Council refers requests to finance committee for desalination purchase meeting, FY26 budget update and housing authority report

The Brockton City Council on Sept. 8 adopted several resolves sending matters to the finance committee and asking for briefings from city and housing officials.

The council resolved to invite Mayor Robert Sullivan, Chief Financial Officer Troy Clarkson, DPW Commissioner Patrick Hill and City Solicitor Megan Bridges to the finance committee to discuss a recent trip to meet with representatives of the Aquaria treatment plant concerning a proposed purchase of the Dighton desalination plant. The council specified the invite in a motion recorded in the agenda and referred the matter to finance.

Separately, the council resolved to invite Troy Clarkson, Mayor Robert Sullivan and interim city auditor Juan Gonzalez to appear before the finance committee to provide an update on the FY26 budget status and the closeout of the FY25 budget. The council also referred a request to invite Brockton Housing Authority officials—named in the motion as Executive Director Thomas Tebow, Assistant Executive Director and General Counsel Thomas Plouffe, Esq., and Compliance Officer Bridal Campbell—to appear before the finance committee to review the 2024 Brockton Housing Authority annual report and discuss long-term plans and initiatives.

All of the above resolves were referred to the finance committee for scheduling and are intended to inform the committee's oversight of potential acquisition discussions, budget planning and housing authority matters. The council did not take substantive votes on funding or acquisitions at the Sept. 8 meeting; it requested information and appearances from the named officials.