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Leominster council approves multiple appropriations; opioid-stabilization grants amended and passed
Summary
The Leominster City Council approved appropriations including $350,000 for police payroll, e‑rate funds to schools, and opioid-stabilization grants of $50,000 and $35,000 to Montachusett Recovery Center and Northstar Family Services after amending requests to remove mayor's capital-line language.
Leominster City Council approved several appropriations during its meeting after finance committee recommendations, including transfers from stabilization accounts and the opioid stabilization fund.
C‑18: The council granted an appropriation of $350,000 to the police department patrol salary and wages account to cover FY26 contract settlements; the motion and adoption were approved unanimously (vote recorded 9–0). The funding was transferred from the collective bargaining expense account.
C‑19: The council approved an appropriation to the school department funded by FY26 e‑rate revenue. The transcript records two conflicting numeric references in committee: a requested figure of $221,005.40 and an ordered amount listed later as $221,540.59; finance recommended granting and the council approved the order 9–0. (The numeric discrepancy appears in the meeting record.)
C‑20: The council approved an amended appropriation of $50,000 to the Montachusett Recovery Center from the opioid stabilization fund to support recovery support services (transportation, rent relief and insurance cost increases). Councilors voted to delete language referencing the mayor’s capital expense line (finance chair said the transfer comes directly from the opioid stabilization fund); the amended order was adopted 9–0.
C‑21: The council approved an amended transfer of $35,000 to Northstar Family Services (Bonnie’s Place) from the opioid stabilization fund for shelter operations, after deleting the mayor’s capital expense line from the communication; the amended order was adopted 9–0.
Other mayoral communications (C‑22 through C‑25) introducing additional overtime appropriations were referred to the finance chair for committee consideration. The council recorded roll call and voice votes where required by ordinance; abstentions were noted where councilors had conflicts.
