Budget & Finance

The Committee on Budget and Finance shall be concerned with all issues of city finances including issues relating to city revenues and the city budget, including, without limitation, all the activities and jurisdictions of the City Auditor, City Treasurer, Tax Assessor, and Tax Collector. Additionally, the committee will be the liaison with the Newburyport School Committee regarding the school finances.
Currently In Committee:
  • ORDR00551 Gift Acceptance Pioneer League Fencing $13,400
  • ORDR00552 Gift Acceptance FNCOA $6,316
  • ORDR00553 Refunding Bonds
  • ORDR00554 Senior Work-Off Program Increase Maximum Assistance Amount to $2000 (COTW)
  • ORDR00555 Consolidation of Functions: School Committee with the City M.G.L. c.71, §37M (COTW)
  • ORDR00556 FY21 Perkins Park Project Amendment (COTW)
  • ORDR00557 FY25 CPC Recommendations (COTW)
  • ORDR00558 Bartlet Mall Loan Order (COTW)
  • TRAN00185 Mayor: ARPA State & Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $282,653.87 & Joppa Park Walkway $30,487.91 to Lower Atkinson Common Improvements $313,141.78  (COTW)
  • TRAN00188 Mayor's Office: ARPA State & Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $964,675.13 to Phillips Drive Project $700,000 , Marquand Lane Study $120,000, and Streets and  Sidewalks $144,675.13 (COTW)
  • TRAN00189 Mayor's Office: General Fund Free Cash $25,852.84 to Fire Injured-on-Duty $25,852.84 (COTW)

Board Members

Name Title
Afroz K. Khan Committee Member
Sharif I. Zeid Chair
Benjamin Harman Committee Member