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ORDER-2016-150 : Transfer of $12,500.00 from account 014011-511000 (PW Adm Sal Salary & Wages) to account 014012-529000 (PW Admin Professional Services).

Passed · OUGHT TO PASS [4 TO 0] · moved by Peter D. Mortimer, Ward 6 Alderman, seconded by John N. Tramontozzi, Vice Chairman Yes: Scott M. Forbes, John N. Tramontozzi, Peter D. Mortimer, Michael P. Zwirko. Absent: Francis X. Wright Jr..

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ORDER-2016-150 Transfer Transfer of $12,500.00 from account 014011-511000 (PW Adm Sal Salary & Wages) to account 014012-529000 (PW Admin Professional Services). Recommend Passage Board of Aldermen

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▶ 1:23:15 Scott M. Forbes: done contractually thank you thank you president khan and just for my clarification this is just a reallocation of existing money that was already within your internal budget am i correct in saying that that's correct thank you all right we anybody else on discussion we do have a motion to recommend and duly second and all those in favor aye aye any opposed promotion passes this will be recommended at our next full board meeting order number four or number four on the agenda is order number two It is a transfer of $12,500 from account number 014011-511000, Public Works Admin Salaries

▶ 1:23:56 Scott M. Forbes: and Wages, to account number 014012-529000, Public Works Administrative and Professional Services. Mr. Shen.

▶ 1:24:10 Speaker 9: so through the chair this order 150 and the next order 151 carry the same theme obviously we're all aware that department experienced the vacancy in the city engineer position for several months in the late summer fall time period we're very happy to have a new city engineer on board but that period of time really required the department to reshuffle its approach to ongoing construction and also its commitments to projects that were in design and bidding so this transfer of salary which was available because of the vacancy and a subsequent vacancy in another engineering position is the request is to transfer to professional services to cover some of those expenditures and also to cover the need the needs to move forward now that we have a new city engineer and her and her staff are prepared to move into this construction season that is the same theme of the following order which transfers funds from water salaries to water professional

▶ 1:25:22 Scott M. Forbes: services motion to recommend for passage get a motion recommend made by alderman mortimer second second and by alderman Tramontozzi all those in favor aye aye any opposed motion passes will be