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

NameTitleTerm
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