The Finance Committee received an item confirming a $10,643.67 gift from the Department of Public Works to the Gardner Community Action Committee (Gardner CAC).

Mayor (unnamed) told the committee the funds came from scrap-metal collected over three years and that an itemized listing and disposal letters from the public works director were included in the packet. The mayor acknowledged "inconsistencies" in following the city's disposal-of-surplus-property procedures, saying the city solicitor and the mayor had discussed the matter and that corrective training had been completed.

A committee member said the solicitor's opinion and additional specifics were received only that day and asked to defer the item to allow time to review the materials; another member objected to deferral, saying they had sufficient information. The chair indicated there was no objection to giving the committee more time to review the packet.

No formal motion to approve the gift was recorded; the item will be brought back to a future meeting after members review the solicitor opinion and disposal documentation.