Finance Committee - 10.22.2025

Finance Committee Meeting - 10.22.2025

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Meeting Open (00:00:00)
Meeting Open
170-25: Grant Fund Expenditure of $339,036 from the US DOT Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program (00:00:40)
170-25: Grant Fund Expenditure of $339,036 from the US DOT Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program

170-25 ORDER: the City of Fitchburg approve the expenditure of funds in the approximate amount of THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE THOUSAND THIRTY-SIX DOLLARS ($339,036) from the US Department of Transportation Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program.
171-25: Gift Expenditure of $712.50 to the Pawlak Playground Gift Account from the Nashoba RHS Class of 1971 (00:11:38)
171-25: Gift Expenditure of $712.50 to the Pawlak Playground Gift Account from the Nashoba RHS Class of 1971

171-25 ORDER: the City of Fitchburg approve the expenditure of a gift from the Nashoba Regional High School class of 1971, made to the Pawlak Playground gift account, in the approximate amount of SEVEN HUNDRED TWELVE AND 50/100 DOLLARS ($712.50).
182-25: Transfer $27,500 from 'Election Personal Services - Election Workers' to 'Election Expense - Voting Equipment' (00:13:33)
182-25: Transfer $27,500 from 'Election Personal Services - Election Workers' to 'Election Expense - Voting Equipment'

182-25 ORDER: the City of Fitchburg approve the transfer of TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($27,500) from ELECTION PERSONAL SERVICES - Election Workers to ELECTION EXPENSE - Voting Equipment for the purchase of a high-speed scanner.
183-25: Grant Fund Expenditure of $84,996 from MA Broadband Institute's Digital Equity Implementation Grant Program (00:14:09)
183-25: Grant Fund Expenditure of $84,996 from MA Broadband Institute's Digital Equity Implementation Grant Program

183-25 ORDER: the City of Fitchburg approve the expenditure of funds in the approximate amount of EIGHTY-FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY-SIX DOLLARS ($84,996) from the Massachusetts Broadband Institute's Digital Equity Implementation Grant program.
184-25 & 185-25: Amend #153-25, Removing $2,000 Allocated for 'Airport - Personal Services' & Appropriate $2,000 from 'Airport Receipts Reserved' to 'Airport - Personal Services - Labor' (00:21:14)
184-25 & 185-25: Amend #153-25, Removing $2,000 Allocated for 'Airport - Personal Services' & Appropriate $2,000 from 'Airport Receipts Reserved' to 'Airport - Personal Services - Labor'

+ 184-25 ORDER: the City of Fitchburg amend Council Order #153-25 as follows: there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of [was TWENTY SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($26,500)] TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($24,500) same to be charged against RESERVE FOR OTHER MUNICIPAL PURPOSES - Expenses and credited to the following accounts: ++ TREASURER - Personal Services: $1,000 ++ POLICE - Personal Services: $23,500 ++ AIRPORT Personal Services: $0 [Was $2,000] +185-25 ORDER: there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000) same to be charged against AIRPORT RECEIPTS RESERVED and credited to AIRPORT - Personal Services - Labor.
186-25 & 187-25: Amend #106-25 To Reduce the Sum Appropriated to 'Water Expenses' by $350,000 & Amend #107-25 To Reduce the Sum Appropriated to 'Wastewater Expenses' by $750,000 (00:22:44)
186-25 & 187-25: Amend #106-25 To Reduce the Sum Appropriated to 'Water Expenses' by $350,000 & Amend #107-25 To Reduce the Sum Appropriated to 'Wastewater Expenses' by $750,000

+ 186-25 ORDER: the City of Fitchburg amend Council Order #106-25 to reduce the sum appropriated to Water Expenses by $350,000, as follows: there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of [was NINE MILLION EIGHTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($9,018,485)] EIGHT MILLION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGH? THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($8,668,485) same to be charged against WATER ENTERPRISE FUND RECEIPTS and credited to Fiscal Year 2026 Water Enterprise Fund accounts as follows: ++ Personal Services: $2,417,125 ++ Expenses: $2,421,000 ++ Indirect Costs: $1,102,300 [was $1,452,300] ++ Debt Service: $2,178,060 ++ Capital Expenses: $550,000 + 187-25 ORDER: the City of Fitchburg amend Council Order #107-25 to reduce the sum appropriated to Wastewater Expenses by $750,000, as follows: there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of [was TWENTY MILLION THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY ONE DOLLARS ($20,037,331)] NINETEEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE DOLLARS ($19,287,331), charging $17,594,495 against WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE FUND RECEIPTS and $1,692,836 against WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE FUND RETAINED EARNINGS, and credited to Fiscal Year 2026 Wastewater Enterprise Fund accounts as follows: ++ Personal Services: $3,094,268 ++ Expenses: $5,563,005 [was $6,313,005] ++ Indirect Costs: $1,555,300 ++ Debt Service: $6,673,958 ++ Capital Expenses: $2,400,800
Other Business (00:25:04)
Other Business