CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
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NOTE:
THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD REMOTELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS’ MARCH 12, 2020, ORDER SUSPENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN MEETING LAW G. L. C. 30A, SECTION 20 WITH AN EXTENSION SIGNED ON MARCH 29, 2022 AND THE CITY COUNCIL’S VOTE TO WAIVE RULE 21A ON APRIL 13, 2023
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THIS MEETING WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON NB CABLE ACCESS FACEBOOK PAGE
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SPECIAL MEETING
15- minutes overview of the City's Budget from Interim CFO Michael Gagne
ASSESSORS PAGES 18-23
MIS PAGES 120-125
PURCHASING PAGES 156-161
SOLICITOR PAGES 178-183
MAYOR'S OFFICE PAGES 126-131

LABOR RELATIONS PAGES 101-107

AT THIS HEARING THIS MATTER WILL BE DISCUSSED:

WRITTEN MOTION, Council President Morad, requesting that Director of Personnel Judith Keating provide to the City Council's Budget Quasi Committee of the Whole, a listing by City Department and Enterprise Fund of all vacant positions as of May 15, 2023; said listing shall include the date each position became vacant, the status of position, i.e. currently advertised, pending paperwork/approval for advertising etc., and if the position has been advertised the number of applications received and candidates currently being interviewed by the Department for hiring; and further, this listing is to be updated as of May 29, 2023 and June 12, 2023 and forwarded to the City Council Office for distribution to the members of the City Council's Budget Quasi Committee of the Whole. (To be Referred to the City Council's Budget Quasi Committee of the Whole, the Director of Personnel and the Acting Chief Financial Officer.)  

AUDITORS PAGES 24-29
TREASURER PAGES 197-202
DEBT SERVICE PAGE 217
CFO PAGES 30-35
SNOW REMOVAL PAGE 221
ASSESSMENTS PAGE 216

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PAGE 218

 

GENERAL GOVERNMENT UNCLASSIFIED PAGES 219-220

            AT THIS HEARING THESE MATTERS WILL BE DISCUSSED:

COMMUNICATION, City Clerk/Clerk of the City Council Farias, submitting a copy of a letter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission regarding the required Fiscal Year 2024 appropriation for the City’s Retirement System. (Copy all Councillors via email November 22, 2022.) (Referred to the Quasi Committee of the Whole- December 6, 2022.)

 

COMMUNICATION, Council President Morad submitting a copy of an email from the Director of Accounts of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue to Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, Division of Local Services, regarding the Excess and Deficiency for Greater New Bedford as of July 1, 2022. (Referred to the Quasi Committee of the Whole – April 20, 2023.)