SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2025
7:00 PM

133 WILLIAM STREET, NEW BEDFORD, MA 02740
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, RM. 214

OPENING SESSION: CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT SHANE A BURGO

PLEDGE OF ALLIGIENCE: MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL

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AGENDA ITEMS

1.   COMMUNICATION, Council President Burgo, to Dennis W. Farias, City Clerk/Clerk of the City Council, calling a SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING, for MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2025 at 7 pm for the purpose of Wastewater Rate Increase for FY2026 and a Transfer to the Fiscal Year 2026 Wastewater Enterprise Fund.

CALL OF MEETING.pdf

2.   COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting AN ORDER for the Wastewater Rate increase for Fiscal Year 2026 of 3.0 percent.

2a.     AN ORDER,

WASTEWATER RATE INCREASE.pdf

3.   COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting AN ORDER to TRANSFER $2,350,000.00 from the SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND to Fiscal Year 2026 WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE FUND.

 3a.  AN ORDER,

TRANSFER - WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE FUND FY26.pdf

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