Details Meeting Name: Finance Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 4/9/2014 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (23) 23 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video 195787 3 195787 Order That the Purchasing Department purchase decibel meter readers for the use of the Police and Inspectional Services Departments. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 195833 3 195833 Order That the Director of Finance and the City Treasurer research the possibility of providing direct deposit pay stubs online to employees and determine the potential savings to the city by doing so. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196145 3 196145 Resolution That the Administration provide this Board with a copy of the recently executed 5 year partnership agreement with Tufts University, including all payments in lieu of taxes. Work completed   Action details Not available 196191 3 196191 Mayor's Communication Conveying the partnership agreement with Tufts University. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196227 3 196227 Order That the Director of Finance and this Board’s Committee on Finance review the attached article on Arlington’s “visual budget”. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196265 3 196265 Mayor's Communication Updating this Board with respect to Partners Healthcare at Assembly Row. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196320 3 196320 Order That the Director of Finance submit to this Board, a report of all new appropriations from July 1, 2013 to date and identifying all new appropriations approved. Work completed   Action details Not available 196329 3 196329 Communication Retirement Board notifying this Board of intention to vote at a regular meeting on a Cost of Living Adjustment for eligible retirees for 2014. Work completed   Action details Not available 196595 4 196595 Mayor's Request Requesting the acceptance of a Working Cities Challenge grant totaling $100,000 from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston for the development of a workforce training program. Approved   Action details Not available 196327 5 196327 Mayor's Request Requesting a transfer of $4,000 within the Public Health Dept., from its Salaries Account to its Professional and Technical Services Account, to hire an emergency preparedness consultant. Approved   Action details Not available 196289 5 196289 Mayor's Request Requesting the expenditure of FY14 funds totaling $167.41 to pay an outstanding prior year invoice in the Police Department. Approved   Action details Not available 196248 5 196248 Mayor's Request Requesting an appropriation of $5,791 from the Capital Stabilization Fund for a dryer for firefighter protective bunker gear. Approved   Action details Not available 196245 5 196245 Mayor's Request Requesting an appropriation of $47,500 from the Capital Stabilization Fund for the purchase of 4 thermal imaging cameras for the Fire Dept. Approved   Action details Not available 196244 5 196244 Mayor's Request Requesting an appropriation of $65,820 from the Capital Stabilization Fund for the purchase of two Hurst Rescue Tool Systems for the Fire Dept. Approved   Action details Not available 196241 5 196241 Mayor's Request Requesting an appropriation of $200,000 from the Sewer Retained Earnings Account to the Capital Improvements Account for East Broadway drainage improvements. Approved   Action details Not available 196288 5 196288 Mayor's Request Requesting the transfer of a parcel of land at 163 Glen Street to the Redevelopment Authority for neighborhood development. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196164 5 196164 Mayor's Request Requesting an appropriation of $490,000, and authorization to borrow $490,000 in a bond, for a new HR and Payroll system. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 196040 5 196040 Mayor's Request Requesting an appropriation of $93,500 from Unreserved Fund Balance ("Free Cash") to the DPW Buildings and Grounds Moving Services Account to clean out the Homan's Building and the Powderhouse School Building. Approved   Action details Not available 194503 5 194503 Order That the Director of SPCD respond in writing within 30 days with a breakdown of all funds provided through the CDBG program, DIF bonds, "I Cubed Bonds" or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and spent to fund work or purchase materials in connection with Assembly Square, whether by the City, the State, any agencies thereof, or by Federal Realty Investment Trust or any subsidiaries or related companies. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 194831 5 194831 Order That the Director of Finance provide this Board with a list of all contracts, purchase orders, or payments to vendors in excess of $25,000 for 2012 and 2013 (to date), whether funded through the budget or through grants, that were not publicly bid, with a brief explanation of why they were exempt. Work completed   Action details Not available 195532 6 195532 Mayor's Request Requesting authorization to borrow $500,000 in a bond, and appropriate the same amount, for ADA Accessibility - Building Improvements. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 195373 6 195373 Mayor's Request Requesting authorization to borrow $900,000 in a bond, and appropriate the same amount, to implement a comprehensive wayfinding plan. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 195571 6 195571 Mayor's Request Requesting an appropriation of $500,000 and authorization to borrow that amount in a bond to retain a qualified planning and land use concern to develop a major plan change to existing Assembly Square Urban Renewal Plan. Kept in committee   Action details Not available