Council Approves $730,741 in Year-End Transfers

Select Board · Meeting of July 29, 2026

NORTH ADAMS — The North Adams City Council voted 9-0 to approve $730,741.06 in fiscal year 2026 budget closeout transfers. Mayor Jennifer A. Maxey walked councilors through shortfalls including $84,008 for transfer station trash costs, $112,485 for snow and ice removal, and $138,000 for engineering on the Ashland Street Corridor and Walnut Street projects. Councilors amended the order to correct two Parks and Recreation and Windsor Lake lines mislabeled as "salaries" before final passage.

Councilor Breen said the transfers reflected real completed projects: "We're not buying the budget. We're not buying paperclips." Separately, Peter Glazer of the North Adams Historical Society told the council the group's artifact collection must leave the All Saints Church basement by September 1, warning "we've been unsuccessful so far finding an alternate space."

In the full story:

• Call to Order, Roll Call and Moment of Silence
• Hearing of Visitors: A Resident's Questions on Budget Transfers
• Committee Reports
• Disability Pride Month Proclamation: Honoring Jenna Thompson
• New Business: Board and Commission Appointments
• FY26 Budget Closeout Transfers: The Core Business of the Night
• Hoosick River Run Presentation
• Open Forum: North Adams Historical Society Storage Crisis
• Liaison Updates and Closing
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,384 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of July 29, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.