| | | | | | | | | COMMITTEE ON FINANCE - September 18, 2019
MEETING AT 7:30 PM,
City Hall, 133 William Street, New Bedford, MA City Council Chambers - Room 214 AGENDA | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 1. COMMUNICATION, R. Renee Fernandes, Treasurer/Collector to Councillor Joseph P. Lopes, Chairman, Committee on Finance, requesting a Finance Committee meeting to present a request for permanent financing for Massachusetts Clean Water Trust Loan CW-17-10; this loan is for the inspection of 34.6 miles of collector sewer pipe, the implementation of a flow monitoring program and a prioritized plan to investigate and repair critical components of the collection system; the loan amount of $4,646,000 would be financed at 2% in the Trust’s Series 22 Pool, expected to close October 24, 2019. (Ref’d from Committee 9/10/19) | | | | | |
INVITEES: R. Renee Fernandes, Treasurer/Collector; Molly Gilfeather, Department of Public Infrastructure; Jamie Ponte, Commissioner, Department of Public Infrastructure; Ari J. Sky, Chief Financial Officer
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| | | | | | | | | Chair Suggests 'No Further Action' and 'Report Out to the Full City Council' | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 2. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Morad, submitting a letter from Members of the City of New Bedford’s EMS Department, regarding Group IV Retirement Benefits. (To be Referred to the Committee on Finance.) (Ref’d 10/26/17)
| | | | | | | | | | | 3. RELATED MOTION, Council President Morad, requesting that the Committee on Finance request that CFO Sky provide the Committee with a list of vacant city-owned property that is centrally located, for the purpose of relocating the City’s Animal Control Division. (Ref’d from Committee 3/19/19) (3/21/19-letter sent to CFO Sky requesting this information) (3/26/19-email from Ari Sky to all Councillors providing the information requested)
| | | | | | | | | | | 4. COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting AN ORDER for the TRANSFER of $20,000.00 from PLANNING, SALARIES & WAGES, to PLANNING, CHARGES & SERVICES. (Ref’d 3/28/19)
4a. AN ORDER, (Ref’d 3/28/19)
4b. COMMUNICATION, from Tabitha Harkin, City Planner, to Councillor Joseph P. Lopes, Chairman, Committee on Finance, stating that the planning Department is no longer in need of the ORDER for the TRANSFER of $20,000.00 from PLANNING, SALARIES & WAGES, to PLANNING, CHARGES & SERVICES, which was referred from Council on March 28, 2019. (Ref’d from Committee 6/5/19)
| | | | | | | | | | | 5. RELATED MOTION, Councillor Rebeiro, requesting, that a member of the Administration appear before the Committee on Finance to determine which stations will be consolidated/closed due to the construction of the new South Public Safety Center. (Ref’d 3/28/19)
| | | | | | | | | | | 6. COMMUNICATION, Council President Morad, submitting an email from the Friends of Hazelwood Park, regarding their upcoming request for Community Preservation Act funding. (Ref’d 4/11/19)
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