2026-10-20 - Finance Committee

Summary

Built from the Legistar minutes only; no video or transcript is recorded. Tuesday, October 20, 2026. The minutes are the Legistar versions, which carry the City's notice that they are not the official version; check with the City Clerk before relying on them.

Held on Zoom, called to order by Chair Councilor Wheeler at 6:00 PM and adjourned at 7:36 PM on a 4-0 roll call; present Councilor Link, Councilor Hardt, Councilor Scott and Councilor Wheeler; Councilor Strezo absent.
City staff present included Tom Galligani, Rich Raiche, Catherine Nakato, Amanda Nagim-Williams, Emily Wisdom, David Slonina and Joey Hustins.
Minutes of October 6, 2026 accepted.
Recommended for approval, 4-0 each: $100,000 for the Racial and Social Justice Fund grant cycle, a $35,000 Department of Mental Health grant for police Crisis Intervention Team training coverage, and two Poplar Street borrowing items.
Recommended work completed: the artificial intelligence contracts report and the Boynton Yards bankruptcy report. The teen center resolution was kept in committee.

$100,000 for the 2026 Community Grant Cycle (26-1472) recommended; Catherine Nakato described the grants and reimbursement process.

High School Teen Center

Resolution 26-1427 discussed and kept in committee; a walkthrough with the Mayor and Superintendent is planned.

Police grant

The $35,000 grant (26-1414) supports overtime and backfill so officers can obtain and keep Crisis Intervention Team certification. Emily Wisdom, Police Director of Finance and Administration, said it builds on earlier Department of Mental Health jail diversion and training grants; Councilor Wheeler asked for any program reports.