Finance Committee - 2.25.2026

Finance Committee Meeting - 2.25.2026

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Chapters

Meeting Open (00:00:00)
Meeting Open
Public Forum (00:00:35)
Public Forum
025-26: Grant Fund Expenditure of $10,086 for the Purchase of a Cruiser Insert and Ace K-9 System (00:01:09)
025-26: Grant Fund Expenditure of $10,086 for the Purchase of a Cruiser Insert and Ace K-9 System

025-26 ORDER: the City of Fitchburg hereby approves the expenditure of Massachusetts Vest-A-Dog, Inc. grant funds in the amount of TEN THOUSAND EIGHTY-SIX DOLLARS ($10,086) for the purchase of a cruiser insert and Ace K-9 system.
026-26: Transfer of $191,000 From Within Various Police Department Accounts (00:02:18)
026-26: Transfer of $191,000 From Within Various Police Department Accounts

026-26 ORDER: the City of Fitchburg hereby transfers the total sum of ONE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($191,000) from within the following Police Department accounts: From: + POLICE PERSONAL SERVICES - Patrolmen $131,000 + POLICE PERSONAL SERVICES - Professional Standards $ 28,000 + POLICE PERSONAL SERVICES - Sergeants $ 20,000 + POLICE PERSONAL SERVICES - Sick Time $ 12,000 To: + POLICE PERSONAL SERVICES - Overtime $125,000 + POLICE PERSONAL SERVICES - Clerical $ 35,000 + POLICE EQUIPMENT & REPAIR - Contracted Services $ 20,000 + POLICE EQUIPMENT & REPAIR-Recruit Academy Training $11,000
028-26: Grant Fund Expenditure of $67,000 To Fund the Design of an ADA Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan (00:07:28)
028-26: Grant Fund Expenditure of $67,000 To Fund the Design of an ADA Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan

028-26 ORDER: the City of Fitchburg hereby approves the expenditure of grant funds from the Massachusetts Office of Disability in the approximate amount of SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($67,000) to fund the design of an ADA Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan.
019-26, 020-26, 021-26: Orders Related to the DPW Labor Contract (00:10:50)
019-26, 020-26, 021-26: Orders Related to the DPW Labor Contract

+ 019-26 ORDER: there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of FORTY-SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($46,100) same to be charged against RESERVE FOR OTHER MUNICIPAL PURPOSES - Expenses and credited to the following departmental accounts: ++ PUBLIC WORKS - Labor $12,027 ++ PUBLIC WORKS - Overtime $ 2,117 ++ PUBLIC WORKS - Stipends $22,000 ++ CEMETERY - Labor $ 2,380 ++ CEMETERY - Overtime $ 445 ++ CEMETERY - Stipends $ 4,000 ++ PARKS - Stipends $ 3,000 ++ EMPLOYEE BENEFITS - Other $ 131 + 020-26 ORDER: there be and hereby is transferred the sum of NINETEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($19,900) from within DPW Water Division PERSONAL SERVICES to the following accounts: ++ LABOR $ 4,113 ++ OVERTIME $ 751 ++ BUYBACKS $ 36 ++ STIPENDS $15,000 + 021-26 ORDER: there be and hereby is transferred the sum of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000) from within DPW Wastewater Division PERSONAL SERVICES to the following account: STIPENDS $5,000