2026-05-20 - City Council (Reconvening)

Summary

Built from the official minutes (approved together with the May 26 minutes at the June 8, 2026 meeting). No agenda, video or transcript on file.

Called to order by Council President Clarke. All nine members present: Clarke, Majority Leader Bilodeau, Hernandez, Rosado, Rossetti, Surgeon, Gale, Michtom and Thomas. Every recorded vote was 9-0.
Financial and non-financial resolutions: Bilodeau moved to accept Financial Resolution DEMS 1 and DEMS 2 and Non-Financial Resolution DEMS 1 (seconded by Hernandez), and Non-Financial Resolutions WF 1, WF 2 and WF 3 (seconded by Thomas); all six carried 9-0. The minutes record that all WF financial resolutions were withdrawn.
Fiscal year 2027 budget: Bilodeau moved, seconded by Hernandez, to accept the substitute Ordinance Tax Levy on the list of October 1, 2025, then the substitute Ordinance concerning appropriation in the Capital Improvement Fund, then the substitute Ordinance of Appropriation for the General Fund; each carried 9-0.
The minutes give no dollar totals, mill rate, public comment or debate.
Adjourned; minutes attested by Town & City Clerk Eric T. Lusa.

Mayor Arulampalam's recommended General Fund budget and Capital Improvement Program, with substitute appropriation, capital and tax levy ordinances. All three substitutes accepted 9-0.

DEMS 1 and 2 (financial) and DEMS 1 (non-financial) accepted 9-0; WF non-financial 1 to 3 accepted 9-0; WF financial resolutions withdrawn. Contents are attachments not reproduced in the minutes.