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Requesting an appropriation of $206,863,886 for the FY2017 General Fund Operating Budget.
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To the Honorable Board:
On June 7, 2016, I submitted to your Honorable Board my recommendations for a proposed Fiscal Year 2017 General Fund Budget for the various departments of municipal government. My recommended FY2017 General Fund Appropriation totaled $207,314,582.
I am submitting to your Honorable Board a revised FY2017 Appropriation Order that reflects the five hundred sixty five thousand, six hundred ninety six dollars ($565,696.00) in reductions recommended by your Honorable Board's Finance Committee while meeting as a Committee of the Whole on June 21, 2016.
I support your Board Order #14290 passed on June 9, 2016 relative to financial support for the Teen Empowerment Youth Services Program and so have consequently added an additional $100,000 to the Professional and Technical Services Account of the Health and Human Services Department. In addition, the School Department has asked the City to budget an additional $15,000 as a grant match to an additional $15,000 already budgeted in the FY2017 Somerville School Department Budget for "City Links",
an innovative after school program for English Language Learners (ELLS) at Somerville High School. The program focuses on workforce development, mentoring, and leadership development with the goal of placing students in paid public sector internships. The City's Grant Match of $15,000 has been budgeted in the Special Items Account of the OSPCD Economic Development Division.
The attached Appropriation Order provides the breakdown by department of the totals for Personal Services, Ordinary Maintenance, Capital Outlay, and Special Items needed for the Board's formal adoption of the FY2017 General Fund Budget. The result of these changes is to bring the General Fund Appropriation for FY2017 to $206,863,886. This represents a reduction of $450,696 from the original budget submission.
I would like to commend the Board of Aldermen for their diligence and efforts during this budget process.
Respectfully,
Joseph A. Curtatone
Mayor