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2025-071 · BUDGET · 2025

An Order to appropriate $122,000 from Sewer Retained Earnings for the purpose of funding fiscal year 2025 operating expenditures listed below.

The City of Amesbury approves a $122,000 transfer from Sewer Retained Earnings to fund FY2025 sewer operating costs, including electricity, heat, equipment repairs, lab work, and consulting. The Sewer Retained Earnings balance would drop from $1,124,781 to $1,002,781.

approved CITYWIDEENVIRONMENTAL
  1. STEP 1
    Submitted
    JUN 10 2025
  2. STEP 2 · CURRENT
    Approved
    JUN 24 2025
AI summary · plain-language

This ordinance authorizes transferring $122,000 from Sewer Retained Earnings to support the Sewer Fund's FY2025 operating expenditures. It specifies allocations for electricity ($102,000), heat ($3,400), repairs and maintenance for other equipment ($9,600), lab work ($2,000), and consulting ($5,000). The current Sewer Retained Earnings balance is $1,124,781, and the updated balance after the transfer would be $1,002,781. The measure ensures continued sewer operations but reduces reserves accordingly.

Generated by an LLM. Not legal text. Read the official ordinance for binding language.

Key provisions

§1 Appropriates $122,000 from Sewer Retained Earnings for FY2025 operating expenditures.
§2 Allocates $102,000 for Electricity.
§3 Allocates $3,400 for Heat.
§4 Allocates $9,600 for Repairs & Maint Other Equipment; $2,000 for Lab Work; and $5,000 for Consulting.

Discussed at meetings

City CouncilCity Council MeetingJune 24, 2025
approve2025-071
Approve Orders 2025-060, 2025-063, 2025-068, and 2025-071 as presented.
MOVED BY COUNCILOR HAGGSTROM · SECONDED BY COUNCILOR HOGG · VOTE: APPROVED 8-0
City CouncilBudget and Finance Subcommittee MeetingJune 17, 2025
other2025-071
Councilor Frederique made a motion to return 2025-071 to the City Council with a positive recommendation.
MOVED BY COUNCILOR FREDERIQUE · SECONDED BY COUNCILOR REDFERN · VOTE: PASSED 3-0
2025-0712025-071
City CouncilCity Council MeetingJune 10, 2025
refer2025-071
Councilor Wheeler offered a motion to refer 2025-071 to the Budget and Finance Committee with a second reading on June 24, 2025.
MOVED BY COUNCILOR WHEELER · SECONDED BY COUNCILOR GILDAY · VOTE: PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, 8-0