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Votes at a glance: finance subcommittee actions (procedural and appropriations)
Summary
The finance subcommittee approved a set of transfers, grant acceptances and personnel classification changes, tabled one emergency repair request and denied a package of professional supervisors’ contract items. This summary lists motions, outcomes and available vote tallies.
The Holyoke City Council finance subcommittee took the following formal actions in its most recent meeting. Where committee members recorded roll-call results, those are listed; most routine motions were passed by voice vote.
Votes and formal actions (committee-level summary):
1) Minutes — Motion to approve minutes of the Dec. 9 meeting. Outcome: Approved by voice vote.
2) PACE engineering services — Transfer of $33,000 for professional engineering services (continuation of services from Victoria Houle). Outcome: Approved by voice vote.
3) Fire Department — Transfer to restore repair line: $15,000 to cover a costly apparatus repair (exhaust regenerative system). Outcome: Approved by voice vote.
4) Fire Department — Transfer $250,000 to overtime to cover increased overtime costs given raises and unfilled…
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