Gloucester budget hearing
The city budget for next year (starting July 1) hit the city council's Budget and Finance Committee last night. The fight is between two sets of interests, as the article in the Gloucester Daily Times put it:
Basically, there are two outstanding and intertwined issues. One is that the council is not sure that it believes the mayor's revenue projections. The other is that an extra $203,000 will be available if the legislature's budget goes through, as extra school aid.
The trick is that school aid does not need to be spent on schools, and if the council thinks that the revenue projections will come up short, they'll be inclined to keep expenditures as originally developed.
The full council takes the budget up next week.
Education interests pushed hard last night and the budget masters of the City Council pushed back.
Basically, there are two outstanding and intertwined issues. One is that the council is not sure that it believes the mayor's revenue projections. The other is that an extra $203,000 will be available if the legislature's budget goes through, as extra school aid.
The trick is that school aid does not need to be spent on schools, and if the council thinks that the revenue projections will come up short, they'll be inclined to keep expenditures as originally developed.
The full council takes the budget up next week.
posted by Patrick Abegg @ 3:07 PM
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