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Holyoke mayor, finance committee reconcile supplemental FY2026 budget and restore DPW lines

Holyoke City Finance Committee · November 14, 2025
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Summary

Committee moved a supplemental FY2026 budget packet to the full City Council after the mayor and auditor identified oversights and agreed to restore certain DPW lines (property maintenance/demolition worker and HMEO positions), producing an overall net reduction of $299,656 after corrections.

The Holyoke Finance Committee on Monday reviewed a supplemental FY2026 budget packet and voted to forward it to the full City Council after correcting several line-item oversights.

Mayor (unnamed) summarized the supplemental as a realignment intended to ‘right-size’ the levy and explained that while the term supplemental implies adding funds, the packet as presented decreased the levy-limit totals. ‘‘We’re looking at an…

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