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Finance committee advances multiple measures, recommends adoption or tabling of ordinances and resolutions
Summary
The finance committee voted unanimously to approve minutes, recommend adoption of a capital ordinance for police bicycles, table an ordinance on portable radios, adopt a vacation-policy amendment under suspension, recommend a refuse/recycling contract under suspension, and adjourned. Vote tallies were unanimous among the three committee members present.
The Brooklyn City Council Finance Committee approved its agenda business and recommended several items to full council, voting unanimously on motions before it.
The committee approved the January 26 minutes and recommended adoption of Ordinance 2026-01 (updated capital improvement plan) to fund a $50 increase for police bicycles. It recommended tabling Ordinance 2026-04 (a requested $500 increase for portable radios) after staff reported the updated estimate fits the existing budget. The committee recommended adoption under suspension of Ordinance 2026-05 amending the city’s vacation policy to allow certain incoming non‑union employees the same mayoral discretion currently applied to exempt hires. The committee also recommended adoption under suspension of Resolution 2026-08, authorizing a refuse and recycling services agreement with the city of Cleveland.
Votes at a glance: Approve minutes (motion) — yes 3, no 0; Ordinance 2026-01 — recommend adoption — yes 3, no 0; Ordinance 2026-04 — recommend tabling — yes 3, no 0; Ordinance 2026-05 — recommend adoption under suspension — yes 3, no 0; Resolution 2026-08 — recommend adoption under suspension — yes 3, no 0; Adjournment — yes 3, no 0.
Committee members present were Committee member Matt Mosley, Committee member Kathy Poochie and Committee member Andy Sarter. Where the committee recommended adoption under suspension, the items will appear on the council agenda for immediate council action if the full council concurs.
