City Council Approves Fiscal 2013 Budget

– Allison Goldsberry

The Medford City Council approved a $139,610,534 budget for fiscal year 2013, which begins July 1.

The budget was approved with four councilors voting in favor and three councilors, Michael Marks, Robert Penta, and Breanna Lungo-Koehn, voting against the budget. The councilors who voted against the budget felt it could be reduced in an effort to offer some property tax relief.

The school department will receive $47,483,000 while $92,127,534 has been allocated for municipal services. The school budget was unanimously approved by the School Committee on June 12.

The budget for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30, is $133,285,781.

The entire proposed draft city budget is as follows:

General Government

Department/ Salaries/ Expenses/ Total
Legislative/ 209,193/ 3,326/ 212,519
Executive/ 1,145,938/ 67,086/ 1,213,024
Assessors/ 229,879/ 70,952/ 300,831
Information Technology/ 96,559/ 90,606/ 187,165
Finance/Audit/Purchasing/ 382,114/ 57,692/ 439,806
License Commission/ 5,400/ 5,400
Workers Compensation/ 1,500/ 942,201/ 943,701
OCD/Boards/ 174,015/ 41,280/ 215,295
Human Diversity/Compliance/ 41,314/ 4,804/ 46,118
City Clerk/ 306,454/ 15,170/ 321,624
Election/Registration/ 191,211/ 45,646/ 236,857
Law/ 166,618/ 99,500/ 266,118
Treasurer/Collector/ 442,588/ 107,986/ 550,574
Energy & Environment/ 89,687/ 2,350/ 92,037

Protection Person and Property

Department/ Salaries/ Expenses/ Total
Police/ 9,731,362/ 886,752/ 10,618,114
Off Street Parking Comm./ 3,100/ 4/ 3,104
Traffic Commission/ 1,500/ 26,000/ 27,500
Fire/ 9,744,697/ 469,103/ 10,213,800
Building/ 489,507/ 340,874/ 830,381
Electrical/ 322,431/ 716,045/ 1,038,476
Weights/Measures/ 85,308/ 973/ 86,281
Consumer Advisory/ 250/ 250
Civil Defense/ 8,700/ 3,522/ 12,222

Public Works

Department/ Salaries/ Expenses/ Total
Non Enterprise Division* / 2,524,974/ 5,266,670/ 7,791,644
Sewer Enterprise/ 825,857/ 11,593,221/ 12,419,078
Water Enterprise/ 1,044,768/ 7,221,567/ 8,266,335
*Cemetery, Engineering, Highway, Park, Forestry, Recreation

Health and Elderly Services

Department/ Salaries/ Expenses/ Total
Board of Health/ 444,222/ 45,476/ 489,698
Council on Aging/ 134,282/ 56,529/ 190,811

Library

Department/ Salaries/ Expenses/ Total
Library/ 765,813/ 276,087/ 1,041,900

Veterans and Celebrations

Department/ Salaries/ Expenses/ Total
Veterans Services/ 118,124/ 156,450/ 274,574
Celebrations/ 8,500/ 8,500

Pensions and Annuities

Expenses/ Total
Contributory/ 8,263,656/ 8,263,656
Non Contributory/ 270,000/ 270,000

Bonds and Interest
General/ 5,911,876/ 5,911,876
Enterprise (Water/Sewer)/ 771,285/ 771,285

Insurance
Fire/Glass Boiler/ 224,000
Group Health, Dental & Life/ 17,362,980
Liability/ 146,000
Medicare/Social Security/ 725,000
Unemployment Insurance/ 75,000
Employee Assistance Program/ 34,000/ 34,000

Summary

General Government/3,482,470/ 1,548,599/ 5,031,069
Protection Persons/Property/ 20,386,605/ 2,443,523/ 22,830,128
Public Works
Non Enterprise/ 2,524,974/ 5,266,670/ 7,791,644
Enterprise/ 1,870,625/ 18,814,788/ 20,685,413
Health/Human Services/ 578,504/ 102,005/ 680,509
Library/ 765,813/ 276,087/ 1,041,900
Veterans & Celebrations/ 118,124/ 164,950/ 283,074
Pensions & Annuities/ 8,533,656/ 8,533,656
Bonds & Interest/ 6,683,161/ 6,683,161
Insurance/ 18,566,980/ 18,566,980

Municipal $92,127,534
School $47,483,000
Total $139,610,534