If you have not had the opportunity or haven’t heard, this year’s budget has been produced in book form and is available to the public. The Town Budget Books are available for viewing at Town Clerk’s office, Library, and Town Administrator’s office.
In preparation of participating in the Government Financial Officers’ Association’s (GFOA) Distinquished Budget Award, the FY2011 budget provides enhanced transparency of town financial data. This book details a great deal of information about our budget and town government: organizational charts, department’s function descriptions, line budgets actual FY2007 to FY 2011 budget, employee counts, accomplishments and goals for next year. The format is nicely done, and is interesting reading.
Some budget highlights:
- The total revenue is budgeted to be $48.9M, 1.69% over FY2010 forecast.
- Free cash is budgeted at $600k, a 14% reduction from prior year.
- 60.7% of the budget is spent on schools, K-8 has a budgeted increase of 1.6%, Assabet Valley share costs have a budgeted increase of 11.4%.
- Personnel Board has a budgeted increase over $310k, for compensation adjustments for the unsettled contacts for Fire, Patrol Officers, Police Sergeants and Public Safety Dispatchers.
- The Library budget is reduced $62k with reductions to books and contractual services.
- The Police Budget is reduced $68.9k with reductions to the Quinn Bill Educational Incentive Program.
For more Budget detail read the budget book and come to town meeting on Monday (4/26)
Just in! Link to documents on the Town site
Prior budget related discussions:
Preliminary Budget adjustments discussed at Selectmen’s meeting 3/22
Preliminary General Fund Budget post from 2/22 Selectmen’s meeting
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