City Council Committee on Ways and Means Hearing on Dockets #0670-0678 and #0689 FY25 Budget: Boston Centers for Youth and Families, and Boston Public Library

Orders for the FY25 Operating Budget, including annual appropriations for departmental operations, for the School Department, and for other post-employment benefits (OPEB).

Orders for capital fund transfer appropriations.

Orders for the Capital Budget, including loan orders and lease-purchase agreements.

Message and order authorizing a limit for the Boston Centers for Youth and Families (BCYF) revolving fund for Fiscal Year 2025 to pay salaries and benefits of employees and to purchase supplies and equipment necessary to operate the City Hall Child Care. This revolving fund shall be credited with any and all receipts from tuition paid by parents or guardians for children enrolled at the center. Receipts and resulting expenditures from this fund shall not exceed Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($900,000.00).

These matters were sponsored by Mayor Michelle Wu and referred to the Committee on April 9, 2023. 

NOTICE:  The Boston City Council may have a quorum in attendance due to standing committees of the City Council consisting of both voting and non-voting members.  However, members attending this duly posted meeting are participating and deliberating only in conjunction with the business of the standing committee.

PUBLIC TESTIMONY

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Staff Contact: Shane Pac

Committee Email:  ccc.wm@boston.gov 

Staff Email:  shane.pac@boston.gov | Staff Telephone: 617-635-3040

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