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Lynn council approves broad emergency budget transfers, including school and public safety grants
Summary
The City of Lynn Council approved a package of emergency transfers on April 22 that repurposed funds for opioid response, vehicle repairs for public safety departments, and multiple school grants; the measures passed by roll call vote.
The City of Lynn Council on April 22 approved a package of emergency budget transfers that redirected funds for public safety repairs, opioid response work and a slate of school and library grants.
Councilors voted unanimously to adopt the transfers after Ways and Means presented the measures as emergency items. The transfers included direct allocations to departmental expense lines and certified grant funds that the council said were needed before the next scheduled meeting.
The package included the following transfers as read into the record by the clerk: $50,000 to the opioid working group to fund the communications team; $50,000 to DPW expense for car repairs for the fire department; $20,000 to planning expense for a wayfinding project; $19,867 from state election expense for overtime related to the presidential state election; $15,025 to DPW expense for vehicle repairs stemming from a Feb. 6, 2025 accident; $3,000 for animal control officer overtime; $50 for a prior-year police department bill; $159,375.77 in certified funds for FY25 state aid to public libraries (round 2); $37,028 to the police department for an IT grant for caller ID and VoIP telephone system; $1,000 to planning for the FY25 Arbor Day grant award; $75,000 to the school department for a CTE grant; $65,272 to the school department via the Atrius Health Equity Foundation grant; $35,000 for a Career Connect grant; $8,700 for the City Arts and Sciences Academy; $5,000 for the MCC LVTI grant; and $5,000 for the MCC Callahan grant.
Councilors said the committee had voted to treat the items as emergency transfers so departments could proceed with purchases and grant-funded projects. The council then took a separate roll call on the emergency designation and on final approval; the roll calls recorded no dissenting votes.
Votes and immediate next steps: The transfers were approved and departments were authorized to expend the reallocated funds. Council members who spoke during the item did not request amendments; the clerk recorded the certified-funds portion for libraries as $159,375.77 and the clerk read the full list into the record before the roll call.
The council did not set additional conditions or reporting requirements in the meeting record; departments will proceed under existing administrative purchasing and grant-acceptance rules.
