The Finance Subcommittee of the Framingham City Council met on October 28, 2025, to discuss several items including a discussion of the MetroWest Regional Emergency Communication Center, a transfer of CDBG funds for sidewalk power washing, a DPW union contract, and the FY 2026 tax rate presentation. The meeting included presentations from city officials and votes on recommendations.
The finance subcommittee of the city council is comprised of five council members and considers any or all questions appropriate for the purpose of considering the budget. Including the creation of new positions to the payroll, changes to the employee classification plan. Or any matters pertaining to increasing the City of Framingham employee headcount. The following City Council Finance Subcommittee meeting coverage is brought to you by the government channel, a service of the City of Framingham. Subcommittee meeting for October 28th. We will have public participation and then we will have a discussion with the um about the emergency middle six regional emergency communication center and then a consideration of some finance uh uh financing a uh transfer in the community development block grant funds for fifty-four thousand dollars to uh support the continuation of the Framingham efforts to uh put uh um pressure washing of the side box. Okay, I thought we would do something else with it. But okay. We'll hear about that, and then we will um consider the 1116 Supervisors Department of Public Works contract, and then we'll hear a presentation from the assessor regarding the FY 2026 tax rate presentation. Okay, so with that is anyone, there's no one in the room for public participation, and there is no one indicated on Zoom. So therefore we'll go to our draft minutes for 92525. Motion to approve. Second. Okay. All those in favor, Mr. Cannon? Yes. Myself, yes, Ms. Mellick. Yes. Mr. Steiner. Yes. Okay. So next will be the uh discussion with uh Chief M no M rec. M Rec. Anyways, uh with Chief Dutcher and Chief Hicks is certainly welcome to join us. We'd love to have him. So we have the Fairing Fire Chief and the Native Police Chief, and I believe we have the executive director of the uh online, is that correct? Yes, I see. Okay. Yes, okay, yes. Good evening. Evening. Um I think that we were just here for questions. I didn't really have a presentation, otherwise I would afford it to you. Okay. Um if there's anything. I know the last time that we had uh we had uh I had some um major uh connectivity issues on Zoom, and I think that's probably uh kind of the impetus for for us being here. So I'll take the responsibility for that for bad internet. Um so if there's anything that uh any of us could answer. Um I I think if I recall it was a few weeks ago now, but I think the discussion was around um just why we were it was a relative relatively small amount, but why we are funding salaries and there was some question around the how the salaries were determined. Uh is some question whether the assistant director's salary was on the high side, and that was about the I think those were the questions in general. If I recall, if anyone else recalls more, please feel free to uh step in and correct me. Yes, so just um to start off on the salaries for the director and the assistant director, uh the uh the executive director and the deputy director. Um those are being fully funded through the grant. So there's there's no um there's no framing him money. Uh those are being fully funded through the grant. Wasn't the transfer for those for this year or something like that? I thought there was some explanation that we didn't want to fund them all because it was only a partial year.