CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
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OPENING OF SESSION BY
CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT JOSEPH P. LOPES
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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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 AND THE CITY COUNCIL'S VOTE TO WAIVE RULE 21A ON APRIL 7, 2020 AND AMENDED ON AUGUST 20 AND SEPTEMBER 24, 2020, JANUARY 14, 2021 AND APRIL 08, 2021 --THIS MEETING WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON NB CABLE ACCESS FACEBOOK PAGE
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1.         COMMUNICATION, Council President Lopes, to City Clerk Farias, requesting that a SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS CALLED FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2021, AT 7:00 P.M., for the submittal of the FY22 CITY OF NEW BEDFORD BUDGET.


MAYOR MITCHELL DELIVERS HIS FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET ADDRESS TO

THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL


2.         ORDER, appropriating $356,131,016.00 from ORDINARY REVENUE AND MUNICIPAL RECEIPTS of Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2021 and ending June 30, 2022, for payment of current expenses of various municipal departments. (To be Referred to the Quasi Committee of the Whole.)

3.         ORDER, appropriating $1,067,429.00 in 12 equal monthly increments, from Airport Receipts of FY22 in the Airport Budget.   (To be Referred to the Quasi Committee of the Whole.)

4.         ORDER, appropriating $107,604.00 from the Hotel and Lodging Tax in the Arts, Culture and Tourism Fund in 12 equal monthly increments from FY22 municipal receipts. (To be Referred to the Quasi Committee of the Whole.)

5.         ORDER, appropriating $1,297,754.00 in 12 equal monthly increments from Enterprise Fund Receipts of FY22 in the Cable Access Enterprise Fund. (To be Referred to the Quasi Committee of the Whole.)

6.         ORDER, appropriatingĀ­ $35,000 now standing to the credit of the account of CCDA- TRAFFIC HANDICAP PARKING as follows:

 

$33,500 to Commission for Citizens with Disabilities, CHARGES/SERVICES

(To be Referred to the Quasi Committee of the Whole.)

7.         ORDER, appropriating $1,046,314.00 in 12 equal monthly increments from the Enterprise Fund Receipts of FY22 in the Downtown Parking Account. (To be Referred to the Quasi Committee of the Whole.)

8.         ORDER, appropriating $27,704,020.00 in 12 equal monthly increments, from Wastewater Receipts of FY22 in the DPI/Wastewater Budget (To be Referred to the Quasi Committee of the Whole.)

9.         ORDER, appropriating $17,548,635.00 in 12 equal monthly increments, from Water Receipts of FY22 in the DPI/Water Budget (To be Referred to the Quasi Committee of the Whole.)