Finance Committee takes up food contract for full council

Select Board · Meeting of April 13, 2026

Springfield's City Council Finance Committee weighed a school food service contract and library bonding. Staff asked for a one-year contract with four one-year renewal options, five years in all, to draw more bidders, and said vendor returns to the city are capped at $3 million. A staff member said the contract is separate from the current Sodexo audit, and meals average about $4.50 each.

Molly, a staff member, said the East Springfield branch library carries a grant award of roughly $6.8 million, with construction expected to start in about a year. The committee also heard a $250,000 ADA grant, three MSBA school design projects and an unpaid Tyler Technologies bill. No vote was recorded before the 5:27 p.m. adjournment.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of April 13, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.