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Call for Independent Audit of City Operations

Last activity April 9, 2026 (5 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    April 6, 2026

  2. In committee

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

The City Council adopted a resolution calling for an independent performance audit of Boston's operations, fiscal management, and spending practices. It cites a projected FY2026 deficit, concerns about variance in key accounts, and calls for transparency and public disclosure of findings to protect residents' interests.

Affects Boston residents

Filed by Ed Flynn and Erin Murphy

Now with the City Council

About Budget & Finance and Government Operations & Elections

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Official title

Resolution calling for an independent performance audit of the City of Boston's operations and fiscal management.

Timeline

  1. April 8, 2026

    The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted.

    City Council

    On motion of Councilors Murphy and Flynn, the rules were suspended; the resolution was not adopted: yeas 4 (Culpepper, Flynn, Murphy, Worrell), nays 8 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, FitzGerald, Louijeune, Pepén, Santana, Weber), absent 1 (Mejia).

    Watch the meeting City video Minutes, April 8, 2026