The City Council approved the budget with minor cuts Monday night.
The City Council approved the fiscal 2012 budget Monday night during an hour-long public hearing. 1. The approved budget is: $117,457,759.41 2. A roll call vote was taken on the budget: 3. Several aldermen voted against the budget, citing "fiduciary responsibilities." "The budget before us is going to increase taxes, [although] the amount is still unknown," said Alderman Ray Drapeau. "We're going to have that in front of us and we’re going to have to make that vote to increase people’s taxes." "We do all have a fiduciary responsibility here," said Alderman Mike Anderson. "Just because we all come to a different conclusion, doesn’t mean we’re not executing the fiduciary responsibility … We're in a position now where we’re not laying …
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The Citi Stat and Stream Line Permits systems are to be put in place next fiscal year.
As part of the city budget process, the City Council Committee on Finance met last night to discuss parts of the fiscal 2012 budget. Woburn Mayor Scott Galvin spoke to the aldermen about two new communications systems that the city will implement in the coming fiscal year. Citi Stat and Stream Line Permits will comprise $42,000 of the mayoral budget in fiscal 2012. "They are separate [programs], but they do have information that is helpful to both," said Galvin. According to Galvin, the Stream Line Permits program will start in the Building Department. Then all departments involved in the permitting process will have access to the same permit record. Citi Stat will serve as a way for city officials to "track expenditures, trends in …
Danielle P
2:42 pm on Tuesday, June 14, 2011
I watched this on television and I want to know why they even bothered to go through the meeting if no one was serious about cutting. Is the council just a rubber stamp? Did I hear Alderman DiTucci right that she found almost $300,000 just in positions that were put in at an inflated level? And they did nothing. Then the mayor says that taxes are going up. What's wrong with this picture? My … more ›