Norfolk County advisory board approves FY26 supplemental transfers, $750,000 capital plan and nine related motions

Director John Cronin presented the Norfolk County Advisory Board with a first supplemental FY26 request and a proposed capital plan, saying, “we have an FY 25 surplus that totals $2,260,629.”

The board approved nine related motions in a single roll-call vote that will (as written) deauthorize a prior $2 million appropriation for a Dedham Superior Court ventilation project, fund a $750,000 capital plan from FY25 surplus, authorize a separate set of court-related projects funded from a county capital account (the so‑called Quincy money), and make transfers tied to recently ratified county collective bargaining agreements.

Why it matters: The package moves one-time surplus dollars into a mix of immediate capital projects, a new recurring deposit plan for the Norfolk County Agricultural High School, and budget adjustments driven by actual FY25 spending and collective bargaining settlements. Several measures earmark state‑reimbursable work at trial-court properties and set a process for future oversight of annual contributions to the agricultural high school.

Director John Cronin framed the plan as two distinct funding streams: surplus-based, one-time capital funding and a separate “Quincy money” capital fund for trial‑court facility repairs and upgrades tied to state reimbursement. He told the board the surplus would be divided into tranches: roughly $761,941 for supplemental FY26 needs, a $750,000 capital plan, and $748,688 designated under a chapter 35 / section 30 revenue mechanism to align prior-year receipts with FY26 budgeting. Cronin summarized the capital plan’s surplus-funded projects: a $450,000 deposit to the Norfolk County Agricultural High School capital fund (subject to a…