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ORDER-2019-110 : A transfer in the amount of $16,000 from Automotive, Salary & Wages (014851-511000) and Parks and Forestry, Salary & Wages (014751-511000) to Municipal Building Repair (014022-527700).

Passed · OUGHT TO PASS [9 TO 0] · moved by John N. Tramontozzi, Voting, seconded by Robert A. Boisselle, Vice Chair Yes: Kate Lipper-Garabedian, Robert A. Boisselle, John N. Tramontozzi, Monica C. Medeiros, Scott M. Forbes, Michael P. Zwirko, Manisha Bewtra, Shawn M. MacMaster, Jennifer L. Lemmerman. Absent: Peter D. Mortimer, Francis X. Wright Jr..

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ORDER-2019-110 Transfer A transfer in the amount of $16,000 from Automotive, Salary & Wages (014851-511000) and Parks and Forestry, Salary & Wages (014751- 511000) to Municipal Building Repair (014022-527700). Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen

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▶ 2:21:18 Kate Lipper-Garabedian: this transfer made by uh vice chair Boisselle second second by alderman Bewtra any discussion

▶ 2:21:30 Speaker 6: all in favor aye any opposed okay we will make that recommendation

▶ 2:21:36 Kate Lipper-Garabedian: The next order on our agenda is order number 2019-110, a transfer in the amount of $16,000 from automotive salary and wages 014-851-511-000 and parks and forestry salary and wages 014-751-511-000 to municipal building repair 014-022-014. dash five two seven seven zero zero so this is a end-of-the-year housekeeping

▶ 2:22:19 Speaker 8: order the funds are available due to vacancies that existed various parts of the fiscal year both and our shop our fleet division and also Park and Forestry we're transferring into it into our municipal building line item that's the line item we use to maintain a public safety buildings the police station City Hall Library Council and aging we project what that line should be based on prior year expenditures and if you look back that line is continuously increased because of the needs that we're finding in these

▶ 2:23:04 Speaker 8: buildings some of the some of the more notable expenditures that weren't expected were we had an exhaust pipe of the from the generator events the generator at the central station it failed and that was wrapped with asbestos insulation so we had to abate that before we could fix it that was pretty costly the Department of I believe labor standards toward the police station with chief Lyle and made some recommendations on facility improvements and we quickly went in and did that and made those repairs but again things that we didn't expect and that we'd use that funding for the city hired emergency management director and we purchased some furniture and some other items in the building for that new hire so things come up and we're just happy that we're able to transfer it from within our own budgets and we don't need any outside funding to make those line items all before June 30th motion recommend second

▶ 2:24:10 Kate Lipper-Garabedian: The motion to recommend made by Alderman Chairman Tozzi, seconded by Vice Chair Boisselle. One discussion.

▶ 2:24:17 Speaker 6: All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. We'll make that recommendation.