| Account | Description | FY07 GAA |
FY08 GAA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2800-0500 | Beach Preservation For the freshwater and saltwater beaches under the control of the department of conservation and recreation; provided, that all beaches shall remain open and staffed from Memorial Day through Labor Day; provided further, that the beaches shall have their full amount of required maintenance and upkeep; provided further, that no less than $35,000 shall be expended for the cleanup of Pilayella algae on Nahant Beach Reservation; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Jones River Watershed Association of Kingston for program support; provided further, that the department shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 15, 2007, that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the amount of funding provided to each beach under the control of the department in fiscal years 2006 and 2007; (2) a breakdown of how the funds were spent for each beach and the services that were provided; (3) the items of appropriation used to provide funding; (4) the amount of funding to be provided for each beach in fiscal year 2008 from this item; and (5) a list of the services or materials for each beach that will be provided from this item; Provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for personnel and equipment; provided further, that of said $2,000,000, not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for the purchase of new equipment to provide better maintenance of the metropolitan beaches commission, as recommended by the report Beaches We Can Be Proud Of, a report prepared for the Metropolitan beaches commission; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for maintaining, trash removal, maintenance and up keep for Nantasket Beach in the town of Hull; and provided further, that no less than $50,000 shall be expended for the cleanup of Pilayella algae on Kings Beach and Long beach in Lynn |
1,735,000 | 5,170,000 |
| SPENDING CATEGORY |
FY04 Spending |
FY05 Spending |
FY06 Spending |
FY07 Spending |
FY08 GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages & Salaries | 0 | 0 | 738 | 1,152 | 4,012 |
| Operating Expenses | 0 | 0 | 45 | 148 | 514 |
| Aid to Cities & Towns | 0 | 0 | 250 | 435 | 644 |
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 1,033 | 1,735 | 5,170 |
| EARMARK DESCRIPTION |
FY08 |
|---|---|
| Cleanup of Pilayella algae on Kings Beach and Long Beach | 50,000 |
| Jones River Watershed Association of Kingston | 100,000 |
| Maintaining, trash removal, maintenance and up keep for Nantasket Beach | 150,000 |
| Nahant Beach Reservation | 35,000 |
| New Equipment for Metro Beaches, DCR | 2,000,000 |