297,292.00 393,738.00 32.4% 4,000.00 .00 4,800.00 .00 .00 4,800.00 .0% 26,544.21 27,973.00 33,737.00 16,519.78 27,973.00 33,737.00 .0% 308,280.47 325,265.00 335,829.00 268,556.96 325,265.00 432,275.00 28.7% 12,568.86 17,000.00 17,000.00 10,000.00 21,000.00 17,000.00 .0% 20,273.91 15,000.00 15,000.00 20,000.00 15,000.00 21,400.00 42.7% 27,104.46 27,500.00 27,500.00 22,849.53 29,470.00 27,500.00 .0% 58,073.29 50,000.00 60,000.00 30,000.00 50,000.00 60,000.00 .0% 30,000.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 .0% 39,130.37 62,000.00 62,000.00 68,895.00 127,386.50 62,000.00 .0% 560.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 49,115.00 68,415.00 20,000.00 .0% 27,543.84 44,725.00 44,725.00 27,787.84 58,077.84 44,725.00 .0% 27,587.03 20,100.00 20,100.00 38,149.00 55,210.00 20,100.00 .0% 52,208.85 55,000.00 55,000.00 52,000.00 55,000.00 96,000.00 74.5% 295,050.61 341,325.00 351,325.00 348,796.37 509,559.34 398,725.00 13.5% 6,604.45 8,266.00 8,266.00 5,461.00 8,266.00 8,266.00 .0% 379.61 .00 .00 .00 1,720.39 2,100.00 .0% 35,319.30 40,000.00 40,000.00 40,000.00 40,000.00 44,000.00 10.0% 1,500.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 81.89 2,500.00 2,500.00 .0% 4,255.99 7,560.00 7,560.00 3,760.00 7,560.00 7,560.00 .0% 1,000.00 2,400.00 2,400.00 800.00 2,800.00 2,400.00 .0% 15,260.47 10,000.00 10,000.00 9,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 .0% 64,319.82 70,726.00 70,726.00 59,102.89 72,846.39 76,826.00 8.6% 14,679.75 .00 50,000.00 124,115.85 110,320.25 50,000.00 .0% .00 .00 600,000.00 180,000.00 .00 600,000.00 .0% 40,914.67 .00 330,000.00 39,085.34 39,085.34 330,000.00 .0% 23,436.20 .00 250,000.00 66,563.80 66,563.80 250,000.00 .0% 79,030.62 .00 1,230,000.00 409,764.99 215,969.39 1,230,000.00 .0% 746,681.52 737,316.00 1,987,880.00 1,086,221.21 1,123,640.12 2,137,826.00 7.5% Page 25 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 217,462.29 144,125.00 144,125.00 347,787.75 144,125.00 200,000.00 38.8% 217,462.29 144,125.00 144,125.00 347,787.75 144,125.00 200,000.00 38.8% 195,196.46 273,700.00 273,700.00 544,915.83 273,700.00 274,700.00 .4% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .0% 2,794.40 2,300.00 2,300.00 2,954.38 2,300.00 2,300.00 .0% 197,990.86 276,000.00 276,000.00 547,870.21 276,000.00 277,000.00 .4% 55,020.41 15,000.00 15,000.00 60,318.15 15,000.00 15,000.00 .0% 7,165.05 2,000.00 2,000.00 5,524.44 2,000.00 2,000.00 .0% 42,773.09 30,000.00 30,000.00 104,338.92 30,000.00 30,000.00 .0% 71,949.16 35,000.00 35,000.00 94,801.58 35,000.00 35,000.00 .0% 12,114.18 2,000.00 2,000.00 16,718.70 2,000.00 2,000.00 .0% 370,524.54 237,000.00 237,000.00 428,751.15 237,000.00 237,000.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .0% .00 2,000.00 2,000.00 1,945.37 2,000.00 2,000.00 .0% 559,546.43 323,000.00 323,000.00 712,398.31 323,000.00 323,000.00 .0% 974,999.58 743,125.00 743,125.00 1,608,056.27 743,125.00 800,000.00 7.7% Page 26 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE WORKS SOLID WASTE/SANI 126,651.12 138,355.00 138,355.00 110,630.25 138,355.00 130,981.00 -5.3% 6,225.00 5,000.00 7,500.00 .00 5,000.00 7,500.00 .0% 60,804.92 38,300.00 58,000.00 37,217.99 38,300.00 58,000.00 .0% 193,681.04 181,655.00 203,855.00 147,848.24 181,655.00 196,481.00 -3.6% 45,583.47 40,000.00 40,000.00 39,451.40 40,000.00 50,000.00 25.0% 45,583.47 40,000.00 40,000.00 39,451.40 40,000.00 50,000.00 25.0% 239,264.51 221,655.00 243,855.00 187,299.64 221,655.00 246,481.00 1.1% Page 27 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 579,655.22 641,092.00 607,911.00 467,618.95 607,911.00 581,699.00 -4.3% 16,120.00 .00 24,000.00 .00 .00 24,000.00 .0% 56,894.27 40,375.00 55,900.00 38,433.06 40,375.00 55,900.00 .0% 652,669.49 681,467.00 687,811.00 506,052.01 648,286.00 661,599.00 -3.8% 20,960.00 21,500.00 154,681.00 69,278.20 54,681.00 100,000.00 -35.4% 27,230.20 30,000.00 30,000.00 17,270.39 31,230.20 30,000.00 .0% 12,000.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 8,000.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 .0% 1,474.44 6,500.00 26,500.00 13,679.52 11,239.08 26,500.00 .0% 51,260.00 50,000.00 50,000.00 57,421.00 70,690.00 68,000.00 36.0% 112,924.64 120,000.00 273,181.00 165,649.11 179,840.28 236,500.00 -13.4% 7,459.00 6,500.00 6,500.00 3,000.00 6,500.00 6,500.00 .0% 6,638.82 7,500.00 7,500.00 6,763.15 7,500.00 7,500.00 .0% 5,224.93 6,500.00 6,500.00 3,062.50 8,269.80 6,500.00 .0% 43,438.62 50,000.00 55,000.00 32,188.82 50,000.00 55,000.00 .0% 420.35 4,200.00 4,200.00 1,500.00 5,279.65 4,200.00 .0% .00 4,200.00 4,200.00 5,183.12 8,187.73 4,200.00 .0% 5,000.00 .00 5,000.00 .00 .00 5,000.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 8,000.00 .00 .00 .0% 68,181.72 78,900.00 88,900.00 59,697.59 85,737.18 88,900.00 .0% 34,859.00 .00 100,000.00 141,363.15 41,363.15 100,000.00 .0% 75,776.45 .00 536,000.00 283,791.55 283,791.55 .00 .0% 7,694.15 .00 125,000.00 13,537.75 437.75 .00 .0% .00 .00 352,300.00 33,000.00 .00 .00 .0% 118,329.60 .00 1,113,300.00 471,692.45 325,592.45 100,000.00 -91.0% 952,105.45 880,367.00 2,163,192.00 1,203,091.16 1,239,455.91 1,086,999.00 -49.8% Page 28 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 167,223.01 155,827.00 212,951.00 125,826.73 155,827.00 150,368.00 -29.4% 11,414.77 6,160.00 6,160.00 5,918.35 6,160.00 6,160.00 .0% 178,637.78 161,987.00 219,111.00 131,745.08 161,987.00 156,528.00 -28.6% 30,589.49 120,000.00 120,000.00 97,677.29 120,000.00 140,000.00 16.7% 2,304.18 15,000.00 15,000.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 21,775.00 45.2% 3,000.00 3,308.00 3,308.00 2,500.00 3,308.00 3,308.00 .0% 1,639.05 2,040.00 2,040.00 1,500.00 2,040.00 2,040.00 .0% 1,500.00 4,245.00 4,245.00 .00 4,245.00 4,245.00 .0% 93,282.06 98,313.00 98,313.00 122,363.76 102,609.26 98,313.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 15,000.00 .0% 2,413.00 3,360.00 3,360.00 3,020.00 3,360.00 3,360.00 .0% 2,961.82 4,500.00 4,500.00 2,047.64 4,500.00 4,500.00 .0% 13,077.91 20,000.00 20,000.00 30,678.94 27,660.96 25,650.00 28.3% 4,517.38 8,400.00 8,400.00 1,200.00 8,400.00 8,400.00 .0% 155,284.89 279,166.00 279,166.00 270,987.63 291,123.22 326,591.00 17.0% 333,922.67 441,153.00 498,277.00 402,732.71 453,110.22 483,119.00 -3.0% Page 29 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 166,192.07 146,694.00 208,038.00 141,307.65 146,694.00 294,494.00 41.6% 21,096.54 15,000.00 24,580.00 4,266.86 15,000.00 24,650.00 .3% 16,654.08 15,400.00 15,400.00 22,616.47 15,400.00 15,400.00 .0% 203,942.69 177,094.00 248,018.00 168,190.98 177,094.00 334,544.00 34.9% 5,593.10 3,000.00 3,000.00 .00 3,000.00 4,800.00 60.0% 5,593.10 3,000.00 3,000.00 .00 3,000.00 4,800.00 60.0% .00 2,500.00 2,500.00 .00 2,500.00 2,500.00 .0% 201.55 850.00 850.00 500.00 850.00 850.00 .0% .00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 900.00 80.0% 12,397.95 12,000.00 12,000.00 8,327.31 12,869.00 16,700.00 39.2% .00 1,000.00 1,000.00 .00 1,000.00 4,500.00 350.0% 12,599.50 16,850.00 16,850.00 9,327.31 17,719.00 25,450.00 51.0% 222,135.29 196,944.00 267,868.00 177,518.29 197,813.00 364,794.00 36.2% Page 30 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 539,988.88 539,369.00 539,369.00 468,470.96 539,369.00 634,428.00 17.6% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 25,000.00 .0% 712,986.88 747,047.00 747,047.00 545,224.37 747,047.00 842,326.00 12.8% 1,252,975.76 1,286,416.00 1,286,416.00 1,013,695.33 1,286,416.00 1,501,754.00 16.7% .00 250.00 250.00 .00 250.00 250.00 .0% 282.37 250.00 250.00 67.42 250.00 250.00 .0% 1,750.00 1,800.00 1,800.00 1,610.00 1,940.00 1,800.00 .0% 490.43 1,000.00 1,000.00 192.38 1,000.00 1,000.00 .0% 24,893.97 21,500.00 21,500.00 19,853.06 21,500.00 21,500.00 .0% 380.64 8,000.00 8,000.00 502.00 8,000.00 8,000.00 .0% 3,282.74 4,000.00 4,000.00 200.00 4,000.00 9,000.00 125.0% 5,528.69 9,000.00 9,000.00 7,135.50 9,000.00 9,000.00 .0% 36,608.84 45,800.00 45,800.00 29,560.36 45,940.00 50,800.00 10.9% 726.23 600.00 600.00 262.44 600.00 600.00 .0% 410.84 600.00 600.00 98.07 600.00 600.00 .0% 8,667.69 8,900.00 8,900.00 3,732.50 8,900.00 8,900.00 .0% 4,000.00 4,400.00 4,400.00 4,000.00 4,400.00 4,800.00 9.1% 13,804.76 14,500.00 14,500.00 8,093.01 14,500.00 14,900.00 2.8% 905.64 800.00 800.00 1,045.38 800.00 800.00 .0% 2,520.37 2,500.00 2,500.00 606.16 2,500.00 2,500.00 .0% 3,426.01 3,300.00 3,300.00 1,651.54 3,300.00 3,300.00 .0% 1,306,815.37 1,350,016.00 1,350,016.00 1,053,000.24 1,350,156.00 1,570,754.00 16.4% Page 31 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 2,544.70 1,800.00 1,800.00 2,012.16 1,800.00 1,800.00 .0% 3,369.32 3,900.00 3,900.00 3,998.75 3,900.00 3,900.00 .0% 749.82 2,000.00 2,000.00 1,044.15 2,000.00 2,000.00 .0% 6,663.84 7,700.00 7,700.00 7,055.06 7,700.00 7,700.00 .0% .00 200.00 200.00 .00 200.00 200.00 .0% .00 200.00 200.00 .00 200.00 200.00 .0% 6,663.84 7,900.00 7,900.00 7,055.06 7,900.00 7,900.00 .0% Page 32 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 285,779.30 260,084.00 260,084.00 223,647.76 260,084.00 294,946.00 13.4% 285,779.30 260,084.00 260,084.00 223,647.76 260,084.00 294,946.00 13.4% .00 400.00 400.00 400.00 400.00 400.00 .0% 130.25 50.00 50.00 .00 50.00 100.00 100.0% 130.25 450.00 450.00 400.00 450.00 500.00 11.1% 1,084.92 1,095.00 1,095.00 1,095.00 1,095.00 2,500.00 128.3% 400.00 400.00 400.00 42.00 400.00 500.00 25.0% 1,484.92 1,495.00 1,495.00 1,137.00 1,495.00 3,000.00 100.7% 3,332.00 3,332.00 3,332.00 2,626.56 3,332.00 4,415.00 32.5% .00 .00 40,000.00 11,213.88 .00 2,500.00 -93.8% 3,332.00 3,332.00 43,332.00 13,840.44 3,332.00 6,915.00 -84.0% 290,726.47 265,361.00 305,361.00 239,025.20 265,361.00 305,361.00 .0% Page 33 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 1,025.52 .00 .00 117.50 117.50 2,500.00 .0% 1,025.52 .00 .00 117.50 117.50 2,500.00 .0% 1,025.52 .00 .00 117.50 117.50 2,500.00 .0% Page 34 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 179,987.48 74,256.00 74,256.00 63,272.40 74,256.00 76,513.00 3.0% 179,987.48 74,256.00 74,256.00 63,272.40 74,256.00 76,513.00 3.0% 246.50 100.00 100.00 492.08 100.00 1,000.00 900.0% 973.04 1,000.00 1,000.00 .00 1,000.00 500.00 -50.0% 1,947.58 5,000.00 5,000.00 2,594.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 100.0% 3,167.12 6,100.00 6,100.00 3,086.08 6,100.00 11,500.00 88.5% 185.91 250.00 250.00 600.94 250.00 200.00 -20.0% 1,721.22 1,000.00 1,000.00 513.28 1,000.00 3,000.00 200.0% .00 .00 30,000.00 5,835.26 .00 .00 .0% 157,806.81 175,000.00 175,000.00 152,151.17 175,000.00 192,650.00 10.1% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 5,000.00 .0% 159,713.94 176,250.00 206,250.00 159,100.65 176,250.00 200,850.00 -2.6% 342,868.54 256,606.00 286,606.00 225,459.13 256,606.00 288,863.00 .8% Page 35 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 2,500.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 2,500.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 2,500.00 .0% Page 36 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 1,461.45 .00 .00 605.44 605.44 2,500.00 .0% 1,461.45 .00 .00 605.44 605.44 2,500.00 .0% 1,461.45 .00 .00 605.44 605.44 2,500.00 .0% Page 37 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 1,064,612.52 1,052,032.00 1,077,347.00 912,321.30 1,052,032.00 1,170,932.00 8.7% 12,770.02 12,881.00 12,881.00 8,082.98 12,881.00 14,901.00 15.7% 1,077,382.54 1,064,913.00 1,090,228.00 920,404.28 1,064,913.00 1,185,833.00 8.8% 461.72 1,000.00 1,000.00 593.29 1,000.00 1,000.00 .0% 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,740.19 1,000.00 1,000.00 .0% 85.93 250.00 250.00 .00 250.00 250.00 .0% 52,780.02 54,372.00 54,372.00 54,372.00 54,372.00 55,869.00 2.8% 15,937.33 15,235.00 15,235.00 14,515.52 15,235.00 15,235.00 .0% 70,265.00 71,857.00 71,857.00 71,221.00 71,857.00 73,354.00 2.1% 1,484.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 492.99 1,500.00 1,500.00 .0% 7,894.07 8,000.00 8,000.00 8,889.63 8,000.00 8,000.00 .0% 1,232.48 3,000.00 3,000.00 2,332.79 3,000.00 3,000.00 .0% 2,141.78 3,000.00 3,000.00 2,012.86 3,000.00 3,000.00 .0% 46,810.92 35,000.00 51,550.00 51,550.00 35,000.00 53,000.00 2.8% 1,792.75 2,330.00 2,330.00 2,192.35 2,330.00 2,330.00 .0% 27,225.00 27,225.00 27,225.00 27,225.00 27,225.00 30,155.00 10.8% 22,660.97 20,000.00 20,000.00 19,247.43 20,000.00 20,000.00 .0% 16,581.74 17,800.00 17,800.00 12,370.29 17,800.00 15,000.00 -15.7% 2,375.00 2,375.00 2,375.00 2,375.00 2,375.00 2,375.00 .0% 1,031.29 1,000.00 1,000.00 944.53 1,000.00 .00 -100.0% 131,230.00 121,230.00 137,780.00 129,632.87 121,230.00 138,360.00 .4% 814.00 300.00 300.00 425.00 300.00 300.00 .0% 500.00 500.00 500.00 .00 500.00 500.00 .0% 2,086.00 2,600.00 2,600.00 2,455.00 2,600.00 2,600.00 .0% .00 .00 10,000.00 9,311.05 .00 10,000.00 .0% 3,400.00 3,400.00 13,400.00 12,191.05 3,400.00 13,400.00 .0% 1,282,277.54 1,261,400.00 1,313,265.00 1,133,449.20 1,261,400.00 1,410,947.00 7.4% Page 38 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 83,070.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 83,070.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 83,070.00 .0% Page 39 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 229,941.66 266,928.00 266,928.00 214,743.02 266,928.00 271,681.00 1.8% 3,665.15 5,770.00 5,770.00 4,634.61 5,770.00 6,531.00 13.2% 233,606.81 272,698.00 272,698.00 219,377.63 272,698.00 278,212.00 2.0% 5,500.00 5,500.00 5,500.00 5,500.00 5,500.00 3,840.00 -30.2% 21,050.00 21,050.00 21,050.00 21,050.00 21,050.00 9,500.00 -54.9% 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 .0% 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 .0% 13,000.00 13,000.00 13,000.00 13,000.00 13,000.00 16,425.00 26.3% 3,300.00 3,300.00 3,300.00 3,300.00 3,300.00 3,500.00 6.1% 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 .0% 55,850.00 55,850.00 55,850.00 55,850.00 55,850.00 46,265.00 -17.2% 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 525.00 5.0% 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,450.00 4,450.00 4,500.00 12.5% 3,500.00 3,500.00 3,500.00 3,500.00 3,500.00 3,500.00 .0% 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 525.00 5.0% 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 525.00 5.0% 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 525.00 5.0% 55,000.00 55,000.00 55,000.00 55,000.00 55,000.00 55,000.00 .0% 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 525.00 5.0% 65,000.00 65,000.00 65,000.00 65,450.00 65,450.00 65,625.00 1.0% 4,750.00 4,750.00 4,750.00 5,250.00 4,750.00 5,250.00 10.5% 7,000.00 7,000.00 7,000.00 7,500.00 7,500.00 7,500.00 7.1% 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,750.00 1,250.00 .0% 2,550.00 2,550.00 2,550.00 2,875.00 2,875.00 2,875.00 12.7% 15,550.00 15,550.00 15,550.00 16,875.00 16,875.00 16,875.00 8.5% .00 .00 .00 15,520.50 .00 28,130.00 .0% 101,294.18 101,295.00 101,295.00 101,294.18 101,295.00 75,971.00 -25.0% Page 40 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 48,597.67 48,598.00 48,598.00 48,597.67 48,598.00 48,598.00 .0% 76,828.15 76,829.00 76,829.00 76,828.15 76,829.00 76,829.00 .0% 226,720.00 226,722.00 226,722.00 242,240.50 226,722.00 229,528.00 1.2% 596,726.81 635,820.00 635,820.00 599,793.13 637,595.00 636,505.00 .1% Page 41 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 158,106.32 148,886.00 148,886.00 118,443.62 148,886.00 153,361.00 3.0% 158,106.32 148,886.00 148,886.00 118,443.62 148,886.00 153,361.00 3.0% 16,850.60 20,700.00 20,700.00 9,074.98 25,959.88 20,700.00 .0% 16,368.93 12,295.00 12,295.00 17,313.78 12,295.00 12,295.00 .0% 5,535.92 5,813.00 5,813.00 5,768.72 5,813.00 6,011.00 3.4% 8,645.29 6,273.00 6,273.00 1,861.12 6,273.00 6,273.00 .0% 14,614.19 16,000.00 16,000.00 15,891.19 16,000.00 22,240.00 39.0% 62,014.93 61,081.00 61,081.00 49,909.79 66,340.88 67,519.00 10.5% 5,200.74 5,170.00 5,170.00 3,769.59 5,170.00 5,170.00 .0% 393.00 800.00 800.00 26.98 800.00 800.00 .0% 5,593.74 5,970.00 5,970.00 3,796.57 5,970.00 5,970.00 .0% 225,714.99 215,937.00 215,937.00 172,149.98 221,196.88 226,850.00 5.1% Page 42 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 2,259,500.00 2,333,100.00 2,333,100.00 2,410,200.00 2,333,100.00 2,179,000.00 -6.6% 1,733,909.35 1,809,910.00 1,809,910.00 1,809,909.35 1,809,910.00 1,934,410.00 6.9% 3,993,409.35 4,143,010.00 4,143,010.00 4,220,109.35 4,143,010.00 4,113,410.00 -.7% 3,993,409.35 4,143,010.00 4,143,010.00 4,220,109.35 4,143,010.00 4,113,410.00 -.7% Page 43 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 1,127,840.76 1,472,667.00 1,472,667.00 1,514,593.77 1,472,667.00 1,396,459.00 -5.2% 227,255.94 159,778.00 159,778.00 159,777.75 159,778.00 2,042,017.00 1178.0% 1,355,096.70 1,632,445.00 1,632,445.00 1,674,371.52 1,632,445.00 3,438,476.00 110.6% 1,355,096.70 1,632,445.00 1,632,445.00 1,674,371.52 1,632,445.00 3,438,476.00 110.6% Page 44 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE DEBT & TEMP INTEREST 311,275.56 380,300.00 380,300.00 312,968.75 380,300.00 897,362.00 136.0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .0% 311,275.56 380,300.00 380,300.00 312,968.75 380,300.00 897,362.00 136.0% 311,275.56 380,300.00 380,300.00 312,968.75 380,300.00 897,362.00 136.0% Page 45 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 7,366,574.00 7,620,971.00 8,120,971.00 8,120,971.00 7,620,971.00 8,272,164.00 1.9% 7,366,574.00 7,620,971.00 8,120,971.00 8,120,971.00 7,620,971.00 8,272,164.00 1.9% 7,366,574.00 7,620,971.00 8,120,971.00 8,120,971.00 7,620,971.00 8,272,164.00 1.9% Page 46 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 147,408.67 100,000.00 100,000.00 129,433.54 100,000.00 150,000.00 50.0% 35,166.32 50,000.00 50,000.00 36,309.03 50,000.00 50,000.00 .0% 241,935.54 234,000.00 234,000.00 212,089.44 234,000.00 234,000.00 .0% 80,331.61 70,000.00 70,000.00 55,961.52 70,000.00 70,000.00 .0% 504,842.14 454,000.00 454,000.00 433,793.53 454,000.00 504,000.00 11.0% 504,842.14 454,000.00 454,000.00 433,793.53 454,000.00 504,000.00 11.0% Page 47 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 79,969.86 411,000.00 411,000.00 155,168.59 418,440.00 100,000.00 -75.7% 79,969.86 411,000.00 411,000.00 155,168.59 418,440.00 100,000.00 -75.7% 79,969.86 411,000.00 411,000.00 155,168.59 418,440.00 100,000.00 -75.7% Page 48 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 96,816.15 101,220.00 101,220.00 90,294.49 101,220.00 115,107.00 13.7% 96,816.15 101,220.00 101,220.00 90,294.49 101,220.00 115,107.00 13.7% 13,139,054.91 14,500,000.00 14,942,455.00 11,914,426.63 14,500,000.00 16,426,989.00 9.9% 79,832.37 90,000.00 90,000.00 71,866.17 90,000.00 90,000.00 .0% 13,822.60 16,000.00 16,000.00 12,743.80 16,000.00 16,000.00 .0% 928,880.95 985,000.00 985,000.00 953,755.00 985,000.00 1,056,720.00 7.3% 21,673.90 22,000.00 22,000.00 15,694.00 22,000.00 22,000.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .0% 784,050.34 816,800.00 816,800.00 618,430.14 816,800.00 816,800.00 .0% 14,967,315.07 16,429,800.00 16,872,255.00 13,586,915.74 16,429,800.00 18,428,509.00 9.2% 15,064,131.22 16,531,020.00 16,973,475.00 13,677,210.23 16,531,020.00 18,543,616.00 9.3% Page 49 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 983,942.45 1,005,581.00 1,046,705.00 848,010.22 1,005,581.00 1,099,040.00 5.0% 983,942.45 1,005,581.00 1,046,705.00 848,010.22 1,005,581.00 1,099,040.00 5.0% 983,942.45 1,005,581.00 1,046,705.00 848,010.22 1,005,581.00 1,099,040.00 5.0% Page 50 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 47,006.97 27,707.00 27,707.00 21,125.30 31,023.21 27,707.00 .0% 47,006.97 27,707.00 27,707.00 21,125.30 31,023.21 27,707.00 .0% 66,308.12 28,000.00 28,000.00 28,000.00 28,000.00 28,000.00 .0% 3,541.10 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,173.10 2,371.26 2,000.00 .0% 21,108.52 33,329.00 33,329.00 35,392.86 38,076.07 33,329.00 .0% 90,957.74 63,329.00 63,329.00 65,565.96 68,447.33 63,329.00 .0% 50,688.27 60,000.00 60,000.00 54,939.08 79,072.21 60,000.00 .0% 2,564.15 .00 .00 76,055.73 76,055.73 .00 .0% 53,252.42 60,000.00 60,000.00 130,994.81 155,127.94 60,000.00 .0% 191,217.13 151,036.00 151,036.00 217,686.07 254,598.48 151,036.00 .0% Page 51 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 109,000.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 58,500.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 100,000.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 100,000.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 367,500.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 50,000.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 83,000.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 250,000.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 225,000.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 75,000.00 .0% 114,868.29 .00 .00 .00 8,953.47 325,000.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 200,000.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 100,000.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 75,000.00 .0% 114,868.29 .00 .00 .00 8,953.47 1,383,000.00 .0% 114,868.29 .00 .00 .00 8,953.47 1,750,500.00 .0% Page 52 bgnyrptsCITY OF MELROSE v2024.7 LIVE YEAR BUDGET ANALYSIS FISCAL YEAR 2027 OPERATING BUDGET FOR PERIOD 99 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 PCT ACTUAL ORIG BUD REVISED BUD ACTUAL PROJECTION MAYOR CHANGE 50,000.00 50,000.00 50,000.00 .00 50,000.00 50,000.00 .0% .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 400,000.00 .0% 50,000.00 50,000.00 550,000.00 .00 50,000.00 50,000.00 -90.9% 100,000.00 100,000.00 600,000.00 .00 100,000.00 500,000.00 -16.7% 100,000.00 100,000.00 600,000.00 .00 100,000.00 500,000.00 -16.7% 64,190,836.38 107,575,802.00 121,092,352.00 66,213,351.77 109,305,232.97 126,652,797.00 4.6% GRAND TOTAL 64,190,836.38 107,575,802.00 121,092,352.00 66,213,351.77 109,305,232.97 126,652,797.00 4.6% ** END OF REPORT - Generated by Kerriann Golden ** Page 53 Fiscal Year 2027 Board/Commission Memo to City Council Trustees appointed to steward the Beebe Estate Accomplishments: New master lock and key painting, holiday decor, appointed new member and Building Tozza, extra shrub pruning, new website done in partnership with the hosted second year of Bier Garden events. Challenges: gutter looking to replace gutter in phases this and next FY. Generate more awareness of the estate for private rental use via campaign and special events. Complete gutter renovation. installation for the use of renters. has changed for your Board/Commission Budget for FY 27? Fiscal Year 2027 Board/Commission Memo to City Council Commission on Disability The purpose of the Commission on Disability is to provide advocacy, information toward the goal of assuring that Melrose is fully inclusive of all people with The Commission is comprised of seven members, four of whom are individuals with one a parent of a young adult with a disability, one member with years of experience in the and a City liaison. Several of our members have many years of experience working with disabilities in various ways and toward unique goals. The predominance of a on disability as it exists on our Commission makes us an informed and insightful group advocates for Melrose residents with disabilities and that provides an expert resource in its shared commitment to the inclusion of people with disabilities. worked with City personnel to obtain a $171,000 grant from the Massachusetts Disability to address some accessibility needs in three elementary schools. The work during the April school vacation. completed and is distributing a “Guide for Community Organizations” that ways in which people with disabilities can be welcomed and included in organizational considerations for ensuring accessibility in meeting spaces and when conducting ways to address reasonable accommodation requests. the Commission organized some activities to acknowledge disability pride month and to the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Activities a panel discussion, a book reading about disability for children and a mural was painted initiated and effort to connect students with disabilities at the high school with opportunities at Melrose businesses. This has been a partnership with the Commerce and the High School Special Ed Department. provided a resource to work with the City toward website accessibility. City the are expected by the State to have addressed this satisfactorily by April, 2027. taken on some advocacy issues, particularly when it tends to effect the disability An example of this are the ‘no parking’ signs along Lebanon Street across will be available to provide education and resources pertaining to the Guide for to continue and expand our initiative to increase the participation of community in providing work exposure and experience for students with disabilities at the High again, arrange activities for Disability Pride Month, July. to develop our partnerships with city departments to bring important advocacy their attention and to provide our resources and expertise when requested. to seek ways to reach out to and connect with the disability community in has changed for your Board/Commission Budget for FY 27? the Commission on Disability had no budget although the City was very supportive in finding As the Commission on Disability, we are able to access the Parking Violation fund by requesting these funds through the City. In FY’27, we budget of $2,500 which we will prudently utilize to support our priority activities. Fiscal Year 2027 Board/Commission Memo to City Council Human Rights Commission Melrose Human Rights Commission (MHRC) works closely with City of Melrose and partners to address issues of human and civil rights, reinforces a positive in the community, and amplifies and promotes organizations and people to make Melrose one community, open to all. “Know Your Rights” (KYR) Red Cards in seventeen languages at Melrose City the Melrose Farmers Market, and other high-need locations i. KYR Red Cards are small, business-card-sized tools that help individuals assert their constitutional rights during encounters with immigration or law enforcement three resource guides to connect vulnerable community members with i. Legal and Civil Rights Resource Guide (PDF) ii. LGBTQ+ Resource Guide (PDF) Immigrant and Refugee Legal Resource Guide (PDF) an intake process to review claims of discrimination based on protected class provide referrals to appropriate agencies and resources community engagement through social media outreach supplies and support for community events, including MLK Day of Service and Roosevelt School World Culture Fair The absence of an administrative budget limited the scale, consistency, and Strengthen MHRC’s role as a trusted public resource i. Publish human and civil rights explainer pieces in local media ii. Participate in community events to share MHRC materials and KYR information Expand KYR and documentation training i. Host KYR trainings, including at least one in a high-need location ii. Partner with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office for trainings (KYR, Continue distribution of KYR cards and resource materials Develop educational materials explaining judicial vs. administrative warrants Coordination: Strengthen local alignment i. Clarify and publish ICE-related policies in coordination with Melrose Police ii. Confirm and document policies for Melrose Public Schools and Melrose Wakefield Hospital d. Community Engagement: Deepen participation and support i. Facilitate community forums to explain policies and answer questions ii. Ensure legal training resources are accessible to residents Host or co-host active/aware bystander trainings with community partners Build internal capacity i. Provide training for commissioners on human and civil rights fundamentals has changed for your Board/Commission Budget for FY 27? need for resources, trainings, and community engagement has increased. MHRC has a strong foundation for outreach aligned with the City's commitment to residents' rights. With funding, the Commission can expand multilingual replenish KYR cards, and host public forums, trainings, and interpretation a restored budget, MHRC's ability to provide consistent programming, respond to needs, and proactively address discrimination and misinformation will remain Restoration of an annual operating budget of $2,500 to support: i. Printing and translation of materials ii. Community events and trainings Outreach supplies and tools Administrative support Fiscal Year 2027 Board/Commission Memo to City Council Karen Blackburn & Alli Goldberg on Women (“MCW”) works to investigate, understand, educate, and promote in areas of interest and concern to all women and girls, including trans women and As a central voice in the community, MCW promotes opportunities, fosters and provides the community with a vehicle for information, advocacy and action all women. Understanding that our community is open to all, we advocate and across all aspects of our lives - gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, culture, age, socio-economic background. a budget due to the fiscal realities of the city, the MCW had a productive year. success of our financial literacy event to close out the previous fiscal year, we once again women together to engage with and learn from one another. We hosted two book club on women’s brain health—understanding some of the factors that contribute to women and the role nutrition plays. Both events were held at The Residence at Melrose to 50 people attended. We are currently planning a June event focused on the role preventing Alzheimer’s and leading a healthy life. We welcomed three new who each bring a variety of expertise and passion to this work. challenge has been finding creative ways to introduce more of the community to We’ve been unable to utilize our Facebook account for several years but have a workaround that should make raising awareness of our events and engagement having incredible full lives outside of this work, we aim to keep our and simple. In FY27 we plan to revisit our interview series with MMTV, we interviewed leaders in our community on issues of importance to women. with our thematic book events and will explore other programming ideas depending on facing our primary constituents. has changed for your Board/Commission Budget for FY 27? for FY27 will be a huge help in ensuring our programming is not solely reliant on Fiscal Year 2027 Board/Commission Memo to City Council Liquor License Commission a solid year. Melrose currently has 21 liquor licenses issued – 12 Restaurants (3 wine & and 9 full alcohol), 3 Retail full alcohol licenses, 1 Farmer/Brewer license and 5 The Liquor License Commission met on a monthly basis. All licenses were renewed in – Three new establishments opened Restaurant Full Alcohol – Bangkok Thai Restaurant Wine & Malt Beverages – Table 4 & Big Fin Poke Retail Full Alcohol – Franklin Market market multiple one day permits/multiple vendors – summer & winter permits – We issue approximately 25 – 40 one day permits annually. Commissioner depart the Commission (Kevin Cronin) and added a new (Diane Casey). We thank and greatly appreciate Commissioner Cronin’s time, and service to the commission and welcome Commissioner Casey. Melrose Liquor Licensing Commission General Rules and Regulations for of Alcoholic Beverage Sales in the City of Melrose, last amended March 30, 2015. license fees and those of surrounding communities. has changed for your Board/Commission Budget for FY 27? B C D E F G Department, Board, Committee, Agency or Fees, Charges or Other Restrictions or Conditions Officer Authorized to Receipts Credited to Program of Activity Expenses Payable from on Expenses Payable from Other Requirements/ Spend from the Fund Fund Fund Fund Reports Fiscal years Supplies, administrative fees and permits for Veterans Service Officer any programs related to Veteran Services and Fiscal Year 2027 and and Board Donations Melrose Community events. $2,000 Annual Cap subsequent years Costs associated with the various programs sponsored by the Recreation Department Registration and User including the Director and Assistant Director's fees collected for salary, program coordinator salaries as well as Recreation Department supplies and equipment needed to run the Fiscal Year 2027 and Park Commission sponsored programs program. $500,000 Annual Cap subsequent years $15,000 Annual Cap. 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No homes and businesses salaries are paid from this Fiscal Year 2027 and Chief of Police throughout the City Maintenance of Police Department Fleet fund subsequent years Rental Fees and Custodial charges received from activities hosted by user groups and organizations that Supplies and maintenance costs associated do not reside within the with parks, fields and playgrounds where Fiscal Year 2027 and Park Commission City. permits are issued. $40,000 Annual Cap subsequent years Fees associated with the $30,000 Annual Cap. No rental of this building Fees related to maintaining the Beebe Estate in salaries are paid from this Fiscal Year 2027 and Beebe Estate Trustees and donations a safe and sanitary manner. fund subsequent years Council on Aging and Milano Center Programs and services, minibus related expenses and costs associated with maintaining the Milano Center in a safe and sanitary manner, Salary for Fiscal Year 2027 and Council on Aging Director Donations Social Service Coordinator $65,000 Annual Cap subsequent years

Transcript

▶ 0:01 Devin Romanul: Good evening. Recording in progress. All right. We're recording. The time is 7:00 PM on Monday, May 14th, 2026. This is a meeting of the Appropriations and Oversight Committee. My name is Devin Romanel, I am the chair. Tonight, also joining me are Vice Chair Vandiver, Councilors Chen, Finocchiaro, Cowell, Obrowski, Park, Williams, and President Freeman. This serves as a notice of quorum for the record. In accordance with the open meeting law, this meeting is being recorded and broadcast live on MMTV. At this time, I'll motion by unanimous consent to approve the reading of the minutes from our most recent meeting on May 4th. Seeing no objection, those minutes are now approved. I'll also motion by unanimous consent to open the floor for public

▶ 0:43 Devin Romanul: comment. Seeing no objections, we are now open for public comment. This is the portion of the meeting where members of the public may speak on any item on our agenda. Comments expressing other viewpoints on other matters are also welcome. Do we have anyone here who would like to participate in public comment? Do we have anybody online? Nobody online. All right. If there are no objection, I'll motion by unanimous consent to close public comment. Seeing none, we are now closed for public comment. All right. Before we get into our first item, I just wanted to state for the general public and those in attendance, tonight is the first hearing for the fiscal year 2027 budget, spanning from July 1st of

▶ 1:24 Devin Romanul: this year to June 30th of 2027. Just as a very quick one-minute background, the mayor has assembled and submitted a budget for the city council's consideration in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the City of Melrose. That budget has been referred to this committee, the Committee of the Whole of the Appropriations and Oversight Committee, for consideration over the course of nine hearings over the next two months. In terms of process, what you can expect, just for the general public's edification, is that we have the power as a city council to either affirm each individual department's budget, reduce that number, or zero out that number. Those are the only choices that we as a body have.

▶ 2:07 Devin Romanul: In terms of hearing structures, you'll see each individual department. Generally, the department head or sometimes a representative of a board or commission will come before us, give a brief opening statement. They have submitted policy memos to us for our consideration, and we have an opportunity to have a question and answer period before you all. Ultimately, I want to note that our schedule is online. It looks like this, if you happen to be watching on television or if you're here in the audience. And our next meeting on Monday, a few days from now, the mayor and the CFO will be joining us and giving an overview of the fiscal environment and the overall budget. So, that should be fantastic television. All right.

▶ 2:51 Ryan Williams: Thank you so much for allowing me that preamble. Unless we have any other further questions or comments, Councilor Williams. Thank you very much. I just very quickly wanted to, through the chair, mention to the councilors who are here with me tonight, and the public, that you can find the detailed budget spreadsheets in the agenda portal. And we use Munis, so you're looking for a Munis spreadsheet. And a couple of years ago, the council very helpfully requested that the mayor's office start including a little more analysis in these sheets. So, if you're looking through these budgets as we hear them in those agenda items, you will see things like what the actual expenses were for the last few years, what the projected expenses

▶ 3:31 were, what the mayor is requesting for 2027, and what percent change that represents. That's it. Thank you. Very thank you, Councilor Williams. All right. Up first, we have department number 165, and we have the Liquor Commission. I believe we're joined by Mr. Joe Nevin. Thank you, sir. Good evening. Good evening. Thank you all. Joe Nevin, 415 East Foster Street. Let's see. Just the summary of the past year, and what we're thinking about for next year worth us coming here. So, it was a solid year. We have 21 licenses out there. There are 12 restaurants, three retail licenses, one farmer brewer, and five private clubs. And of the restaurants, there are three wine and malt beverage, and nine full alcohol.

▶ 4:33 Let's see. This past year, we brought in our new restaurants were Bangkok Thai, Table 4, Big Fin Poke, and in retail, Franklin Market. We have the farmers market, multiple one-day permits, and multiple events. One-day permits, we issue about 25 to 40. That's a pretty wide range, but nobody counted it today this time. But it's usually about two a month that we have. And we had one commissioner depart, Commissioner Kevin Cronin. And which we really enjoyed his service and thank him for that. And we added one new commissioner, thank you for your approvals, with Diane Casey. Our priorities for the coming year are to review the current Liquor Licensing Commission general rules and regulations and

▶ 5:36 evaluate what changes could be made to them, and then set up a plan for that. And then also review the current fees in the surrounding communities. And then just the license renewals, and my understanding, there's going to be a website update as well. So, that's all I have. The budget's more than adequate given our spending patterns. But you never know. If there's a compliance effort this year, then we'll use some of those funds. Terrific. All right. Up first, I have Councilor Williams. Thank you. I wanted to say thank you for the Liquor Commission and all the work that you guys have done. Some folks don't understand how much of a shift we've had in Melrose with regard to alcohol sales and events that allow alcohol,

▶ 6:24 Ryan Williams: and there was a lot of public discussion around this, and over the last 10 years, we've added so much to the city, and it's been done in such a thoughtful way, that none of the fears that people had when we started to talk about this expansion have come to pass. Instead, we're all just having a great time. I have a new wine bar right down the street from my house- Mm ... that my wife and I go to all the time. And so I just wanted to say thanks for all the work that you do, and I'm very much looking forward to what you're thinking of for the year ahead. Thank you. Councilor Finocchiaro. Thank you, Chair Romanul. Thank you for being here, and thanks for serving on the commission for so long. I just wanted to make a motion to move the bottom line.

▶ 7:05 Devin Romanul: Second. Councilor Finocchiaro made a motion to move to the bottom line, seconded by Councilor Williams. On discussion? Seeing none. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll? Vice Chair Vandiver? Yes. Councilor Chen? Yes. Councilor Finocchiaro? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? No. Councilor Karamcheti? Yes. Councilor Kowal? Yes. Councilor Abremski? Yes. Councilor Park? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. President Freeman? Yes. Chair Romanul? Yes. All in favor? All right. All in favor. Thank you so much. That budget item will move to the bottom line. Thank you, Mr. Nevins. Thank you very much. Thank you. All right. Up next, we have department number 540, Beebe Estates. I believe we are joined by Mr... Oh, no, not Bill Butler. All right. Sorry about that.

▶ 7:52 No. Bill Butler. Sorry. No, it's all right. Trustee McKenna. Had my list in front of me. Thank you so much for joining me this evening. Sorry. I'm the treasurer of the board of trustees, and that's why I'm here tonight. Wonderful. The Beebe Estate has been humming along. This year we took care of a couple of things we needed to do, including a master lock and key system, getting that in place for safety purposes. We also took care of some exterior repainting that needed to happen. As part of that, we had the gutters cleaned, and we also realized that our gutters are in need of repair. Mm-hmm. So that's what we're planning, and looking ahead for the next two fiscal years. We have wood gutters on the building, and we're looking at if we want to retain

▶ 8:32 them or consider some other options. Wonderful. Thank you so much. Do any of my colleagues have questions? Councilor Park. Quick question. In the outline that you had submitted, it states that some of your priorities are, among other things, generate more awareness of the estate for private rental use via online marketing campaigns and special events. Can you elaborate on that and what you're hoping to achieve? What were some of the benchmarks you received last year, and what will you want to do next year? Sure. The event rentals since the pandemic have been sort of on the lower side, so one of the things we've been working on is trying to generate a little bit more awareness. One effort from that are the beer gardens that we've

▶ 9:21 been working with Idle Hands to do at the Beebe, has brought a lot of people there, which has been nice, and that's been increasing awareness, which increases event rentals. And event rentals are what fund our revolving fund, which help fund bigger projects like our gutter work that we'll have to take along with some of the exterior painting and stuff like that. So one of the other things we did this year that I think we noted here was we updated our website. We worked with the Melrose Creative Alliance and had some assistance with that to make it a little bit more catchy, a little bit more functional. We're also talking about maybe some other special events we might undertake this coming year to

▶ 10:05 explore ways to get people inside, maybe doing something during the Victorian Fair or Home for the Holidays to just make people a little bit more aware that this is a great event space that they can rent. We also, this past year, got some of those, I forget what you call them, basically the stand-up plugin AC units to help condition the air in the summer months. We do not have AC in the building, and so it does not make it a very popular rental space in the summer months. Mm-hmm. But that's helped a little bit. Thank you. I applaud those initiatives that you're undertaking. I think- This year, between events and the tenants in the building, we're up to about $15,000 that have come in this fiscal year so far.

▶ 11:02 Devin Romanul: Other colleagues? Councilor Finocchiaro. Sorry. I just want to make a motion to move the bottom line. Thank you for being here. Second. Thank you. Councilor Finocchiaro made a motion to move to the bottom line, seconded by Vice Chair Vandiver. On discussion? Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll? Vice Chair Vandiver? Yes. Councilor Chen? Yes. Councilor Finocchiaro? Yes. Councilor Karamcheti? Yes. Councilor Kowal? Yes. Councilor Abremski? Yes. Councilor Park? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. President Freeman? Yes. Chair Romanul? Yes. All in favor. All right. Wonderful. Yes. So that will move to the bottom line. Thank you so much, and actually, if you wouldn't mind sticking around for just a

▶ 11:43 moment. Sure. Next up, we have item number 2750, the Beebe Estate revolving account. Okay. For your convenience, right back to back. Yeah. All right. So I spoke a little bit about that already, but the revolving account is what we use for our much larger capital needs. The city budget is what we use to cover utilities and also some smaller needs like that master lock and key system, and we did some interior painting this year as well that was covered by the city budget. Wonderful. Do any colleagues have any questions? Councilor Williams. Thank you. I just wanted to note that the cap on the BB State revolving fund, which is in the agenda packet at the bottom in the table on revolving funds, the cap is $30,000 annually, and there are

▶ 12:34 Devin Romanul: no salaries paid from this fund. And I'll make a motion to move the bottom line. Why not? Second. Thank you. Councilor Williams made a motion to move to the bottom line, seconded by Councilor Finocchiaro. On discussion. Point of order. I just think it's a motion to approve for revolving accounts and not move- Is that correct? ... to the bottom line, but... Fair point. Just because this is the first time, not that it's- Sounds good ... we approve either way. I just, you know. Well, motion made to approve and/or move to the bottom line. Thank you very much. On discussion. Seeing none, Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll? Vice Chair Vandiver? Yes. Councilor Chen? Yes. Councilor Finocchiaro? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine?

▶ 13:17 Devin Romanul: Yes. Councilor Karamcheti? Yes. Councilor Kowal? Yes. Councilor Abremski? Yes. Councilor Park? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. President Freeman? Yes. Chair Romanul? Yes. All in favor? All right. All in favor, then. Motion passes. Thank you so much for your time and efforts. City of Melrose, thanks you. Thank you. All right. Moving on. Next item on our agenda is department number 542, the Commission on Women. Joining us this evening is Ms. Karen Grant, the chair. Hello, good evening. My name is Allie Bolberg. I am sitting in for Karen Grant, who is my fellow co-chair of the Commission on Women. She couldn't join us tonight, so I am here. Hello. Thank you. First, thank you to the chair and to all the councilors for your

▶ 14:10 service to our city. I am very appreciative of all that you do and very appreciative to join you tonight to talk about the good work of the Melrose Commission on Women. So, as a reminder, the Melrose Commission on Women promotes opportunities, fosters equity and belonging, and provides the community with a vehicle for information, advocacy, and action on issues affecting all women. Over the course of this past fiscal year, the commission has been very actively meeting and discussing ways in which we can connect those in our community on such issues that impact women and girls. This past year in particular, we've decided to approach things through a lens of women's health and the various facets that encompass that. So we have held two

▶ 15:03 successful group discussion opportunities, partnering with the residents at Melrose Station, which is nearby, so utilizing that great venue that also brings in residents who live there, and have had well-attended discussions to talk about women's health as it pertains to brain health, keeping your brains healthy, nutrition. And we're also currently in talks to partner with the Melrose Y in hosting a physical health related event in the coming months. And our goal is to get as many members of the community involved and aware, and we would be very appreciative of modest funds to help us support that, especially with being able to provide a little bit more when we're bringing together members of the

▶ 15:58 Maya Jamaleddine: community. We've been able this past year to, in light of the city's fiscal situation, operate without a budget and relying on the donated time and resources of our commission members. So would be very appreciative to continue to partner with the city and do what I believe is very meaningful work. Thank you. Thank you so much. Really appreciate the information and to all of your efforts for the city of Melrose. Do we have any questions from Councilor Jamaleddine? Thank you. Thank you for all the work that you've been doing for over the years, all the women who participated and stepped in. What is it exactly that you wish to accomplish with any amount of budgeted money that we would be able to provide or approve?

▶ 16:52 Of course. Well, to share hopefully a lighthearted anecdote, in a past life, I worked in the Massachusetts State House, and it was always well known that if you were able to provide some light refreshments, at least you'd get a lot more foot traffic in the door to help bolster your issue or cause that you were working on. So mainly, such funds would go to being able to provide some small enticement for attendance slash also be able to explore other venues or places to be able to hold events. Right now, this past year, we found in particular we really needed to zero in on places that would be willing to donate space to us that didn't have any associated fee. So really, funds would be able to open up a few more doors, literally and figuratively,

▶ 17:47 to be able to figure out ways in which we could reach a broader target of audience than we're currently able to. So you've mentioned about residents and- Mm-hmm ... which is specific population. Mm-hmm. What other population are you hoping to target, and in which interest specifically? Yeah. The goal ideally is all residents through Melrose. It's a commission focused on women and girls, but it isn't just women and girls. Itell the story of, I have two young children, six and four, and when I was pregnant with each, people would ask the inevitable question, "What are you having?" And I would promptly respond, "I'm having a feminist." And then people would seem surprised that I have two sons.

▶ 18:38 And that shouldn't be the case, and I think that's exactly why we have a commission on women, not just here in Melrose, but that every community should. Because there's still some of this ingrained thinking that you can only be a woman and care about women. No, everyone here should care about the issues that are impacting women and girls, that in turn impact the way in which our fabric of society operate. So, long-winded way of saying I want the whole city to be my target audience. Mm-hmm. Thank you. Good answer. Thanks so much. Up next, I have Councilor Williams. Thank you. I just wanted to note that I'm happy to see that you're getting the mayor's request for this year is 2,500. 2025 was about 1,000, so it's more than double.

▶ 19:31 I wanted to ask, I know it's sort of a tough question, to say what would you do with more, but what would you do with more if you had, say, $5,000? Have you thought ahead to what the greater need could be for funds for the commission? I'm very mindful that we are but one part of a large operating system here in the city, so I would never want to take more than what we need. Would be very appreciative of increased funds down the road that I think would be a conversation to have as we are able to take what we have and continue to scale. As I say, a lot of what we do is very simple, targeted right now because of the nature of what the commission is and the funds that we have historically had. But as I said, my goal would be to

▶ 20:28 broaden the commission onto a level that's much more visible as some of the other services or boards of the city, and increased funds would certainly enable the opportunity to implement things that would allow us to have that visibility, I think. Awesome. Thank you. I would like to make a motion to move department 542 to the bottom line. Second. Motion made by Councilor Williams to move to the bottom line, seconded by Councilor Finocchiaro. On discussion, I have President Freeman. Thank you, and thank you, Allie. As a parent raising a daughter and a son, I want to thank you for your comment about raising two feminists. I think that's incredibly important. And just reading your memo here, I think some of the things that the Women's

▶ 21:21 Bradley Freeman: Commission is doing is wonderful. It seems like you're doing a lot of events with some of the more advanced generations in Melrose with your Alzheimer's event and things like that. I would love to see also some events targeting some of our younger Melrosians, and find a way to bring them in contact with some of the older residents of Melrose to share what they learned growing up and how this new generation is being raised differently, being raised to be stronger and more proud of their feminism. And I love the idea of the podcast interview series with MMRTV highlighting some of the women in Melrose. So, thank you for all that you do. So, no question, just more of a comment. Terrific. Any other councilors on discussion?

▶ 22:02 Devin Romanul: Seeing none, Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll? Vice Chair Vandiver? Yes. Councilor Chen? Yes. Councilor Finocchiaro? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor Karamcheti? Yes. Councilor Kowal? Yes. Councilor Obremski? Yes. Councilor Park? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. President Freeman? Yes. Chair Romanul? Yes. All in favor? Motion passes. All right, that motion passes. We will move to the bottom line. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you all. Appreciate it. All right. Moving right along. Up next, department number 544, the Human Rights Commission. My eyes and the tiny font are failing me on that screen, but I believe joining us virtually, Lizzie Barr and a couple of other folks. So feel free to introduce yourself.

▶ 22:47 Yep. Yeah, so I'm Josh Schorlich, I'm the new chair. Lizzie Barr is still listed on the website, but it happened three weeks ago, and here I am. And my name is Jay Stapp, and I'm the treasurer of the Human Rights Commission. Yeah. And this is a great time for this committee. There's a lot going on in the world in terms of human rights in this country, around the world. It's not like we don't have anything to do, so that's great, and that's why we're here. And thank you for having this committee, and we'll make the best we can of it and make Melrose a really great place. Yeah. And so I've been chair for a month, and I've been attending meetings, and Jay has been working on the committee for a couple of

▶ 23:36 years, so he actually knows a little bit more about how we've done things in the past and how our expenses have flowed and where our bank accounts are and... But yeah. So, Jay, Stapp? So in this last year, we've focused a lot on sharing information with Melrose. So we distributed Know Your Rights red cards to help educate people on how to approach encounters with immigration or law enforcement. We've published three resource guides, one focused on legal and civil rights, one focused on resources for LGBTQ+ people, and one focused on immigrants and refugees. We've also been working on an intake process to review claims on discrimination, and we've provided some support for community events.Our

▶ 24:32 priorities for this next year, we're looking to strengthen our role as a resource, increase knowledge of the commission. We want to increase the know your rights work that we've done. We want to distribute more resources, and we want to participate in trainings in partnership with the Massachusetts Attorney General's office. And we want to strengthen our engagement with the community. We want to continue partnering with community organizations and working with the Melrose Police Department and the Melrose Public School system. And from there, that's what I have for you. Wonderful. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Councilor Jamaleddine. Thank you. Thank you for being here tonight. And Lizzie, hi. It's so good to see you again.

▶ 25:26 Do you have any vacancy right now? I know that this was an issue at some point. We do. I'm not sure of the current count. Do you know what- What was the question again? Our vacancy. We have seven right now. I think we can go up to nine. Mm-hmm. And so where do you post for people to be more involved and join the commission? Yeah. So we've been talking about this in the commission for many months. We've been reaching out to our local contacts within the Melrose community and doing all we can to connect and recruit. Lizzie, did you have something that you wanted to speak on with this? Sure. Jay is completely right. So we've been talking about this for a while. I would say our primary channels are

▶ 26:18 social media, so our Facebook page is where we regularly post about it. So we've been trying to post things like, "If you're interested, come join us." And then we have postings on the city website as well. But anytime that anyone has an idea, we're also welcome to hear it. So the process is, is there an application, or do they usually just send an email for those interested? We typically ask that someone send their resume and a letter of intent to the human resources-- or excuse me, the Human Rights Commission inbox, which is humanrightskommission@cityofmelrose.org. And then the commission can review it, and then we send it on to the mayor's office. Awesome. Thank you. And for the year coming, what's

▶ 27:11 your goal? What's your plan to accomplish? What's your plan, in a way, to be able to reach your goal? Yeah. So we want to partner on trainings. So we want to focus on getting more of those know your rights cards, distributing those, and having trainings available in our community for Melrose residents to know their rights. We also want to continue supporting community events. We get a lot of requests, and we'd like to be able to support the things that citizens of Melrose are requesting. And we requested a portion of our budget on outreach supplies and tools, which a portion of that, if the commission decides, would go towards- Mm-hmm ... focusing on these vacancies. And when you say events, what kind of events you're hoping to-

▶ 28:08 Elizabeth Kowal: The events that we've supported have been the Melrose, the MLK Day of Service, and the World Culture Fair at the Roosevelt School. Mm-hmm. Of course, any requests would be vetted by the commission. And so it would depend what the community brought forward to us. Awesome. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Up next, I believe I have Councilor Kowal. Other than-- Hi. It's nice to see you. Hello. Other than sort of the know your rights trainings and working with the organizations, are there other areas that you're interested in partnering with and working with, either whether it's the police or you mentioned the schools? Sort of just interested in-- I know that one's very important, but are there other areas that you're also looking to delve

▶ 28:52 into? Yeah. The thing that's top of my list, and it's on the agenda for this next week, there's a group in town called Pathways to Restorative Communities, two women in Melrose. They're working with the mayor right now. There's going to be a meeting hopefully this week about the child who was killed by the falling tree over in the Winthrop School, and that sort of impacts our community a little bit. And getting those people from the Pathways to Restorative Communities involved with us, maybe partnering with us to bring together quorums and panels, and have people try and pull the community together. Some things that can happen in politics push people apart, and if we can bring people closer together from both sides or all three sides,

▶ 29:46 and bring more consensus to the town, that's what we're really after. Yeah. Lizzie, can you speak more about the partnerships with the schools and the police? Yes. So the commission came together, and we made this matrix of our different community stakeholders. So we have commissioners who are doing outreach with the hospitals, with the schools, with police, and it's primarily gauged at how can we build bridges within the community, how can we build relationships as a commission, how can we build bridges so that the other agencies know us and trust us, how can they spread our name throughout the community, and also, how can we gain information so that we can then share information? So if we can learn their policies regarding

▶ 30:33 Ryan Williams: if they allow certainOther agents of the federal government to be in their spaces. How can we know that policy so that we can then educate others? So it's really about relationship building and then also being a conduit for information. Thank you. Terrific. Up next, I have Councilor Williams. Thank you. The conversation with Councilor Coleman was very helpful to me because it ties into the questions I was going to ask as well. So I'm going to cut my statement a little shorter. What would you say is the current status of some of this new policy work incorporating conversations with police in the school department and the hospital? Would you consider it very early stage? Is it something you've been working on for a couple of weeks or months?

▶ 31:21 Is it more of an idea? Where do you guys feel like you're at with this? Right. Yeah. So I'm just coming into the whole team. This is an idea. Mm-hmm. I've been working on social justice for a long time, and I'm really excited. This is my next step here at Melrose. And, so I'm not just coming up with something that's half-baked. It's something that I've been developing for a while and I'm looking forward to doing that as much as we can across the community. I don't know the relationship with the chief of police, although he lives right across the street from my house. Oh . Good start. So that's convenient. Yeah. So what was the rest of the question? Sure. And I have just a couple of follow-up thoughts, too.

▶ 32:16 Ryan Williams: To say I greatly appreciate-- Sorry, I'm looking at Lizzie because she's on the screen in front of me, but you can't tell I'm looking at you. I greatly appreciate the red cards. Because this is the kind of thing where I think some of us as councilors, when we know these things need to happen, and sometimes we don't necessarily have the wherewithal to do them ourselves. And it's really great to know, for me, personally, anyway, it's great to know that it's being done. Because it's really important. So I'm really, really glad to see the commission doing these things and moving in this direction. I would say, when you're thinking about your policy initiatives, think also about surveillance. Because we have a little bit of

▶ 32:56 Ryan Williams: surveillance in the city already, and I think it's something that needs to be examined and thought through and discussed in light of everything that you're talking about here in your points. And I'd be really interested to learn more about your goals and what you're trying to accomplish and follow along with you as you work through it. So surveillance in terms of cameras in schools and- Surveillance writ large, but cameras would be a piece of it. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah, and, having the reporting so that if the community sees something, they can report it easily, and not feel threatened by doing that. Yeah, it's really important to open all those channels so that everybody can respond to what they're feeling.

▶ 33:37 Mm. And it doesn't turn into a bad situation. This tree is a great example. Something happened, and that can just go a number of ways. I'm glad to hear that Mayor Grigoris is bringing that together- Mm ... the community together around that so that people have a better understanding. And yeah, surveillance. The tree's a real outlier. But yeah. It's important. Thank you. All right. Up next, I have Councilor Finocchiaro. Thank you. Thanks for being here tonight. Just wanted to ask you if you could go back to the-- You mentioned a cultural fair at the Roosevelt. Could you speak a little bit about that, or- Yeah. Lizzie, I think you know more about the partnership with that one specifically. Yes. So a parent

▶ 34:21 reached out and asked if we could provide support to the Roosevelt World Culture Fair. So the MHRC has the ability to provide support, not with dollars, but with physical items that we can purchase. And we utilized our residual money from the donation account. So that was left over while we did not have a general administrative budget. So we purchased things like, they had these passport books, they had stamps, they had flags. And in doing that, we also dropped off things like our stickers and our magnets so that the community could become more aware of the HRC. That's great. I think the cultural fairs are great. We should do them at every school. Mm-hmm. If nobody else has any questions, I'm just going to make a motion to move to the

▶ 35:08 Devin Romanul: bottom line. Second. Motion moved to the bottom line made by Councilor Finocchiaro, seconded by Councilor Karamcheti. On discussion. Seeing none, Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll? Vice Chair Vandiver? Yes. Councilor Chen? Yes. Councilor Finocchiaro? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor Karamcheti? Yes. Councilor Coleman? Yes. Councilor Abramsky? Yes. Councilor Park? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. President Freeman? Yes. Chair Romanul? Yes. All in favor? Motion passes. All right. All in favor. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Appreciate you. Thank you. Thank you. And last, but certainly not least on our department budget presentations this evening is department number 545, the Commission on

▶ 35:50 Disability. Good evening. Good evening. I'm Gary Hale at 61 Pearl Street in Melrose. I'm the chair of the Commission on Disability. Our goal is to ensure that Melrose is fully inclusive of all people with disabilities. The tools we use are advocacy, education, and information. We're a group of seven volunteers. Four of us are people with disabilities. We have a parent who has a child with a disabilityAll of us have some work experience working with people with disabilities, and a couple of us have career-long experience working with people with disabilities. So we have a lot of expertise to offer to the residents in the community who have disabilities, and also to offer to the city when we have mutual

▶ 37:06 concerns that affect people with disabilities. I know you have this information, but just quickly to mention some of the things that we accomplished this year. We worked with the Public Works department and our ADA coordinator to secure a Mass Office on Disability ADA Improvement Grant of $171,000. The money is targeted for accessibility improvements in three of our elementary schools, Hoover, Winthrop, and Horace Mann. And the work began over the April vacation and will continue when school's out. We developed a guide for community organizations, and I brought copies. I wanted to pass these out. Some of you may have these. Thanks. So these are for helping community organizations better welcome and include people with disabilities in their

▶ 38:21 organization and in their events. One of the exciting initiatives that we just began this spring is working with the high school SPED department and the Chamber of Commerce to bring students with disabilities together with work opportunities, work experiences among our community businesses. We just started this initiative, and we have a lot of work to do on that, because I know there's a lot of interest, but the work of making the connections is what needs to happen, connecting students with disabilities with the right kind of work experiences in the community. So we're all in. We're all about continuing that next year. We also do a disability pride event for Disability Pride Month, which occurs in July.

▶ 39:30 We did one last year. We'll do another one this year. I expect we'll do that annually. We have a few events down at the library, and a couple other things that we do. We brought in a resource to work with the city on website accessibility, and I believe that the cities that's size of Melrose have to be able to assure website accessibility by April of '27. So anything that we can do to help out with that, we will be there and assist as best we can. We also take on various advocacy issues in the city. We discuss strategies and ways of individuals dealing with any particular problems that they have. And if we have more of a community-wide kind of an issue, we'll take that on and deal with that as a

▶ 40:42 commission with the appropriate entities in the city. So what we intend to do this coming year is we passed out this guide. We're distributing this guide among community organizations. But we're offering to provide education and support and other resources to those community organizations. So we expect that we'll get a few requests, and we'll follow up on those. We want to continue the school initiative. We'll do another Disability Pride Month event this year and continue to work with city departments on mutual issues. I'm certain that we'll submit another Mass Office on Disability grant application next year. I spoke briefly with Mayor Jen about that, and I think we're all in on that. And then we need to reach out to the disability community.

▶ 41:52 Ryan Williams: We need to be better connected with them, and we'll be working on developing some strategies to better reach out to the community and make sure that they know that we're here. So our budget request is the mayor's request for us is $2,500, and we'll be very pleased to have those funds this year. Thank you so much. Up first, I have Councilor Williams. Thank you. Gary, you do a lot with $2,500, or I guess $1,400- Yeah ... because that's what it was before. And I think that I have seen you more than I have seen almost any other commission member of any commission in the city. You are everywhere, and you are always working, and you always seem to take on what must be-Sort of a daunting and maybe sometimes dispiriting

▶ 42:48 Ryan Williams: task as a person with disabilities navigating a world that is not designed for them. And you do it with a lot of kindness and positivity and optimism, and I really appreciate that. So I wanted to say thank you to you and to every single individual member of the Commission on Disability for the excellent work that you've done for a very new commission. I wish that you could get more money, and I hope in the future that that's the case. But I just had to say how much I appreciate everything you guys do and what it's leading to around the city. Thank you. Yeah, you're very welcome. All right. Thank you, Councilor Williams. Up next, I have Councilor Finocchiaro. Thank you. Thank you for being here and for everything that you're doing for the commission.

▶ 43:29 Can you speak a little bit about the book? Is this something that you would like, you have hopes in getting out to the community and how? You might have said it, but I just want to get some clarification on it. There's a lot of information in here about disability in general, some information about disability law. But there's a lot of lists of things that community organizations can think about as they welcome people with disabilities into their organization, as they create events, plan events, plan for participants who might be people with disabilities. We have a section in here on reasonable accommodation, which hopefully demystifies reasonable accommodation just a little bit. I think probably it's a scary term

▶ 44:30 a lot of times, and it really doesn't need to be because most reasonable accommodations are no cost or low cost. And we offer in here that if an organization has a cost item that has to do with making an event accessible to people with disabilities, that they can check with us, and we can help them find some resources. There are some funding resources that you can apply for if you have an expense, a large expense, to meet the reasonable accommodations of the individuals attending your event. So, it's a lot of information, and basically, a community organization can go through here and find the checklist that works for them. And plus, there's a lot of other information, some other resources identified in here

▶ 45:23 also. So we've been working on this for a while, and we're in the process of getting it out. We had a meeting last night. We were just talking about how we can get this out to folks. So we're compiling a list of-- This is for community organizations as opposed to businesses because the ADA requirements vary somewhat, whether you're a nonprofit organization as opposed to whether you're a profit-making business. So this is for the nonprofits, basically. And we just compile a list and do our best to get it out to everybody. Yeah, I looked through it briefly while you were speaking. It's comprehensive. There's things in here that I personally wouldn't think of if I was holding an event, and I like that you give them resources for funding or just resources in

▶ 46:15 general. So, I'd be interested in how you figure out how you're going to get it out into the community so people know. For instance, like at the BBS state, if people are having an event there, maybe you have the pamphlets there or something, so. Well, recently there was the cultural summit- Yeah ... a couple of weeks ago, and we attended that. And most of the folks there was an art community mostly, and they're mostly nonprofit entities. So we brought copies of this and left quite a few copies with them. But we really need to make sure, it's not a really good place to leave a pile of these things and make sure the right people get them. So we're going to, as I mentioned, compile a list of organizations, and if the best thing to do

▶ 47:17 Manjula Karamcheti: is to mail them, that's what we'll do. We want to make sure we get these out to as many of our community organizations as we can. Well, you're doing great work, and I'm happy that you have a larger budget. And I know you're going to do great things with every single cent. So just make a motion to move the bottom line. Second. Motion to move to the bottom line, excuse me, by Councilor Finocchiaro, seconded by Councilor Karamcheti. On discussion, up first, I have Councilor Karamcheti. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for being here, Mr. Hale. I just wanted to just jump in and say that I just so greatly appreciate the work that the Commission on Disability has been doing, especially around supporting the

▶ 48:03 Manjula Karamcheti: city in getting funds to do some deeply important and meaningful work through grants, in terms of accessibility for our city. And I was at the Melrose Creative Alliance where you presented this, and those kinds of presentations, I think, have such an impact. I actually took this and brought it to my workplace, and shared it with our HR department in terms of we host a lot of events too, and thinking about how we can make our events more accessible. So I just want you to know the impact of this work is actually going beyond Melrose. And then I guess, can I ask a question when it's, yeah, discussion? Yeah, I can. I'm curious if organizations are looking for consultation, can they call the Commission on Disability? Can they get in touch?

▶ 48:56 Or just in terms of the role that the commission wants to play in the city, what are your thoughts on that? Well, the best way to get in touch with us is to send us an email at cod@cityofmelrose.org, and we'll surely respond to that. And that's the best way. I have my mobile phone on when we put out the agenda notice that gets posted in the city hall, and it also goes on our webpage on the website. So, my phone number is there if organizations want to find that and call. But the best way is to email us, and we'll definitely follow up because that's what we offer and that's what we want to do. We want to make sure that people understand how to use this if they have any questions. We want to be able to be there to support them.

▶ 50:00 Wonderful. Thank you so much. Perfect. Thank you so much. I also have Vice Chair Vandiver. Thank you. On the topic of this guide, which I also saw at the previous event, an amazing guide. Are you aware of any organizations or events that have already, in Melrose, made any adjustments based on the guide? Not specifically. That was a couple of weeks ago, and we haven't been contacted for follow-up on the guide, but we don't have that many out circulated yet. So, we could send it out on a Word document also. So we can email it out, but we wanted to spiff it up a little bit. So that's why we came up with this, and this is what we'd really like to get into people's hands. But we're available. We just started distributing this maybe two or three

▶ 51:07 Kimberly Vandiver: weeks ago, so it's early yet, but I hope organizations will let us know how we can-- I think the contact, there is, I believe, our email address in this document and also our webpage on the Melrose website. Well, we just talked to the BB Estate, so it looks like they've already left the room. But hopefully we can get them a copy as well for the events that they host and the art events and the beer gardens. I don't know which gaps they have, but I'm sure there are things they could improve. And I'm sure as you start to see these changes that do pop up at events around town, it'll probably be very rewarding for you and all of this work that you've done. So I'm looking forward to that. Thank you for everything.

▶ 51:58 Devin Romanul: Absolutely. And I will follow up with BB Estate. Thank you. Thank you, Chair Hale. And I'll just say to your comment about spiffing it up, for those who aren't in the chamber, this is exceptionally spiffy. So I think mission accomplished in that regard. And please let us know if there's a way we can help distribute this both to community organizations, but in our own social media online channels. Happy to do that when you have a PDF version ready for distribution. Any other councilors? I believe we have a motion on the floor and seconded. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll? Yes. Vice Chair Vandiver? Yes. Councilor Chen? Yes. Councilor Finocchiaro? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor Karamcheti?

▶ 52:37 Devin Romanul: Yes. Councilor Coleman? Yes. Councilor Obremski? Yes. Councilor Park? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. President Freeman? Yes. Chair Romanul? Yes. All in favor? Motion passes. All right. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you, Chair Hale, for your indefatigable efforts. Thank you very much. Thank you for coming down. All right. Up next, appropriations ID number 2026-1208, an appropriation in the amount of $126,652,797 to fund the fiscal year 2027 general fund operating budget. Councilor Williams? Motion to hold this in committee. Second. Second. Motion to hold in committee made by Councilor Williams, seconded by Vice Chair Vandiver. On discussion. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll? Vice Chair Vandiver?

▶ 53:24 Devin Romanul: Yes. Councilor Chen? Yes. Councilor Finocchiaro? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor Karamcheti? Yes. Councilor Coleman? Yes. Councilor Obremski? Yes. Councilor Park? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. President Freeman? Yes. Chair Romanul? Yes. All in favor? Motion passes. All right. Motion passes. This will be held in committee. And last but not least, ordinance ID number 2026. Maybe it is least. I don't know. You be the judge. Ordinance number 2026-1212, reauthorization of the revolving fund table for fiscal year 2027. Motion to hold in committee. Motion to hold in committee made by Vice Chair Vandiver. Second. Seconded by Councilor Karamcheti. On discussion. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

▶ 54:10 Devin Romanul: Vice Chair Vandiver? Yes. Councilor Chen? Yes. Councilor Finocchiaro? Yes. Councilor Jamaleddine? Yes. Councilor Karamcheti? Yes. Councilor Coleman? Yes. Councilor Obremski? Yes. Councilor Park? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. President Freeman? Yes. Chair Romanul? Yes. All in favor? Motion passes. All right. That will also be held in committee. With that, that concludes the agenda for this evening for the Appropriations and Oversight Committee. Please join us next week on Monday, May 18th. We will be hearing a revenue overview from the mayor and the CFO, in addition to the budgets for the mayor's office, Veterans Services Department, Council on Aging, city clerk, and none other than the City Council.

▶ 54:51 Devin Romanul: If there's no objection, I'll motion by unanimous consent to adjourn. Seeing no objection, we are now adjourned.

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