City Council Authorizes $4.4 Million for Street Reconstruction
Watertown City Council unanimously approved $4.4 million in street reconstruction bonds for Forest and Springfield streets, a two-season project capturing favorable bids for deferred maintenance.
City Council · Meeting of May 12, 2026
Watertown City Council unanimously approved $4.4 million in street reconstruction bonds for Forest and Springfield streets, a two-season project capturing favorable bids for deferred maintenance. The Council also transferred $14.7 million to close the Watertown High School fiscal 2026 budget pending reimbursements, transferred $75,000 for litigation overages and $824,277 for snow and ice costs, and approved $100,000 for landscape architecture services at Old Burying Ground and Common Street Cemetery. On personnel policy, the Council voted 8-1 to adopt non-union compensation standards, with Gannon dissenting; and unanimously endorsed President Sideris' statement that the Police Department does not enforce federal immigration law and ICE cannot access city schools or city property for enforcement.
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