2026-11-09 - City Council
Summary
Upcoming meeting. Built from the posted agenda only; the agenda is the only source.
- Unfinished business, all reported FAVORABLE by committee: Stabilization Fund Transfers for FY27 Revenues and Deficits ($18,184,462.35 from the Pension Stabilization Fund and $27,511.93 from the Stabilization Fund), the $258,000 Jail Arrest Diversion DMH Grant, a $250 Better Business Journal expenditure, reappointment of Phyllis Ellis to the Library Board (to October 2029), two resolves inviting the Finance Committee's guests, and the Brockton Area Transit Bus Safety Resolve.
- Appointments: Linda Pietrantonio (Beautification Committee, to May 2027); William Forte as Commissioner of Buildings (effective 11/24, three years); Robert Simpson Jr. (License Commission, to 11/2029); Rene Brown as Interim Superintendent of Parks and Recreation (retroactive to 9/2/2026).
- Mayor's transfers and grants: $5,000 (Auditor) and $30,000 (Treasurer) personal services to overtime for City Hall Wednesday-night hours; $64,000 Department of Environmental Protection grant to DPW Refuse; $24,901.86 in prior-year Brockton Parking Authority bills; $8,207.41 in prior-year Police bills.
- New resolve inviting Axel Sandford to discuss student voter-registration drives.
Agenda
Appointments: Linda Pietrantonio, Beautification Committee, to May 2027; William Forte, Commissioner of Buildings, effective 11/24, three-year term; Robert Simpson Jr., License Commission, to 11/2029; Rene Brown, Interim Superintendent of Parks and Recreation, retroactive to 9/2/2026.
Chapter 44 transfers and grants: $5,000 within the Auditor's budget and $30,000 within the Treasurer's budget (personal services to overtime, City Hall Wednesday-night hours); $64,000 DEP grant to DPW Refuse; $24,901.86 prior-year Brockton Parking Authority bills (Associated Elevator, United Security, Integrated Technical Systems); $8,207.41 prior-year Police bills (Equature, Roadsafe, CDW Government).
Unfinished business (committee reports, all FAVORABLE): Pension Stabilization Fund transfer of $18,184,462.35 (FY27 revenues $4,302,507.00; C.A.R.E.S. fund deficit $3,791,386.95; non-net school spending deficit $4,787,311.66; desalination charges $2,000,000; snow and ice deficit $453,256.74; Law workers' compensation $2,200,000; Law goods and supplies $500,000; Auditor mail $150,000); Stabilization Fund transfer $27,511.93; DMH grant $258,000 to Police; $250 Better Business Journal; Phyllis Ellis reappointment to the Library Board to 10/2029; resolves inviting the Interim CFO and City Auditor to the Finance Committee (FY27 budget and FY26 close-out; funding of the Director of Economic Development position); BAT safety resolve.
New resolve: invite Axel Sandford to discuss student voter-registration drives.