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Mayor asks council to transfer $1.55 million to cover desalination plant obligation
Summary
A mayoral communication asking the Brockton City Council to authorize a $1,550,000 transfer from water retained earnings to a desalination fixed charge was placed on file and referred to finance; a councilor asked where the transfer funds would come from.
The Brockton City Council on May 27 accepted and placed on file a communication from the mayor recommending a transfer of $1,550,000 to support the Water Enterprise’s contractual obligation to the Aquaria desalination plant for the remainder of fiscal year 2025.
The City Clerk read the mayor’s communication into the record and the council accepted it and referred the accompanying order to the Finance Committee for review. Councilor Farwell asked where the transfer would be taken from; the City Clerk responded that that detail would appear later in the order when it was presented for action.
The mayor’s communication cites Massachusetts General Laws chapter 44 as the statutory authority for transfers between municipal accounts. The council’s acceptance at the May 27 meeting was procedural; the Finance Committee will receive the mayor’s proposed transfer and the council will need to act again to authorize the movement of funds.
If approved in a subsequent finance order, the transfer would move $1,550,000 from DPW water retained earnings to the DPW water desalination fixed charge to meet the city’s contractual obligation for the rest of the fiscal year.
