Millis Finance Committee re-elects chair, names vice chair and clerk; approves $220,449.77 in year-end transfers

The Millis Finance Committee on July 9 elected John Lohr as chair, named Mike Crone vice chair and Jen (last name not provided) as clerk, and approved $220,449.77 in interdepartmental transfers to reconcile fiscal year 2025 departmental budgets.

Lohr, who has chaired the committee for about a year and a half, told the committee he wants to keep “information flowing between members as well as departments.” The committee’s officer terms were adjusted this year to align with the town’s fiscal year after a May 5 town meeting vote to change the finance committee’s policies and procedures.

The transfers are a routine, year-end mechanism under state law to rebalance departmental line items before the fiscal-year closeout. Jody Kersey, Millis finance director, told the committee the transfers move existing money within the FY25 operating budget rather than adding new funds. “We’re not looking for $220,000. We have it. We’re just moving it within the budget,” Kersey said, noting the transfers reduce the number of deficit line items so the Department of Revenue will accept the town’s…