Finance Committee
In 1870, a group of Quincy citizens banded together to restore financial order in their municipality, creating the Commonwealth’s first finance committee. In 1910 the Massachusetts courts ruled that a municipal finance committee was legal (Sinclair v. Fall River, 198 Mass 248). In that same year the Massachusetts General Court also acknowledged the need for municipal finance committees state-wide, requiring all but the smallest municipalities to establish such committees to assist in dealing with emerging municipal challenges (St 1910, Ch. 130, s 2). Several additional legislative assists (i.e., St 1923, Ch. 388 and St 1929, Ch. 270), reinforced the mandated or permitted existence of municipal finance committees.
Committee Members
Name | Title | Term |
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Jennifer O'Connell
| Chair | May 2025 |
Charles R Cooper
| Vice Chair | May 2026 |
Kevin Kuphal
| Clerk | May 2025 |
Nicole Cooney
| Member | May 2024 |
William H Pratt II
| Member | May 2024 |
Russell L Wells, Sr
| Member | May 2025 |
Judith O'Connor
| Member | May 2026 |