Aldermen hear request to move $1,005,000 into corporation counsel legal services budget

At a public hearing of the New Haven Board of Alders Finance Committee on April 2, 2025, city attorneys and budget staff described a proposed intra-budget transfer that would move funds from several departmental salary accounts into the corporation counsel's legal services budget and raise the maximums on seven existing legal service agreements.

The request would transfer specific amounts from multiple salary lines — including $160,000 from the finance salary account, $150,000 from the Office of Policy and Management and grants salary account, $100,000 from the registrar of voters contractual account, $235,000 from the parts department salary account, $100,000 from the health department salary account, $140,000 from a public works salary account and $120,000 from the office of building inspection and enforcement…