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  • 1 Kentucky’s 2022-2024 Executive Budget EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE FUTURE IS NOW

    Louisville, KY
    Budget

    Kentucky's 2022-2024 Executive Budget proposes historic investments totaling $1.9 billion in additional General Fund revenues, driven by record economic recovery and a 7.5 percent growth rate following strong fiscal performance in 2021. The budget prioritizes education system transformation through universal pre-K funding and "Bucks for Brains" higher education initiatives, while also addressing long-standing needs including state employee salary increases, pension funding, child protection services, and disaster recovery from December 2021 storms. The proposal represents a significant departure from decades of budget cuts, directing resources toward workforce development, economic growth, and addressing fixed costs and deferred maintenance across state government.

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  • Research in the Public Interest Worcester Regional Research Bureau, Inc.

    Worcester, MA
    Budget

    The Worcester Regional Research Bureau issued a report breaking down the City of Worcester and Worcester Public Schools' Fiscal Year 2023 budget, which took effect July 1, 2022. The document explains the city's Council-Manager form of government structure, including the roles of the City Council (11 members), City Manager, Mayor, School Committee, and Superintendent in the budget process, where expenditures must balance revenues and the City Council can only reduce—not increase—line items in the proposed budget. The report addresses how municipalities must balance fixed costs like debt service and pensions while prioritizing areas such as education, public safety, economic development, and public services.

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  • Finance Detail 2024

    Allentown, PA
    Budget

    The City of Allentown's 2024 Finance Department budget details spending across two divisions: Revenue & Audit and Finance & Budget Administration. The Revenue & Audit division has a 2024 final budget of $1,687,880, with major allocations including $761,300 for permanent wages, $372,246 for employee group insurance, $146,930 for PMRS pension contributions, and $275,000 for overpaid property tax refunds. The Finance & Budget Administration division's 2024 budget begins at $525,143 for permanent wages and introduces $17,500 in temporary wages, representing a $85,797 increase in permanent wages from the 2023 budget of $439,346. Notable 2024 changes include increased printing costs from $600 to $1,200 for managed print services and a $75,000 reduction in refund allocations compared to 2023.

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  • Springfieldmontco

    Springfield, IL
    Budget

    Springfield Township, Montgomery County, PA proposes a balanced 2022 operating budget of $18,315,318 with a real estate tax rate of 4.516 mills and earned income tax rate of 1.0%, maintaining the same real estate tax rate as 2021 due to decreased pension obligations and workers compensation costs. Residential taxpayers will see no change in real estate taxes but will benefit from a $6.32 reduction in the annual refuse service fee (from $231.86 to $225.54), driven by decreased recycling processing costs despite increases in waste disposal fees. The Township continues to fund operations through traditional revenue sources including real estate tax, earned income tax, and a local services tax enacted in 2019, with anticipated additional revenues of $45,000 from the local services tax in 2022.

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  • Summary: Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, Kentucky; General

    Lexington, KY
    Budget

    S&P Global Ratings assigned an 'AA' long-term rating with stable outlook to Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government's $44.5 million series 2022B general obligation bonds, which will finance various capital expenditures and a land conservation program. The bonds are secured by the government's full-faith-and-credit pledge and ad valorem property taxes, subject to Kentucky's constitutional and statutory limitations including a 4% annual growth cap on aggregate property tax revenue. While the county's economic base is recovering from COVID-19 and fiscal 2022 ended with a surplus, long-term challenges remain including rising personnel expenses and pension contribution costs.

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  • WORCESTER REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY Report on Examination of

    Worcester, MA
    Budget

    The Worcester Regional Transit Authority's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020, present the Authority's basic financial statements, management discussion and analysis, and supplementary information including pension and OPEB liability schedules. The report includes statements of net position, revenues and expenses, cash flows, and detailed schedules of net cost of service by municipality and revenue and cost analysis by bus route. As a component unit of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the Authority's financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and audited to ensure they are free from material misstatement.

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  • 2025 Solid Waste Fund

    Allentown, PA
    Budget

    The 2025 Solid Waste Fund (Fund 085) for the City of Allentown projects total revenues of $23,786,761, a significant increase from the 2024 adjusted budget of $16,757,076, driven primarily by trash collection revenues rising from $15,458,750 to $22,228,305. Total expenditures are allocated across personnel costs of $4,793,529, services and charges of $17,101,801 (including $16,798,007 for other contract services), materials and supplies of $242,486, and capital outlay of $569,500. The fund maintains an opening balance of $833,127 for 2025, adjusted from the 2024 opening balance of $2,720,750. Key revenue sources include commercial trash collection at $343,035, grants at $344,921, and state aid for pension at $200,000.

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  • WORCESTER REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (A ...

    Worcester, MA
    Budget

    The Worcester Regional Transit Authority's financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019 include an Independent Auditors' Report and comprehensive financial documentation covering the authority's net position, revenues, expenses, cash flows, and pension and OPEB obligations. The document provides detailed breakdowns of service costs by municipality and bus route, along with supplementary schedules for budget comparisons and demand response transit services across multiple communities served by the transit authority.

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  • Mayor's Budget Message

    York, PA
    Budget

    The City of York submitted its proposed $104 million budget for 2017, which includes a General Fund of over $45 million and a 2% property tax reduction while remaining on track for a 15% reduction over five years. To balance the budget amid rising healthcare and pension costs, the city froze or eliminated vacant positions and held department budgets firm, while also implementing a 10% sewer fee increase and 3.9% refuse fee increase due to infrastructure maintenance and contract costs. Mayor C. Kim Bracey emphasized the structural financial challenges facing Third Class Cities in Pennsylvania and called on state legislators to address the inadequate revenue system that forces municipalities to over-rely on property taxes.

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  • Adopted 2023 Budget

    Lancaster, PA
    Budget

    The City of Lancaster adopted its 2023 budget on December 20, 2022, which includes a proposed 8 percent property tax increase—the first increase in four years. Mayor Danene Sorace noted that the increase was necessary due to rising costs in medical expenses, pension contributions, and inflation that exceeded savings achieved through fee increases, efficiency improvements, and debt refinancing. The mayor emphasized a structural budget challenge: property taxes, the city's largest revenue source at approximately $30 million annually, do not cover public safety expenses (police and fire), which comprise roughly 60 percent of the total budget.

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