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Council approves revolving-fund rules, sends pay-grade ordinance to readings
Summary
At the June 25 special meeting the Fitchburg City Council approved FY2027 revolving-fund expenditure limits for numerous programs, cited M.G.L. c.44, §53E½ for new fund authority, and sent an amendment to City Code grade-step assignments to first and second readings; two proposed revolving-fund orders were given leave to withdraw.
The Fitchburg City Council on June 25 recorded several actions related to revolving funds and municipal administrative rules.
Order 076-26 authorized the expenditure of funds from multiple existing revolving funds (Animal Control; Civic Days; Communication Tower & Equipment; Demolition; Planning Board Advertising; Public Cemetery; Public Health Sustainability; Public Library; Traffic Enforcement; Senior Center Activities; Sidewalk; Stormwater Maintenance) up to available amounts or stated FY2027 limits. The meeting record indicates the measure was handled by unanimous consent and the Order was executed in the record.
Order 075-26 and related text proposed establishing a Planning Board applicant-advertising revolving fund pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 44, Section 53E½ with a $100,000 annual expenditure limit; that proposed order was given leave to withdraw by unanimous consent and was not adopted in the session. Later in the record, Order 130-26 and 131-26 set specifications and authorized officials for additional revolving funds (Parks Activities & Event Costs; Planning Board advertising) and authorized FY2027 expenditure limits — including a higher limit of $750,000 for Public Health Sustainability — and were adopted by unanimous consent.
Separately, the Council voted to send Ordinance 077-26 (amending Chapter 44, Section 10 to add FY2027 grade-step assignments) to a first and second reading and to advertise it; that motion was approved by unanimous consent.
Why it matters: The revolving-fund approvals and specifications set how departments may receive and spend dedicated receipts (for example, park rental fees or planning-board advertising payments) without further annual appropriation, and the ordinance referral advances personnel step changes for subsequent formal consideration.
