Finance Committee

Virtual

Agenda — 16 items

1. 1 (Posted online: 10/25/26 at 11:30 AM)
2. 2 This meeting was held via Zoom and was called to order by Chair Wheeler at 6:00 pm and adjourned at 7:22 pm on a roll call vote of 5 in favor (Councilors Link, Strezo, Hardt, Scott, and Wheeler), 0 opposed, and 0 absent. Also present: Rachel Strutt - Cultural Director, Nicholas Salerno - Commissioner of Elections, Anoop Malik - Health and Human Services Finance Manager, Michael Mastrobuoni - Budget Director, Eric Weisman - Department of Public Works Commissioner and Delaney Fisher-Cassiol - Clerk of Committees
3. 3 Roll Call
4. 1. Approval of the Minutes of the Finance Committee Meeting of October 20, 2026. 26-1578 Accepted Pass
5. 6 Arts
6. 2. Requesting approval to appropriate $100,000 from the Encore Artist and Cultural Support Stabilization Fund to support Local Cultural Council grants to artists, organizations, and schools. 26-1514 Recommended to be approved Pass
7. 8 Elections
8. 3. Requesting a supplemental appropriation of $72,824.03 to various accounts in the Election Department to fund the two special elections. 26-1545 Recommended to be approved Pass
9. 10 Health and Human Services
10. 4. Requesting approval to pay prior year invoices totaling $12,844.97 using available funds in the Health and Human Services-Administration Ordinary Maintenance Account for Medicaid billing and collection services. 26-1531 Recommended to be approved Pass
11. 5. Requesting approval of a transfer of $545,649 from the Infrastructure: Inspectional Services Salaries account to various Health and Human Services: Public Health Personal Services accounts to correct an allocation error in the Fiscal Year 2027 budget. 26-1524 Recommended to be approved Pass
12. 13 Department of Public Works
13. 6. Requesting approval to enter into a 60-month contract with Boston Carting Services LLC for hauling municipal solid waste, recycling, and yard waste. 26-1539 Recommended to be approved Pass
14. 15 Communications
15. 7. Sharing the Metro Boston Homeland Security Region's (MBHSR) Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) fiscal year 2024 plan and allocations. 26-1548 Recommended to be marked work completed
16. 16 Referenced Documents: • Finance - 2026-10-28 BCS Presentation (with 26-1539 )

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