City Council Passes FY2016 Budget

On Tuesday, June 30 the Medford City Council voted 5-2, with Councilors Robert Penta and Breanna Lungo-Koehn dissenting, to pass the city’s budget for fiscal year 2016, which began July 1.

The $155,634,445 includes $52,933,000 for the schools, an amount that was unanimously approved by the School Committee in June, and a $252,325 increase in the library budget.

The entire proposed city budget is as follows:

General Government

Department/ Personnel/ Ordinary/ Total
Legislative/ 222,900/ 3,326/ 226,226
Executive/ 791,535/ 126,833/ 918,368
Finance/Auditing/ 443,694/ 72,000/ 515,694
Assessing/ 253,274/ 66,062/ 319,336
Treasury/ 471,284/ 172,471/ 643,755
Law/ 235,472/ 109,104/ 344,576
Information Technology/ 107,122/ 90,606/ 197,728
City Clerk/ 331,700/ 15,065/ 346,765
Election/Registration/ 230,180/ 51,120/ 281,300
Licensing/ 5,400/ 400/ 5,800
Conservation/ 5,800/ 1,300/ 7,100
OCD/Boards/ 175,666/ 73,581/ 249,247
Workers Compensation/ 1,500/ 853,000/ 854,500
Human Diversity/Compliance/ 51,900/ 4,800/ 56,700
Energy & Environment/ 132,489/ 31,792/ 164,281

Protection Person and Property

Department/ Personnel/ Ordinary/ Total
Police/ 11,110,452/ 1,043,211/ 12,153,663
Fire/ 11,266,046/ 745,450/ 12,011,496
Weights/Measures/ 90,341/ 4,331/ 94,672
Electrical Insp/ 306,532/ 866,173/ 1,172,705
Consumer Adv/ 0/ 1,000/ 1,000
Traffic and Parking/ 1,500/ 26,000/ 27,500
Building/ 544,425/ 308,862/ 853,287

Public Works

Department/ Personnel/ Ordinary/ Total
Non Enterprise Division*/ 2,902,147/ 6,384,336/ 9,286,483
Sewer Enterprise/ 846,672/ 12,130,996/ 12,977,668
Water Enterprise/ 975,080/ 8,080,998/ 9,056,0787
*Cemetery, Engineering, Highway, Park, Forestry, Recreation

Health and Elderly Services

Department/ Personnel/ Ordinary/ Total
Board of Health/ 503,384/ 76,143/ 579,527
Council on Aging/ 212,747/ 69,300/ 282,047

Library

Department/ Personnel/ Ordinary/ Total
Library/ 1,003,157/ 359,391/ 1,362,548

Veterans and Celebrations

Department/ Personnel/ Ordinary/ Total
Veterans Services/ 105,224/ 238,731/ 343,955

Pensions and Annuities

Retirement/ 0 10,167,381/ 10,167,381

Bonds and Interest
General/ 0/ 6,490,660/ 6,490,660
Enterprise (Water/Sewer)/ 0/ 718,548/ 718,548

Insurance
Employee Assistance Program/ 34,000/ 34,000
Fire/Glass Boiler/ 333,666/ 333,666
Group Health, Dental & Life/ 18,544,944/ 18,544,944
Liability/ 91,000/ 91,00
Medicare/ 900,000
Unemployment/ 75,000

Summary

General Government/ 3,465,316/ 1,671,460/ 5,136,776
Protection Persons/Property/ 23,327,996/ 2,998,567/ 26,326,563
Public Works
Non Enterprise/ 2,896,747/ 6,384,336/ 9,281,083
Sewer Enterprise/ 846,672/ 12,130,996/ 12,977,668
Water Enterprise/ 975,080/ 8,080,998/ 9,056,078
Health & Elderly Services/ 716,131/ 145,443/ 861,574
Library/ 798,157/ 313,066/ 1,111,223
Veterans & Celebrations/ 105,224/ 238,731/ 343,955
Pensions & Annuities/ 0/ 10,167,381/ 10,167,381
Bonds & Interest/ 0/ 7,209,208/ 7,209,208
Insurance/ 0/ 19,978,610/ 19,978,610

Municipal $102,701,445
School $52,933,000
Total $155,634,445