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The council referred a $2.1 million free-cash appropriation and enterprise-fund project appropriations to the Finance Committee, including a proposed $1.4 million for water-transmission-main reconstruction. It also advanced $251,025 for the Northampton Public Schools special-education stabilization fund and approved changes to the 2026–2027 meeting schedule.
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The major funding proposals were not finally approved at this meeting; they were sent for additional review or a later reading. The special-education stabilization proposal would require agreement from both the City Council and School Committee before the funds could be spent. The council also voted 8–1 to cancel its February 19, 2026 meeting and move the July 2026 meeting from July 9 to July 15.
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