City Council Passes FY2014 Budget

Story Updated 7:46PM Wednesday, June 26, 2013

The Medford City Council passed a $144,466,771 for fiscal year 2014, which begins July 1.

Last week the School Committee approved a $49,283,000 budget for the next school year.

The entire proposed $144,466,771 city budget is as follows:

General Government

Department/ Salaries/ Expenses/ Total
Legislative/ 209,953/ 3,326/ 213,279
Executive/ 1,464,569/ 87,671/ 1,552,240
Assessors/ 243,560/ 119,312/ 362,872
Information Technology/ 101,294/ 90,606/ 191,900
Finance/Audit/Purchasing/ 412,193/ 60,761/ 472,954
License Commission/ 5,400/ 5,400
Workers Compensation/ 1,500/ 952,334/ 953,834
OCD/Boards/ 168,285/ 55,180/ 223,465
Human Diversity/Compliance/ 41,319/ 4,804/ 46,123
City Clerk/ 314,313/ 15,170/ 329,483
Election/Registration/ 191,868/ 49,445/ 241,313
Law/ 216,476/ 101,492/ 317,968
Treasurer/Collector/ 445,285/ 164,326/ 609,611
Energy & Environment/ 117,037/ 22,750/ 139,787

Protection Person and Property

Department/ Salaries/ Expenses/ Total
Police/ 10,262,510/ 983,151/ 11,245,661
Off Street Parking Comm./ 3,100/ 4/ 3,104
Traffic Commission/ 1,500/ 26,000/ 27,500
Fire/ 9,998,612/ 537,150/ 10,535,762
Building/ 481,243/ 299,374/ 780,617
Electrical/ 310,009/ 737,544/ 1,047,553
Weights/Measures/ 84,993/ 973/ 85,966
Consumer Advisory/ 1,000/ 1,000
Civil Defense/ 8,700/ 3,522/ 12,222

Public Works

Department/ Salaries/ Expenses/ Total
Non Enterprise Division* / 22,555,689/ 5,471,560/ 8,027,249
Sewer Enterprise/ 793,661/ 11,549,720/ 12,343,381
Water Enterprise/ 1,017,495/ 7,353,342/ 8,370,837
*Cemetery, Engineering, Highway, Park, Forestry, Recreation

Health and Elderly Services

Department/ Salaries/ Expenses/ Total
Board of Health/ 443,982/ 46,476/ 490,458
Council on Aging/ 209,821/ 65,594/ 275,415

Library

Department/ Salaries/ Expenses/ Total
Library/ 764,643/ 305,169/ 1,069,812

Veterans and Celebrations

Department/ Salaries/ Expenses/ Total
Veterans Services/ 1119,021/ 201,450/ 320,471
Celebrations/ 11,000/ 11,000

Pensions and Annuities

Expenses/ Total
Contributory/ 8,881,804/ 8,881,804
Non Contributory/ 272,000/ 272,000

Bonds and Interest
General/ 6,398,416/ 6,398,416
Enterprise (Water/Sewer)/ 939,254/ 939,254

Insurance
Fire/Glass Boiler/ 224,000
Group Health, Dental & Life/ 17,080,060
Liability/ 146,000
Medicare/Social Security/ 825,000
Unemployment Insurance/ 75,000
Employee Assistance Program/ 34,000/ 34,000

Summary

General Government/3,933,052/ 1,727,177/ 5,660,229
Protection Persons/Property/ 21,150,667/ 2,588,718/ 23,739,385
Public Works
Non Enterprise/ 2,555,689/ 5,471,560/ 8,027,249
Enterprise/ 1,811,156/ 18,903,062/ 20,714,218
Health/Human Services/ 653,803/ 112,070/ 765,873
Library/ 764,643/ 305,169/ 1,069,812
Veterans & Celebrations/ 119,021/ 212,450/ 331,471
Pensions & Annuities/ 9,153,804/ 9,153,804
Bonds & Interest/ 7,337,670/ 7,337,670
Insurance/ 18,384,060

Municipal $95,183,771
School $ 49,283,000
Total $144,466,771