FY26 Year-End Transfers

At a glance

Based on auto-generated captions; figures may be misheard.

What: year-end transfers (order 26-1009752) to close out fiscal 2026 budget lines, led by $3,177,000 into the snow and ice deficit.
Where it stands: Finance recommended each item 5-0 on 2026-06-01; the council suspended the rules and approved all nine on 2026-06-08, 10-0.
Next: nothing further.

$3,177,000 from the undesignated fund to cover the snow and ice deficit.
$32,000 from the collector/assistant finance director line: $12,000 to unemployment, $20,000 to postage.
$15,000 from undesignated funds (wireless antenna payments) to the open space stabilization account.
DPW salary accounts moved to cover higher costs: $50,000 natural gas, $68,000 fuel and lubricants, $120,000 repairs and maintenance, $255,000 professional and technical services (more engineering).
$9,000 from the election budget to the city clerk (vendor for annual street listing notices).
$5,000 from an unfilled paralegal position to legal services.
Total: the listed items sum to about $3.73 million; the captions give both $3,731,000 and $3,931,000.

Snow and ice: Councilor Oram called the account under-budgeted; Michael Ossing said the $1 million base is deliberately modest because state law allows overspending and the undesignated fund covers it (about 20 storms and 68 inches this winter).
Antenna fees: about 19 carriers should pay $1,500 each a year ($28,500), but billing lapsed when the staff member tracking it left; the city plans invoices and back-collection of about $13,500.
DPW transfers come from vacant positions; the $120,000 repairs line is mostly an emergency fix after the door access system card crashed at several city buildings; the $255,000 is engineering design for the West Main, South and Pleasant Street intersection (a roughly $1 million grant is hoped for). Ted Scott spoke for DPW.

About 28 minutes across 2 meetings (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Meeting	Minutes
2026-06-08 - City Council	5
2026-06-01 - Finance Committee	23

2026-06-08 - City Council - Rules suspended; all nine transfers approved 10-0 on Irish's motion.
2026-06-01 - Finance Committee - Took each of the nine transfers separately and approved all 5-0. Debate on the snow and ice overrun (about 430% over the original budget), uncollected wireless antenna fees (only $15,000 of about $28,500 due), and DPW vacancies.