Analysis: Town and Schools

Sewer Commission: transfers

FY2025: 1 transfer approved at 1 meeting, $0.00 as the minutes print the amounts. Every vote by the Sewer Commission to move money, year by year. The Sewer Commission’s page.

FY2025: what was approved

1

transfer approved in the town’s minutes

$0.00

printed in those minutes; 1 approved with no amount printed

1

meeting with a transfer vote

MeetingWhat movedAmount
27 Aug 2024No formTown minutesRecordingLine item transfers on the FY25 budget, including reductions and increases to Consulting Services, Utilities, Legal, Capital expenditures, Engineering, Office Expenses, and Connection Fees.“to authorize the line item transfers on the fy25 budget.” · minutes · town’s copynot printed

What this counts

What this report counts

A row is a transfer as the Sewer Commission’s minutes record it: sometimes one line to another, sometimes one total for a batch, sometimes only the vote. Totals add the amounts the minutes print; a transfer approved with no amount printed is counted and adds nothing. The fiscal year is the one the minutes state where they state one, otherwise the year the meeting fell in, marked as ours.

Read from every set of School Committee minutes the archive holds — 271, 28 Sep 2010 to 8 Sep 2026 — as the meeting process reads each new one. “From” and “to” are read off the minutes’ wording by us; the description and the quoted words are the evidence.

3 items in FY2025’s minutes not counted, and why
  • 15 Apr 2025 · Reimbursement to the town for the DPW Director's time as Acting Sewer Business Manager (Q2 and Q3 FY25). The minutes say the Capital Improvement Account could be moved if needed but do not name the account in the motion. — a payment, refund or allocation, not a transfer between budget lines · minutes
  • 21 Jan 2025 · Use Retained Earnings to pay for CTE to check cut-offs at other stations; unspent funds return to Retained Earnings. — a payment, refund or allocation, not a transfer between budget lines · minutes
  • 21 Jan 2025 · Draw from Retained Earnings to cover the revenue shortfall after other fees and betterments. — a payment, refund or allocation, not a transfer between budget lines · minutes

Sources: Every row for every board, counted or not, with the reason and the evidence. The School Committee’s page.

What changed

Version 15 — updated September 20, 2026