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June 9, 2022
14 recorded votes, 13 with disagreement.
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Note on these minutes: 2 agenda dispositions with no recorded vote (accepted/placed on file or referred).
Present: Thomas J. Minichiello Jr., Maria T. Tavares, Mark D’Agostino, Susan J. Nicastro, Jeffrey A. Thompson, John F. Lally, Shirley R. Asack, Moises Rodrigues, Winthrop H. Farwell Jr., Rita Mendes, David C. Teixeira
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
376 City Council approval and adoption of the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Order for Appropriations as presented or amended. Amendment #1
Amendment #1 Councilor Farwell motioned to reduce DPW Water Department- Purchases of Services account by $510,255, the appropriation in that account is reduced from $4,171,858 to $3,661,603 and was properly seconded.
Hand vote: the minutes record only the result.
From the minutes
“Amendment #1 Councilor Farwell motioned to reduce DPW Water Department- Purchases of Services account by $510,255, the appropriation in that account is reduced from $4,171,858 to $3,661,603 and was properly seconded. The motion carried by a hand vote..” (Motion: Farwell)
Amendment #2 Councilor Farwell motioned to reduce Public Property Department-Stadium Purchases of Services account by $200,000, the appropriation in that account is reduced from $253,100 to $53,100 and was properly seconded.
Hand vote: the minutes record only the result.
From the minutes
“Amendment #2 Councilor Farwell motioned to reduce Public Property Department-Stadium Purchases of Services account by $200,000, the appropriation in that account is reduced from $253,100 to $53,100 and was properly seconded. The motion carried by a hand vote..” (Motion: Farwell)
Amendment #3 Councilor Farwell motioned to reduce DPW Sewer Department-Purchases of Services account by $465,802, the appropriation in that account is reduced from $9,424,119 to $8,958,317 and was properly seconded.
Hand vote: the minutes record only the result.
From the minutes
“Amendment #3 Councilor Farwell motioned to reduce DPW Sewer Department-Purchases of Services account by $465,802, the appropriation in that account is reduced from $9,424,119 to $8,958,317 and was properly seconded. The motion carried by a hand vote..” (Motion: Farwell)
Amendment #4 Councilor Tavares motioned to reduce Mayor’s Department-Goods and Supplies account by $10,000, the appropriation in that account is reduced from $63,824 to $53,824 and was properly seconded.
Hand vote: the minutes record only the result.
From the minutes
“Amendment #4 Councilor Tavares motioned to reduce Mayor’s Department-Goods and Supplies account by $10,000, the appropriation in that account is reduced from $63,824 to $53,824 and was properly seconded. The motion carried by a hand vote..” (Motion: Tavares)
Amendment #5 Councilor Farwell motioned to reduce DPW Water Department-Personal Services- Other than overtime account by $100,000, the appropriation in that account is reduced from $2,882,694 to $2,782,694 and was properly seconded.
Hand vote: the minutes record only the result.
From the minutes
“The motion carried by a hand vote..” (Motion: Farwell)
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Amendment #7 Councilor D’Agostino motioned to reduce Board of Health Department-Personal Services- Other than Overtime account by $143,692, the appropriation in that account is reduced from $1,231,480 to $1,087,788 and was properly seconded.
Hand vote: the minutes record only the result.
From the minutes
“Amendment #7 Councilor D’Agostino motioned to reduce Board of Health Department-Personal Services- Other than Overtime account by $143,692, the appropriation in that account is reduced from $1,231,480 to $1,087,788 and was properly seconded. The motion carried by a hand vote..” (Motion: D’Agostino)
Amendment #8 Councilor Mendes motioned to reduce Law Department-Purchase of Services account by $100,000, the appropriation in that account is reduced from $446,895 to $346,895 and was properly seconded.
Hand vote: the minutes record only the result.
From the minutes
“Amendment #8 Councilor Mendes motioned to reduce Law Department-Purchase of Services account by $100,000, the appropriation in that account is reduced from $446,895 to $346,895 and was properly seconded. The motion carried by a hand vote..” (Motion: Mendes)
Amendment #9 Councilor Teixeira motioned to reduce Mayor’s Department-Purchase of Services account by $80,000, the appropriation in that account is reduced from $599,795 to $519,795 and was properly seconded.
Hand vote: the minutes record only the result.
From the minutes
“Amendment #9 Councilor Teixeira motioned to reduce Mayor’s Department-Purchase of Services account by $80,000, the appropriation in that account is reduced from $599,795 to $519,795 and was properly seconded. The motion carried by a hand vote..” (Motion: Teixeira)
Amendment #10 Councilor Nicastro motioned to reduce DPW Sewer Department-Purchase of Services account by $550,000, the appropriation in that account is reduced from $9,424,119 to $8,874,119 and was properly seconded.
Hand vote: the minutes record only the result.
From the minutes
“Amendment #10 Councilor Nicastro motioned to reduce DPW Sewer Department-Purchase of Services account by $550,000, the appropriation in that account is reduced from $9,424,119 to $8,874,119 and was properly seconded. The motion carried by a hand vote..” (Motion: Nicastro)
The motion passes.
From the minutes
“Adopted, as amended, by a roll call vote taken by “yeas” and “nays”; eleven members present all voting in the affirmative..”
376 File for reconsideration: City Council approval and adoption of the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Order for Appropriations as presented or amended. Amendment #1
Councilor Farwell motioned for reconsideration with the wish that it not prevail and was properly seconded. Reconsideration failed
Hand vote: the minutes record only the result.
From the minutes
“Councilor Farwell motioned for reconsideration with the wish that it not prevail and was properly seconded. Reconsideration failed by a hand vote..” (Motion: Farwell)
323 Ordered: That the City of Brockton appropriates the amount of Sixteen Million Dollars ($16,000,000) to pay costs of designing,...
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“(FAVORABLE) (POSTPONED FROM CITY COUNCIL MEETING MAY 23, 2022) Passed to a third reading by a hand vote..”
325 Ordered: That the City of Brockton appropriates the amount of Thirty-Four Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($34,800,000) to pay...
(FAVORABLE) (POSTPONED FROM CITY COUNCIL MEETING MAY 23, 2022) Councilor Nicastro motioned to Table and was properly seconded.
Hand vote: the minutes record only the result.
From the minutes
“(FAVORABLE) (POSTPONED FROM CITY COUNCIL MEETING MAY 23, 2022) Councilor Nicastro motioned to Table and was properly seconded. The motion carried by a hand vote..” (Motion: Nicastro)
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