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Finance Committee approves $115,490 reserve transfer to cover April referendum and election costs
Summary
The Town of Needham Finance Committee on Jan. 22 approved a $115,490 reserve-fund transfer for the Town Clerk’s office to cover an unbudgeted referendum and related election costs. Committee members also heard a briefing on election operations, vote-by-mail costs and other clerk-office revenues and investments.
Needham Finance Committee members voted Jan. 22 to approve a reserve-fund transfer of $115,490 to the Town Clerk’s operating budget to cover costs tied to a forthcoming referendum and recent election expenses.
The transfer was presented during the Town Clerk’s budget review. Louise Miller, Town Clerk, and finance committee liaisons described the transfer as covering a $35,000 placeholder for the April referendum (about $35,000 in salaries plus roughly $33,000 in other expenditures, the presenters said) and other overages from the 2024 state primary and presidential election cycle. The committee approved the transfer by voice vote; the motion text and mover/second were not specified in the meeting record.
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