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Finance Committee approves reappointments, small grants and payment of prior-year invoices
Summary
The committee recommended several reappointments, accepted two small grants and approved payment of a late invoice package covering FY2024 obligations; motions on each were recommended favorably to the full council.
The Brockton Finance Committee recommended favorably a package of routine personnel reappointments, two vendor payments tied to security services and two small grants for municipal programs.
Reappointments: The committee voted to recommend reappointing Jocelyn Meek to the Brockton Public Library Board of Trustees for a three-year term, and to reappoint Margaret Mone and Ruby Clay to their respective boards; both Mone and Clay were unable to attend and the committee handled the two reappointments collectively.
Security vendor payments: The committee voted to recommend payment of $4,964.92 in public property purchase-of-service expenses to Securitas Technology Corporation ($2,665.42) and Westech ($2,299.50) to satisfy invoices that were not billed or processed in the prior year. Building Commissioner James Plouffe explained the city had not received several supplier invoices and has instituted corrective steps, including improved tracking of recurring bills. "The amounts are straight amounts for what we're owed. No late fees or anything," Plouffe said.
DPW GIS grant: The committee accepted and recommended the city's acceptance and expenditure of $92,000 from the Executive Office for Administration and Finance for the Department of Public Works to improve GIS asset-mapping so field crews can locate infrastructure such as manholes and hydrants. DPW Commissioner Pat Hill said the grant will fund field-locating assets and noted that GIS functions had shifted from IT to DPW staff. The motion was recommended favorably.
NEHA food-safety training grant: The committee recommended acceptance of a $12,000 grant from the National Environmental Health Association for the inspectional services department to support a retail food establishment training program for inspectors and businesses. Sanitary inspector Anthony Donegan said the grant "is to really enhance our retail food safety" and will be available to restaurants, food trucks and other retail food establishments.
All motions were made, seconded and recommended back to the full council. Committee members probed the billing lapse that produced FY2024 vendor charges and asked staff to ensure order language clearly shows FY24 obligations satisfied from FY25 funds where applicable.
