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Thread-Topic: Boston Finance Commission
Mail-From: "Department, Reference (LIB)" <Reference.Department at state.ma.us>
In answer to your questions:
1) The names of the members are available from the
Commissions Section of the Division of Public Records.
We do not have an up-to-date list here at the Library.
You can contact them at
pre at sec.state.ma.us
or at 617 727-2836
2) The meetings are posted in City Hall on the
Public Notice Board and with the City Clerk.
Usually the meetings are on
Tuesdays at 5, once a month.
3) There is no information available
about the political party of the members.
If you call the Governor's office, they may be able to assist you.
The number is 617 725-4005
4) The reports are sent to the Boston Public Library on a yearly basis.
They are also available through the Commission.
If you have any further questions about the Boston Finance Commission,
you can call them at 617 635-2202
They do not have a web site.
Thank you for your inquiry.
The Reference Department
a. What are the names of the Boston Finance Commission commissioners?...
b. When and where are public meetings of the BFC commissioners ordinarily?...
c. Are the commissioners Republicans and Democrats?...
d. How available are Boston Finance Commission reports?...
Boston Finance Commission
The commission shall make an annual report in January of each year
to the general court.
Acts 1909 Chapter 486 Sections 17 et al
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Acts 1909 Chapter 486
The Finance Commission
Section 17.
Finance Commission. Appointment, terms, etc.
Within sixty days after the passage of this act the governor with the
advice and consent of the council shall appoint a finance commission
to consist of five persons, inhabitants of and qualified voters in the
city of Boston, who shall have been such for at least three years
prior to the date of their appointment, on for the term of five years,
one for four years, one for three years, one for two years, and one
for one year, and thereafter as the terms of office expire in each
year, one member for a term of five years.
Vacancies
Vacancies in the commission shall be filled for the unexpired term by
the governor with the advice and consent of the council. The members
of said commission may be removed by the governor with the advice and
consent of the council for such cause as he shall deem sufficient. The
chairman shall be designated by the governor. His annual salary shall
be five thousand dollars, which shall be paid in monthly instalments
by the city of Boston. The other members shall serve without pay.
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Section 18.
Duties, etc.
It shall be the duty of the finance commission from time to time to
investigate any and all matters relating to appropriations, loans,
expenditures, accounts, and methods of administration affecting the
city of Boston or the county of Suffolk, or any department thereof,
that may appear to the commission to require investigation, and to
report thereon from time to time to the mayor, the city council, the
governor, or the general court.
The commission shall make an annual report in
January of each year to the general court.
Section 19.
Pay rolls, bills, etc,, to be referred to the commission, etc.
Whenever any pay roll, bill, or other claim against the city is
presented to the mayor, city auditor, or the city treasurer, he shall,
if the same seems to him to be of doubtful validity, excessive in
amount, or otherwise contrary to the city's interest, refer it too the
finance commission, which shall immediately investigate the facts and
report thereon; and pending said report payment shall be withheld.
Section 20.
Employment of experts, etc.
The said commission is authorized to employ such experts, counsel, and
other assistants, and to incur such other expenses as it may deem
necessary, and the same shall be paid by said city upon requisition by
the commission, not exceeding in the aggregate in any year the sum of
twenty-five thousand dollars, or such additional sums as may be
appropriated for the purpose by the city council, and approved by the
mayor.
A sum sufficient to cover the salary of the chairman of the commission
and the further sum of at least twenty-five thousand dollars to meet
the expenses as aforesaid shall be appropriated each year by said
city.
The commission shall have the same right to incur expenses in
anticipation of its appropriation as if it were a regular department
of said city.
Section 21.
Powers of civil service [sic] commission.
[Powers of finance commission.]
For the purpose of enabling the said commission to perform the duties
and carry out the objects herein contemplated, and to enable the
mayor, the city council, the governor or the general court to receive
the reports and findings of said commission as a basis for such laws,
ordinances, or administrative orders as may be deemed meet, the
commission shall have all the powers and duties enumerated in chapter
five hundred and sixty-two of the acts of the year nineteen hundred
and eight and therein conferred upon the commission designated in said
act; but counsel for any witness at any public hearing
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