Agenda Item VII Orders Finance - VIII Loan Orders
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Agenda Item VII Orders Finance - VIII Loan Orders
VII. ORDERS – FINANCE
171-23. ORDER THAT: there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of NINETEEN
THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT AND 00/100 DOLLARS
($19,758.00) same to be charged against AVAILABLE FUNDS and credited to
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, CHAPTER 41 POLICE.
172-23. ORDER THAT: there be and hereby is transferred from within the sum of TWENTYSIX THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED 00/100 DOLLARS ($26,200.00) same to be
transferred from ELECTION & REGISTRATION, PERSONAL SERVICES,
ELECTION WORKERS and credited to the following accounts:
CITY COUNCIL EXPENSES $11,200.00
CITY CLERK EXPENSES $ 2,000.00
ELECTION & REGISTRATION EXPENSES $13,000.00
173-23. ORDER THAT: the City of Fitchburg hereby approves the expenditure of funds from
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts earmark in the approximate amount of
$25,000.00 (TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS) for the
purpose of said earmark, which is to support the renovation and expansion of the
Fitchburg Police Department dispatch center.
174-23. ORDER THAT: there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of ONE HUNDRED
TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE AND 11/100
DOLLARS ($124,399.11) from RESERVE FOR APPROPRIATION, PEG ACCESS
and credited to INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, FRANCHISE FEE for the
purpose of paying FATV for franchise fees received during the second quarter of
2023.
175-23. ORDER THAT: there be and hereby is transferred from within the sum of ONE
HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($135,000.00)
same to be transferred from PARKS PERSONAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT
HEAD ($85,000.00) and LABOR ($50,000.00) and credited to PARKS CAPITAL,
DEPARTMENTAL EQUIPMENT ($120,000.00) and PARKS EXPENSES, GAS &
OIL ($15,000.00).
176-23. ORDER THAT: there be and hereby is transferred from within the sum of TWO
HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($270,000.00) same
to be transferred from the following accounts:
DPW ADMIN. P.S. INSPECTOR $ 40,000.00
DPW ADMIN. P.S. ASST. CITY ENG. $ 35,000.00
DPW ADMIN. P.S. CLERICAL $ 10,000.00
DPW STREETS P.S. LABOR $155,000.00
DPW STREETS P.S. SUMMER HELP $ 30,000.00
and credited to the following accounts:
DPW CAPITAL, EQUIPMENT $170,000.00
DPW EXPENSES, GAS & OIL $ 35,000.00
DPW EXPENSES, MOTOR VEH. REP. $ 35,000.00
DPW EXPENSES, POT HOLE REPAIRS $ 30,000.00.
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177-23. ORDER THAT: there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of FOUR THOUSAND,
FORTY AND 70/100 DOLLARS ($4,040.70) same to be charged against
RESERVED FOR APPROPRIATION, TNC PER RIDE ASSESSMENT and credited
to DPW CAPITAL EXPENSES, STREET REPAIR for the purpose of road repaving.
178-23. ORDER THAT: the City of Fitchburg hereby approves the expenditure of funds from
the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Asset Management Grant
Program in the approximate amount of $150,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS) for the purpose of said grant, which is to
begin the development of a GIS based asset management program for stormwater
infrastructure.
VIII. LOAN ORDERS-ROLL CALL VOTE
147-23. LOAN ORDER: the Loan Order 153-2022 ordered by this Council on June 21, 2022
which authorized a borrowing of $30,000,000 for various sewer separation projects is
hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
That the sum of Thirty Six Million Dollars ($36,000,000) be and hereby is
appropriated to pay the cost of various sewer separation projects including, but not
limited to, sewer separation project CSO 010, 032, 045 and 083
Separation/Rehabilitation, and ongoing repairs and rehabilitation of the sewer system
infrastructure elsewhere in the City, including without limitation all costs incidental
and related thereto and all costs thereof as defined in M.G.L. Chapter 29C, as
amended; and to meet this appropriation, the City Treasurer, with the approval of the
Mayor, is authorized to borrow said amount under and pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter
44, Section 7(1) or 8(14), or pursuant to any other enabling authority, and to issue
bonds or notes of the City therefor; and that the City Treasurer with the approval of
the Mayor is authorized to borrow all or a portion of such amount from the
Massachusetts Clean Water Trust established pursuant to Chapter 29C and in
connection therewith to enter into a financing agreement and/or security agreement
with the Trust and otherwise to contract with the Trust and the Department of
Environmental Protection with respect to such loan, and for any federal or state aid
available for the project or for the financing thereof; and that the Mayor or other
relevant City official is authorized to enter into a project regulatory agreement with
the Department of Environmental Protection, to expend all funds available for the
project and to take any other action necessary to carry out the project. The Treasurer
is hereby authorized to file an application with the Municipal Finance Oversight
Board to qualify under M.G.L. Chapter 44A any or all of the bonds authorized by this
order, and to provide such information and execute such documents as the Municipal
Finance Oversight Board may require for these purposes.
(Final Reading