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Meeting Name: Finance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/6/2025 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Virtual
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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Attachments: Finance - 2025-05-06 Memo (with 25-0568), Finance - 2025-05-06 Memo (with 25-0569), Finance - 2025-05-06 Memo (with 25-0570), Finance - 2025-05-06 Memo (with 25-0745), Finance - 2025-05-06 Motor Vehicle Excise Manual (with 25-0745)
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25-0758 11.Committee MinutesApproval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting of April 8, 2025.AcceptedPass Action details Not available
25-0686 12.Mayor's RequestRequesting approval to pay prior year invoices totaling $12,430.19 using available funds in the Police Department In Service Training, Professional & Technical Services, Repairs to Radio Alarm, and Public Safety Supplies accounts.Recommended to be approvedPass Action details Not available
25-0674 13.Mayor's RequestRequesting approval to accept and expend a $35,300 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Office of Emergency Management to the Police Department for upgrades to the Emergency Operation Center.Recommended to be approvedPass Action details Not available
25-0683 14.Mayor's RequestRequesting approval to accept and expend a $61,301.89 grant with no new match required, from the Boston Office of Emergency Management to the Police Department for replacement of cameras.Recommended to be approvedPass Action details Not available
25-0523 15.Mayor's RequestRequesting approval of a Deed, Maintenance License, and Maintenance Easement for 808 Windsor Street.Recommended to be approvedPass Action details Not available
25-0824 16.Officer's CommunicationCity Solicitor requesting approval to retain Verrill Dana, LLP, as outside legal counsel with respect to Combined Sewer Overflow Control matters.Recommended to be approvedPass Action details Not available
25-0524 17.Mayor's RequestRequesting approval to create the Chestnut Street Multimodal Safety Stabilization Fund and accept a payment of $99,127 from the developer of 100 Chestnut Street to implement multimodal safety and access improvements.Recommended to be approvedPass Action details Not available
25-0398 18.Mayor's RequestRequesting the transfer of $55,631 from the Community Preservation Act (CPA) Undesignated Fund Balance to the CPA Open Space Reserve.Recommended to be approvedPass Action details Not available
25-0652 19.Mayor's RequestRequesting the appropriation of $300,000 from the Community Preservation Act (CPA) Fund to the CPA Open Space Land Acquisition Fund.Recommended to be approvedPass Action details Not available
25-0399 110.Mayor's RequestRequesting the appropriation of $100,000 from the Community Preservation Act Budgeted Reserve and Open Space Reserve for improvements to Dilboy Auxiliary Fields.Recommended to be approvedPass Action details Not available
25-0651 111.Mayor's RequestRequesting the appropriation of $1,468,693 from the Community Preservation Act Affordable Housing Reserve to the Affordable Housing Trust.Recommended to be approvedPass Action details Not available
25-0254 112.OrderThat the Chief of Police present to this Council the financial implications of the Public Safety for All recommendations, specifically the costs to fund additional officers, acquire and utilize body cameras, and implement a co-response model.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
25-0568 113.OrderThat the Director of Housing include a line item contribution to the Affordable Housing Trust’s FY 2026 ordinary maintenance budget in order to sustain its funding for affordable housing development and assistance to households facing rent or mortgage arrears.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
25-0569 114.OrderThat the Director of Housing Stability calculate and present a budget proposal for sufficient funding that will enable it to continue its programs of municipal flex funding, legal assistance and related housing search services for residents facing displacement and homeless families and individuals in FY 2026.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
25-0570 115.OrderThat the Director of the Office of Sustainability and Environment clarify the situation regarding the federal grant application for composting and, depending on its likely fulfillment, calculate a budget line item to insure that the small-scale pilot program can continue into FY 2026 and expand to more households.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
25-0745 116.OrderThat the Chief Assessor and the City Treasurer discuss with this Council the issue of residents not receiving initial motor vehicle excise tax bills, resulting in demand fees.Recommended to be marked work completed  Action details Not available