2026-11-04 - Finance

Summary

Built from the marked agenda and the official minutes (read); the Granicus video is linked but not transcribed.

Diamond raised the impact of Amendment 3's passage; the Mayor's Office (Weinstein) said next year's budget will reflect the required reduction; see Amendment 3 Budget Contingency.
2026-0800 (Inmate Welfare Trust Fund budget) approved 6-0; see Inmate Welfare Trust Fund Budget.
2026-0802 (election-audit grant) amended and approved 6-0; see Election Audit System Grant.
2026-0805 ($125,000 Murray Hill Preservation) approved 5-1, Diamond against; see Murray Hill Preservation Grant.
2026-0813 ($162,640 Youth Crisis Center) amended, 5-1; see Youth Crisis Center Homelessness Funds.
2026-0865 ($150,000 Goodwill Industries Summer Youth Works): emergency approved 6-0; see Goodwill Summer Youth Works Funding.
2026-0869 ($70,000 for City Council suite furniture): emergency motion failed 3-3 and the item was deferred; see Council Suite Furniture Funding.
2026-0809 (Wareworks, $900,000) deferred; see Wareworks Electrical Apprenticeship Funding.
Read second time and re-referred: 2026-0856 ($1,329,510 to the Economic Development contingency account; see Economic Development Contingency Transfer) and 2026-0868 ($150,000 Stefanko settlement; see Stefanko Settlement).
The earlier draft agenda also listed the $2,300,000 reserves appropriation (see Mental Health and United Way Reserves Appropriation), JHFA bonds for Leon Landing, Tori Meadows and Treetop Apartments, and a 119 Beaver St W redevelopment agreement (2026-0541).