Bond Orders and Financial Reviews

At a glance

  • What: borrowing orders and reviews of the city's financial controls.
  • Where it stands: The Finance Committee's November 10 agenda includes a $2.2 million vehicle bond and an $18.225 million bond for facilities, roads and sidewalks (both filed June 16), an order on demolishing the old police station, and a request that finance officers brief on a three-year account reconciliation and Municipal Modernization Act work.
  • Next: Committee action November 10 and report to the Council.

Details

  • Other November 10 items: a bond and debt summary, a cash reconciliation memo from CliftonLarsonAllen (June 10), a pension-funding schedule resolution and a cannabis-tax set-aside.
  • The Council has also ordered the auditor's audit plan to appear.
  • On September 2 the Council authorized $150,000 of pay-line money moved to police overtime.

Sources

Log

2026-09-02 - City Council

  • Finance reports: many FY26 carry-over transfers adopted 11-0 or 12-0; a $150,000 police pay-line transfer to overtime passed 12-0; transfer item 45 passed 10-2 (Greaney, Vacon no). See Bond Orders and Financial Reviews.

2026-09-15 - City Council

  • Finance transfers and grants were adopted 11-0 (one item 10-1, Sullivan no). See Bond Orders and Financial Reviews.

2026-10-20 - City Council

  • Finance reports: MassDOT $3,260 in-kind grant 13-0; Massachusetts Technology Collaborative $75,000.98 grant (hotspot lending, Senior Center laptops, PVPC) 10-0; $16,774 transfer for three unemployment claims 10-0; $9,560 veterans transfer 12-0; $48,000 position transfer to the CAFO 11-2 (Greaney, Vacon no). See Bond Orders and Financial Reviews.

2026-11-10 - Committee on Finance

  • Bond orders filed June 16: $2.2 million for vehicles and $18.225 million for facilities, roads and sidewalks (Exhibit A lists the projects); an order on demolishing the old police station; a bond and debt summary (Councilor Vacon); a cannabis-tax set-aside (Councilor I. Rivera). See Bond Orders and Financial Reviews.
  • A request that CAFO Timothy J. Plante and the finance officers brief the committee on a three-year account reconciliation and Municipal Modernization Act work, and a cash reconciliation memo from CliftonLarsonAllen (June 10). See Bond Orders and Financial Reviews.