Capital Stabilization Fund Requests
At a glance
- What: Mayor's requests to use capital stabilization funds: 26-192 (fire turnout gear and soil remediation) and 26-193 (reappropriation of capital stabilization funds); 26-133 (capital and general stabilization fund request for the Police Chief search) is tracked at Police Chief Search.
- Earlier request (26-167): Capital and General Stabilization Fund appropriation requests for Road Resurfacing, Hormel Stadium and Medford Connects, submitted by Mayor Lungo-Koehn, were approved 7-0 on September 29, 2026.
- Where it stands: 26-192 and 26-193 were on the October 27, 2026 City Council agenda; vote results not found.
September 29, 2026 (Paper 26-167)
- City Engineer Owen Wartella, Health and Human Services Director MaryAnn O'Connor, Assistant Director Catherine Dhingra, Recreation Director Kevin Bailey and Micah Kesselman addressed the Council. The mayor's appropriation tables were attached as images, so the dollar amounts are not in the minutes text.
- Councilor Scarpelli moved approval, seconded by Councilor Tseng; 7-0 on a roll call. The paper was taken out of order by a 7-0 suspension of the rules.
Sources
- City Council regular meeting minutes, September 29, 2026: https://medfordma.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=990,plainText=false)
- Agenda: https://medfordma.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1001,plainText=false)
Log
2026-10-27 - City Council Regular Meeting
Mayor papers 26-192 and 26-193 were on the agenda.
2026-09-29 - City Council
Paper 26-167 (Road Resurfacing, Hormel Stadium, Medford Connects) approved 7-0.
2026-11-10 - City Council Regular Meeting
Mayor paper 26-201 asks for $571,550 from general stabilization (Roberts hot water tank $250,000, classroom interactive panels $180,000, facilities assessment $75,000, defibrillators $25,000, a $24,550 building item, a $17,000 administration server) plus capital stabilization items of $85,000, $71,000 and $24,476.44 (old police station repairs).