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Shrewsbury Board of Aldermen adopts 2025 budget in unanimous vote
Summary
On Dec. 17, 2024, the Shrewsbury Board of Aldermen unanimously approved Bill No. 4035, the city2025 budget; the meeting also approved minutes, moved into closed session, and adjourned. Budget figures were included in the ordinance text but are not stated in the transcript.
On Dec. 17, 2024, the Shrewsbury Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to adopt Bill No. 4035, the ordinance approving the City of Shrewsbury2025 budget.
Alderperson Bette Welch moved for second reading of the ordinance; Alderman Ben Stark seconded and the motion passed with a unanimous vote. Welch then moved for final passage, which Alderman Presley Barker seconded; the final passage vote was unanimous. The ordinance number and its title appear on the agenda as the city2025 budget, but the transcript does not specify total appropriations or line-item amounts.
The adoption finalizes the budget document that will govern city spending for fiscal 2025. The board handled the budget during the agenda item titled "FY2025 Budget Public Hearing/Ordinances" and recorded both the procedural second reading and the vote for final passage in open session.
Earlier on the agenda the board approved minutes from the Dec. 10, 2024 work session. Alderman Ben Stark moved to approve the minutes and Alderman John Odenwald seconded; that motion also passed unanimously.
Later in the meeting Alderman John Odenwald moved that the board go into closed session; Alderperson Bette Welch seconded and the motion was approved. The transcript records the motion and approval but does not record the grounds cited for a closed session or any discussion that followed in closed session.
Alderman Odenwald moved to adjourn the meeting and Alderman Grant Diel seconded; the board carried the motion by voice vote. The clerk recorded the next meeting date as Jan. 14, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.
Attending officials listed on the record included Mayor Mike Travaglini; Aldermen John Odenwald, Beth Parker, Grant Diel, Presley Barker and Ben Stark; Alderperson Bette Welch; City Clerk Katelyn Wands; and department heads present for roll call. The transcript does not include direct quotations from participants or detailed budget line items; financial totals and departmental allocations were not specified in the minutes as provided.
