Override City Charter Section 6.15(c) for FY2027 budget
No
Motion permitted approximately $11,980,772 beyond the charter tax cap. Passed 11–3. Recorded in city meeting minutes, pages 16 and 21. A readable copy is preserved by Manchester Publick. The video link is the general Channel 22 archive, not a verified recording of this meeting. This aldermen motion was not a School Committee vote.
What Edward Sapienza did and said
Account checked 2026-11-09Recorded actions
June 9, 2026: voted No on the tax-cap override (passed 11–3) and No on the city general-fund appropriation (passed 11–3). Voted No on the school appropriation (passed 10–4). Moved the Sapienza–Kantor alternative, which failed 3–11.
Individual remarks
Challenged reliance on an unfinished revaluation and asked for clearer tax-impact estimates. He argued officials needed to make decisions with the available information rather than leave the issue to later DRA action.
Sources for this account
Meeting video archive ↗ Archive link; specific recording and timestamps await verification.