WEATHER — / —
Home / Meetings /December 2, 2025
City Council · December 2, 2025 · 7:00 PM

City Council Special Meeting

Council adopted the FY26 annual tax classification (2025-124), setting the factor at 1.00 and declining residential, commercial, and open-space exemptions; the Council also approved a sewer budget transfer (2025-116) and referred firefighter contract funding (2025-125) and a salary-reserve transfer (2025-126) to Budget & Finance for review.

occurred Agenda PDF Minutes Video recording AI Summary
Key decisions
Approved transfer of $98,042 from Sewer Other Expenses to Sewer Personal Services and reduce Sale of Cemetery Lots revenue by $3,000 (2025-116).
Approved 8-0
Adopted a tax classification factor of 1.00 (2025-124).
Approved 8-0
Adopted no Open Space Discount for FY26 (2025-124).
Approved 8-0
Adopted no Residential Exemption for FY26 (2025-124).
Approved 8-0
Adopted no Commercial Exemption for FY26 (2025-124).
Approved 8-0
Approved Order 2025-124 (2025 FY26 Annual Classification Hearing) as presented.
Approved 8-0
Referred Order 2025-125 (funding the IAFF Local 1783 employment agreement, July 1, 2025–June 30, 2028) to the Budget & Finance Committee with a second reading scheduled for December 9, 2025.
Approved 8-0
Referred Order 2025-126 (transfer $120,416.38 from FY26 Salary Reserve to departmental salaries & wages) to the Budget & Finance Committee with a second reading scheduled for December 9, 2025.
Approved 8-0

0:29:48 · Generated from Amesbury Public Access Television [source]

Chapters & timeline

1 mark
1 mark
1 mark
1 mark
2 marks
1 mark
1 mark
1 mark
1 mark
1 mark
1 mark
1 mark
1 mark
1 mark
1 mark
1 mark
1 mark
1 mark
2 marks