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Finance Committee

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 at 6 PM

Online only

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What happened

8 items of legislation were taken up.

  • 7 accepted
  • 1 recommended to be not approved

Agenda 8 items

Notices from the agenda

This meeting was held via Zoom and was called to order by Chair Wheelr at 6:00 pm and adjourned at 6:30 pm on a roll call vote of 4 in favor (Councilors Link, Strezo, Hardt, Scott, Wheeler), 0 absent. Others present: Amanda Nagim-Williams – Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, Madalyn Letellier – Assistant City Clerk.

(Posted online: 7/3/26 at 9:45 AM)

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Roll Call

  1. 1.
    26-0943 Committee Minutes Accepted

    Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting of May 26, 2026.

    Roll call: 5 aye
    • Jon LinkAye
    • Kristen StrezoAye
    • Emily HardtAye
    • Jefferson Thomas (J.T.) ScottAye
    • Ben WheelerAye
  2. 2.
    26-1142 Committee Minutes Accepted

    Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting of June 9, 2026.

    Roll call: 5 aye
    • Jon LinkAye
    • Kristen StrezoAye
    • Emily HardtAye
    • Jefferson Thomas (J.T.) ScottAye
    • Ben WheelerAye
  3. 3.
    26-1143 Committee Minutes Accepted

    Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting of June 10, 2026.

    Roll call: 5 aye
    • Jon LinkAye
    • Kristen StrezoAye
    • Emily HardtAye
    • Jefferson Thomas (J.T.) ScottAye
    • Ben WheelerAye
  4. 4.
    26-1144 Committee Minutes Accepted

    Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting of June 15, 2026.

    Roll call: 5 aye
    • Jon LinkAye
    • Kristen StrezoAye
    • Emily HardtAye
    • Jefferson Thomas (J.T.) ScottAye
    • Ben WheelerAye
  5. 5.
    26-1145 Committee Minutes Accepted

    Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting of June 16, 2026.

    Roll call: 5 aye
    • Jon LinkAye
    • Kristen StrezoAye
    • Emily HardtAye
    • Jefferson Thomas (J.T.) ScottAye
    • Ben WheelerAye
  6. 6.
    26-1146 Committee Minutes Accepted

    Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting of June 17, 2026.

    Roll call: 5 aye
    • Jon LinkAye
    • Kristen StrezoAye
    • Emily HardtAye
    • Jefferson Thomas (J.T.) ScottAye
    • Ben WheelerAye
  7. 7.
    26-1149 Committee Minutes Accepted

    Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee of the Whole Meeting of June 23, 2026.

    Roll call: 5 aye
    • Jon LinkAye
    • Kristen StrezoAye
    • Emily HardtAye
    • Jefferson Thomas (J.T.) ScottAye
    • Ben WheelerAye
  8. 8.
    26-0378 Mayor's Request Recommended to be not approved

    Requesting approval to accept and expend a $231,635 grant with no new match required, from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to the Police Department for a body-worn camera program.

    {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f1\fnil\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\sa160\sl276\slmult1\kerning2\f0\fs24 Director of Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA) Nagim-Williams restated the request that the item be discharged from the finance committee meeting to be discussed in front of the whole council. IGA Director also added the administration\rquote s willingness to have another meeting for discussion as requested by Councilor\rquote s. In response to Chair Wheeler\rquote s suggestion to discharge the item without a recommendation Councilor Link shared opposition to the motion and the desire for more information. Councilor Scott agreed with Councilor Link that it is the committee\rquote s responsibility to make a recommendation on the item. Councilor Hardt spoke to the financial burden of the item and did not want to recommend this item for approval at the rate of on-going costs. \par \ul\b\f1 Councilor Link moved for the previous question. \f0 The motion was approved on a roll call vote of 5 in favor (Councilors Link, Strezo, Hardt, Scott, Wheeler), 0 opposed.\cf1\kerning0\ulnone\b0\f1\par }

    Roll call: 1 aye · 4 nay
    • Jon LinkNay
    • Kristen StrezoAye
    • Emily HardtNay
    • Jefferson Thomas (J.T.) ScottNay
    • Ben WheelerNay