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Votes at a glance: Taunton council and finance committee actions, Feb. 4, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal votes recorded in the Committee on Finance and Salaries and full City Council on Feb. 4, 2025, including warrants, transfers and the FY25 CIP appropriation.
The following actions were recorded during the Committee on Finance and Salaries and the Taunton City Council meeting on Feb. 4, 2025. Where the transcript did not record individual roll-call tallies, outcomes are reported as recorded on the public record.
- Approve minutes (Committee on Finance and Salaries): Motion to approve minutes from Jan. 21 — outcome: approved.
- Payroll warrant (Committee on Finance and Salaries): Approve payroll warrant in the amount of $1,872,737.39 — outcome: approved.
- Accounts payable warrant (Committee on Finance and Salaries): Approve accounts payable warrant in the amount of $8,421,765.27. DPW staff identified large expenditures, including approximately $592,000 for solar projects, $177,000 for school technology maintenance, $312,000 for student transportation, $2,200,000 for roads and sidewalks, and $3,900,000 for group health and MIAA payments — outcome: approved.
- DPW rideshare transfers (Committee on Finance and Salaries): Approve transfer of $56,844.10 from the rideshare (Uber/Lyft RISE assessment) reserve to City CIP 20-24 and $11,559.92 from undesignated fund balance to City CIP 20-24 — outcome: approved.
- Invite interested parties (Committee on Finance and Salaries / pre-review for 437 Whittenton St.): Motion to invite interested parties and proceed with pre-review of Greystar Development East petition — outcome: approved (procedural; formal hearing scheduled for Feb. 18).
- Requests for agency input (Committee of the Whole as part of pre-review): Motions passed requesting written opinions from the police chief and city engineer on traffic/intersection effects and a statement from Superintendent Cabral on school impacts — outcome: approved (direction to staff).
- FY25 CIP appropriation (City Council): Motion to approve $39,780,139 from accounts and transfers to fund projects in the FY25 CIP — outcome: approved on voice vote.
- Ordinance referral (City Council): Motion to refer proposed ordinance to allow fee waivers for birth certificates for people experiencing homelessness to the Ordinance Committee — outcome: referred.
- Kennel-license extension (City Council): Motion to extend kennel license for Taylor Brewer (75 Payne St.) for 90 days, pending fence installation — outcome: approved.
- Reappointments (City Council): Reappointments to the Municipal Affordable Housing Trust (several individuals) — outcome: approved.
- Joint-pole petition (City Council): Joint petition by Verizon New England Inc. and Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant to replace one joint pole on Bay Street — outcome: approved.
Notes: When the transcript recorded only voice responses (“Aye”) and not individual roll-call tallies, the article reports the approved outcome as stated on the public record. For items where the transcript specifically recorded dollar amounts or program details (for example, the warrants and the CIP line items), those amounts are cited above as read into the record.
