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Finance Committee

Regular Meeting

Fitchburg, MA · April 27, 2021

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»?;-' ^. ..;3 ^rYM City of Fitchburg PN??:57 Massachusetts 01420 CITY COUNCIL President Ward Councilors Councilors at Large IVIarcus L. DiNatale Anthony M. Zarrella Ward 1 - Bernard J. Schultz, m Amy L. Green Ward 2 - Paul R. Beauchemin Vice President Ward 3 - Andrew J. Couture Thomas C. Hughes Elizabeth R. Walsh Ward 4 - Andrew J. Van Hazinga Samantha M. Squailia Anthony M. Zarrella Ward 5 - Marisa R. Fleming Ward 6 - Elizabeth R. Walsh Finance Committee A meeting of the Finance Committee was held over the Zoom platform and live streamed at FATV Studios on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. The meeting was called to order by Chairman DiNatale at6:01PM. Committee Members present: Councilors Paul Beauchemin, Marcus DiNatale, Elizabeth Walsh, and AnthonyZarrella. Committee Members absent: Thomas Hughes. The chairman opened the meeting for public comment. No one had registered to speak. 075-21 ORDER: that the City of Fitchburg hereby approves the expenditure of funds from the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services, Firefighter Safety Equipment grant in the approximate amount of $19,075.00 (NINETEEN THOUSAND, SEVENT/-FIVE AND 00/100 DOLLARS) for the purpose of said grant, which is to upgrade communications equipment in the Fire Department. Discussion: Fire Chief Anthony Marrama was present. The chairman read a letter from Chief Marrama dated April 8, 2021. The Chief thanked Captain Jack Gilmartin and Lieutenant Robert DaCosta for their work in getting this grant. It is a new grant and will give the department real time information when responding to emergency calls. Action: Motion to approve made by Councilor Beauchemin and second by Councilor Zarrella. Approved by unanimous consent of members present. 076-21 ORDER: that the City of Fitchburg hereby approves the expenditure of funds from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Sustainable Materials Recovery Program grant in the approximate amount of $42,000.00 (FORn-TWO THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS) for the purpose of said grant, which is to continue to provide residents with more robust

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CITY OF FITCHBURG Filed in the City Clerk’s Office NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING FITCHBURG CITY CLERK Apr 21 2021 9:17 am CITY COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING DATE: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 MEETING TIME: 6:00 ☐AM ☒PM MEETING PLACE: FATV STUDIO-FATV.ORG Name of building (if applicable) Government Live Stream Room number (if applicable) Comcast Channel 99 Address Verizon Channel 37 City Register in advance for the Public Forum portion of the Agenda by going to: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QHKFZxSZRCyGqw_jRiKMlQ . AGENDA ITEMS: Public Forum— Register in advance for the Public Forum portion of the Agenda by going to: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QHKFZxSZRCyGqw_jRiKMlQ . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about logging in to join the webinar. 075-21 ORDER: that the City of Fitchburg hereby approves the expenditure of funds from the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services, Firefighter Safety Equipment grant in the approximate amount of $19,075.00 (NINETEEN THOUSAND, SEVENTY-FIVE AND 00/100 DOLLARS) for the purpose of said grant, which is to upgrade communications equipment in the Fire Department. 076-21 ORDER: that the City of Fitchburg hereby approves the expenditure of funds from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Sustainable Materials Recovery Program grant in the approximate amount of $42,000.00 (FORTY-TWO THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS) for the purpose of said grant, which is to continue to provide residents with more robust information about waste disposal and recycling, purchase additional carts for the curbside program, expand the current program, and reduce , reuse, and recycle in school cafeterias. *Please note: Massachusetts Open Meeting Law requires that all topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates must be listed and that the list of topics must be sufficiently specific to reasonably inform the public of the issues to be discussed at the meeting. CITY OF FITCHBURG NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING 077-21 ORDER: that the City of Fitchburg approves the expenditure of funds from the Massachusetts Collaborative for Action, Leadership, and Learning 3 Substance Misuse Prevention grant in the approximate amount of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($250,000.00) for the purpose of said grant, which is to prevent and reduce misuse of substances of first use (alcohol, nicotine, cannabis) among youth. 078-21 ORDER: that there be and hereby is transferred from within the sum of TWENTY TWO THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($22,698.00) same to be transferred from HEALTH, PERSONAL SERVICES, FOOD & MILK INSPECTOR and credited to HEALTH, EXPENSES, FOOD CONSULTANT EXPENSES. 079-21 ORDER: that there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($25,000.00) same to be charged against AVAILABLE FUNDS and credited HEALTH, EXPENSES, FOOD CONSULTANT EXPENSES to cover the duties of the Food & Milk Inspector. 080-21 ORDER: that there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($45,000.00) same to be charged against AVAILABLE FUNDS and credited to DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, CAPITAL, BUILDING RENOVATION for the purpose of installing a new roof over the DPW Office Building. 081-21 ORDER: that there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($400,000.00) same to be charged against AVAILABLE FUNDS and credited to DPW ADMIN. EXPENSES, STORMWATER CONTRACT SERVICES. 082-21 ORDER: that there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($300,000.00) same to be charged against AVAILABLE FUNDS and credited to DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, CAPITAL, STREET REPAIR for the purpose of paving a portion of Oak Hill Road. By Calvin D. Brooks, Clerk, for Marcus L. DiNatale, Chairman *Please note: Massachusetts Open Meeting Law requires that all topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates must be listed and that the list of topics must be sufficiently specific to reasonably inform the public of the issues to be discussed at the meeting.

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