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Gardner City Finance Committee forwards several appropriations to full council, flags surplus property for further review
Summary
The Finance Committee recommended multiple budget orders to the full council — including landfill closure funding, an outside-counsel transfer, a health department transfer, stabilization funding and landfill pump repair — and deferred final action on declaring 13–17 West Lyon Street surplus pending review of a legal opinion.
The Gardner City Finance Committee on Nov. 25 voted to recommend a set of budget orders to the full City Council and discussed the rationale and supporting materials for each.
Major recommendations and motions sent to the full council included: • Landfill closure funding (Item 11735): staff presented a resubmitted order to appropriate funds to the landfill closure account. The mayor said the increase from an earlier figure arose from higher-than-expected operating trends. The packet included both a $95,000 order figure and a budget line showing $94,310; staff explained the formal order figure is dispositive. The committee voted to recommend the order to the full council.
• Law department transfer for outside counsel (Item 11736): the…
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