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15990026 - Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve
Data Current as of: 8/10/2018
Account | Description | FY2018 Spending |
FY2019 GAA |
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1599-0026 | Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve For a reserve to support municipal improvements; provided, that not more than $3,950,000 shall be transferred to the executive office of public safety and security for a competitive grant program for public safety and emergency staffing to be administered by said executive office; provided further, that said grants shall be awarded to communities that have populations of at least 60,000 and demonstrate that their police departments had an operating budget per capita of less than $200 in 2010; provided further, that communities that submitted qualifying applications that were approved by the executive office of public safety and security in fiscal year 2018 shall not receive less in grant funding in fiscal year 2019; provided further, that each state entity administering grant funds through this item shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2019 detailing grants awarded through this item and the criteria used for distribution; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the city of Worcester for its economic development master plan; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to accommodate the transition to city government in the city of Framingham; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the purpose of outreach and education for the Taunton Opioid Task Force Community Follow-up Pilot Program; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for a feasibility study to assess a conversion of the Mansfield police station into a center for the Council on Aging; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to provide upgrades that are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act for the Appleton street park in the city of Everett; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for facility upgrades for the John F. Kennedy Family Service Center, Inc. in the Charlestown section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Hingham for structural repairs at Whitney Wharf park; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended to the town of Cohasset for an aquatic weed harvester machine for pond management; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for a multi-year competitive grant program to provide financial support for 1-time or transition costs related to regionalization and other efficiency initiatives, with allowable applicants to include municipalities, regional school districts, school districts considering forming a regional school district or regionalizing services, regional planning agencies and councils of governments; provided further, that not more than $2,000,000 shall be expended for an incentive program for communities and municipalities engaging in the use of best practices determined by the Community Compact Cabinet created by Executive Order 554 issued January 23, 2015; provided further that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the architectural plans to retrofit the West Boylston fire station, which was previously a police station; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Pond Plain Improvement Association in the town of Weymouth; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to support a rehabilitation project at Fore River Clubhouse and Fore River Field in Quincy; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the costs of the restoration and repair of Holyoke City Hall; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for improvements to Millside Park in the City of Easthampton; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Sudbury Public Schools to investigate the financial and enhanced student service opportunities, benefits, and challenges created by the consolidation, regionalization, and/or sharing of critically limited and required educational resources among multiple school districts; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the town of Worthington to conduct a comprehensive capital needs study for town-owned buildings; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for tree removal in the town of Belmont; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the continued schematic design work for the renovation of the police department and department of public works buildings in the town of Belmont; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the design and construction of a Building and Campus Security Command Center at the Shawsheen Valley Technical High School; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to upgrade the communications system for various public safety departments in the town of Charlton; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the planning and economic development of the re-zoned parcels of route 140 and route 123 in the town of Norton, to modernize and archive planning and zoning department capabilities for expedited planning analysis and permitting; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the restoration and renovation of the Buck Auditorium in Billerica Town Hall; provided that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the restoration of the David Tilden House in the town of Canton; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for preservation efforts in the town of Hanson; and provided further, that not less than $2,800,000 shall be expended for the District Local Technical Assistance Fund established in section 2XXX of chapter 29 of the General Laws, including projects that encourage regionalization, to be administered by the division of local services and distributed through the District Local Technical Assistance Fund |
11,450,000 | 10,935,000 |
Veto Explanation: I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
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