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Acton’s New Budget Reality … It Ain’t Pretty
The Great Recession may be technically over, but there is not yet a growing economy that supports the continuing growth of town and school budgets of recent years.
Acton’s Finance Committee took Acton’s first step in facing its new budget reality in its meeting last Wednesday. The consensus is that the Great Recession may be technically over, but we have not returned to a growing economy that supports
the continuing growth of town and school budgets of recent years. Adding to
this is the $100M liability that must be addressed to pay for past promises for
post-retirement benefits for employees. Acton needs to address this.
In terms of expenses, everyone is asking for more money in the budgets. There
are many great ideas surfacing on how to improve Acton. The schools want
additional investment to improve our already best in the state schools. Acton
2020 has an excellent list of ways Acton could invest money. The Board of
Selectmen established a building committee for a new $7M community/senior
center. The police want four more patrol officers. A new is being discussed. Open space purchases continue to be a priority. The
list is long and growing....
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