Thursday on Cape Ann: Gloucester budget committee moves to 3:30 p.m. with $270,300 in state grants, Manchester finance panel reviews debt before town meeting

Several Cape Ann boards meet Thursday, Oct. 22. Here is what their posted agendas say.

Gloucester City Council Budget and Finance Committee, 3:30 p.m.

The committee's revised agenda moves the meeting to 3:30 p.m. The first version and the city calendar said 5:30 p.m. It meets in the Harbormaster's Conference Room, 19 Harbor Loop, and on Zoom (meeting ID 867 0458 0006).

• Tax classification: a memo from the principal assessor, continued from Oct. 7. Tax classification is the yearly choice of how the property tax is split between homes and businesses.
• State grants: a $132,000 Massachusetts Downtown Initiative capital grant, a $124,300 Housing Choice grant and a $14,000 Mass Cultural Council grant. Together that is $270,300.
• Donations: $65 to the Archives, $3,720.01 to Veterans Services, $100 to the police Youth Anglers program and a portrait of a former city clerk, valued at $150, for the clerks' portrait gallery.
• Money moves: a $389.76 transfer to cover a Veterans Services salary shortfall, and the auditor's report on accounts that spent more than they were given.

A review of the city's reports on retiree health costs is moved to Nov. 5.

Manchester Finance Committee, 7 p.m.

The committee meets in Town Hall, Room 5, and on Zoom (meeting ID 875 1615 4972). The agenda lists the senior and community center, the town's current and planned debt, the warrant booklet for the special town meeting, and a 25 year plan for borrowing on big projects and what it would mean for the tax rate. Earlier: the committee put off its senior center vote, and the Select Board signed the Nov. 16 warrant.

Manchester's Board of Health also meets at 8:30 a.m. in Room 7 and on Zoom, on two septic and sewer plans and the director's report.

Rockport Planning Board Seasonal Communities Subcommittee, 6:30 p.m.

The subcommittee meets in the Annex Building, 26 Broadway, the town calendar says. No agenda had been posted early Wednesday. Earlier: the Planning Board's work on tiny houses.

Essex Board of Health, 7 p.m.

The board meets on the second floor stage at Town Hall, the town calendar says. No agenda had been posted early Wednesday.

Earlier coverage: Wednesday on Cape Ann (Oct. 20), Wednesday's agendas.