Council reallocates $4 million from early-closed school project
Watertown City Council reallocated $4 million in surplus from an early-finished three-elementary-school construction project.
City Council · Meeting of March 24, 2026
Watertown City Council reallocated $4 million in surplus from an early-finished three-elementary-school construction project. The council voted unanimously (9-0) to transfer $1.8 million to Watertown High School construction and $2.25 million to the Middle School feasibility study, closing a project started eight years ago a year ahead of schedule and millions of dollars under budget, Councilor Vincent J. Piccirilli remarked.
The council also unanimously approved $450,000 in borrowing for Fire Department turnout gear, $291,100 for the first year of a new police supervisors' collective bargaining agreement through fiscal 2028, $8,000 for police assessment centers, and adoption of a revised Administrative Code consolidating city departments.
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Source: the City Council meeting of March 24, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
Checked against the official minutes. It was corrected where it differed.
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