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	*COMMITTEE ON FINANCE* - August 16, 2021 MEETING AT 7:00 PM, *133 William Street, City Hall, 2nd Floor, City Council Chambers* *AGENDA*


	1. COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting a LOAN ORDER, appropriating $1,200,000.00 for the purpose of paying costs of a feasibility study for building a new elementary school to replace the John B. DeValles Elementary School located at 120 Katherine Street and James B. Congdon Elementary School located at 50 Hemlock Street. (Ref’d 07/15/2021) 1a. LOAN ORDER, (Ref’d 07/15/2021)
	INVITEES: Thomas Anderson, Superintendent, New Bedford Public Schools; Andrew O’Leary, Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations, New Bedford Public Schools; Dr. Barry Rabinovitch, School Construction Facilitator, New Bedford Public Schools
	2. RELATED MOTION, Councillor Morad, requesting that Personnel Director Judith Perkins supply to the Committee on Finance a listing of all employees within the New Bedford Fire Department, including all fire personnel, AFSCME and Unit C employees, providing the employee name, the 2021 budgeted salary and the actual salary paid to each employee through the end of the fiscal year 2021; and further, that the listing be provided to the Committee on Finance prior to July 20, 2021. (To be Referred to the Personnel Director and to the Committee on Finance.) (Ref’d 06/24/2021) (07/13/2021 – returned UNSIGNED by the Mayor)
	INVITEES: Scott Kruger, Acting Chief, Fire Department
	3. COMMUNICATION, Councillor Morad, submitting an email and spreadsheet from CFO Sky regarding the City’s current COVID-19 Expenses as of June 5th. (To be Referred to the Committee on Finance) (Ref’d 06/25/2020) (10/19/2020 – tabled; updated spreadsheet requested from CFO Sky) (10/20/2020 – updated spreadsheet sent to all Councillors via email by CFO Sky) (02/08/2021 – updated spreadsheet sent to all Councillors via email by CFO Sky) (02/10/2021 – tabled)
	INVITEES: Michael Gagne, Interim Chief Financial Officer


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	4. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Lima, Council President Lopes, Councillors Abreu, Dunn and Markey, requesting that the Administration provide the City Council with reports detailing in aggregate all intra-departmental and interdepartmental appropriation transfers for the past three fiscal years and to provide such reports on a quarterly basis hereafter. (To be Referred to the Committees on Finance and Audit and the Administration.) (Ref’d 07/15/2021) (08/02/2021 - RETURNED UNSIGNED BY THE MAYOR)

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