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Brockton council adopts multiple revolving funds, grants and transfers; camping ordinance amendment fails
Summary
At its April 14 meeting, the Brockton City Council approved several revolving fund reauthorizations, grants and transfers by roll call and hand votes, and rejected one amendment to the camping ordinance. Key financial and administrative measures were adopted with roll-call tallies recorded in the minutes.
The Brockton City Council on April 14 adopted a series of financial and administrative measures including reauthorizations of multiple revolving funds, acceptance of a clean-energy grant and a small transfer, and motions to invite outside project managers for updates. One proposed amendment to the city’s camping ordinance failed.
The council voted to reauthorize the War Memorial Revolving Fund (FY26) to fund custodial fees with a $25,000 cap on expenditures without further appropriation; the roll call recorded eight votes in the affirmative (Councilors Azak, Farwell, Griffin, Lally, Nicastro, Rodriguez, Texara, Thompson) and the order was adopted. The council reauthorized the Vacant and Abandoned Buildings Revolving Fund (FY26) with a $250,000 cap (adopted by roll call, eight in the affirmative). The Demolition Revolving Fund was reauthorized with a $110,000 cap and passed 9–0 on roll call (Azak, Farwell, Griffin, Lally, Nicastro, Rodriguez, Tavares, Texara, Thompson). The Transportation Program Revolving Fund for residents 60 and older was reauthorized with a $500,000 cap and passed 9–0 on roll call (including McCastro and Tavares among the yes votes). The Comcast Revolving Fund and a related expenditure cap were adopted 9–0. A $10,000 transfer in the auditor’s budget was adopted 9–0.
The council authorized acceptance and expenditure of a $500,000 grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to the Department of Public Works; that order was adopted by roll call (9 in the affirmative). The council also recorded communications recommending a $476,000 transfer related to a school deficit investigation and a $92,000 IT grant from the Executive Office for Administration and Finance to the Department of Public Works; those communications were referred to the finance committee for action. A $12,000 grant from the National Environmental Health Association to Inspectional Services was referred to finance.
On ordinance items, an ordinance to establish an immunization revolving fund under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44, §53E½ passed to third reading by hand vote. An ordinance amending the camping prohibition (Item 23) failed after the chair clarified the ordinance committee’s report was unfavorable; a separate camping-related ordinance (Item 24), amended to change removal and enforcement provisions, passed to third reading.
The council also approved two resolves inviting outside parties to brief the finance committee: to invite Kevin Sullivan of Lehi Field Project Management for an update on the Brockton High School renovation project, and to invite Edmund Stacek of the Charter Contracting Group for an update on the Brockton Yards development at the CSX downtown Trout Brook property. A late-file resolve was introduced and accepted to invite Plymouth County Commissioner Gregory Hanley and Mark Apecheko of the Transatlantic Climate Alliance to discuss potential affiliation and an international conference. Several of the roll-call actions cited Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44 and section 53E½ for revolving fund reporting requirements.
Where the meeting recorded roll-call votes, the minutes list each councilor’s response; where hand votes were used the minutes state that the matter was granted or passed without a numeric tally.
