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Article 36 - School and Municipal Historical Split of General Fund Budgetary Resources pdf file
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General Fund Revenue Budget General Fund Revenue Growth % School Budget School % of School / Municipal Total Municipal Budget Municipal % of School / Municipal Total Total School / Municipal Budget Total % of School / Municipal Total Fixed Costs (incl. State & County Assessments) Fixed Costs Growth % School Capital Outlay Budget School % of School / Municipal Total Municipal Capital Outlay Budget Municipal % of School / Municipal Total Total School / Municipal C.O. Budget Total % of School / Municipal Total SCHOOL / MUNICIPAL HISTORICAL SPLIT of GENERAL FUND BUDGETARY RESOURCES* Town of Canton FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 76,507,344 78,850,685 82,102,391 86,046,403 90,750,754 94,877,046 98,591,200 103,100,786 106,687,064 112,729,475 118,270,827 124,212,328 3.5% 3.1% 4.1% 4.8% 5.5% 45% 3.9% 4.6% 3.5% 5.7% 4.9% 5.0% 33,320,505 34,520,505 36,168,994 38,077,710 40,221,559 42,396,405 44,114,362 46,419,604 47,792,662 50,658,405 53,490,543 56,260,842 66.65% 66.65% 66.65% 66.70% 66.88% 67.01% 66.95% 67.05% 66.90% 66.93% 66.77% 66.82% 16,674,371 17,274,371 18,101,726 19,006,901 19,919,076 20,876,402 21,777,124 22,812,135 23,643,027 25,025,058 26,621,741 27,940,736 33.35% 33.35% 33.35% 33.30% 33.12% 32.99% 33.05% 32.95% 33.10% 33.07% 33.23% 33.18% 49,994,876 51,794,876 54,270,720 57,084,611 60,140,635 63,272,807 65,891,486 69,231,739 71,435,689 75,683,463 80,112,284 84,201,578 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 25,626,468 26,020,809 26,831,671 27,761,792 29,410,119 30,104,239 31,199,714 32,619,047 33,590,375 34,207,538 35,124,703 37,326,749 1.5% 1.5% 3.1% 3.5% 5.9% 24% 3.6% 4.5% 3.0% 1.8% 2.7% 6.3% 443,000 535,000 550,000 600,000 694,000 750,000 750,000 600,000 800,000 944,000 1,000,000 1,106,000 50.0% 51.7% 50.0% 50.0% 49.8% 50.0% 50.9% 48.0% 48.2% 49.4% 46.9% 51.4% 443,000 500,000 550,000 600,000 700,000 750,000 724,000 650,000 861,000 965,000 1,131,000 1,046,000 50.0% 48.3% 50.0% 50.0% 50.2% 50.0% 49.1% 52.0% 51.8% 50.6% 53.1% 48.6% 886,000 1,035,000 1,100,000 1,200,000 1,394,000 1,500,000 1,474,000 1,250,000 1,661,000 1,909,000 2,131,000 2,152,000 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% * Annual published Town Meeting Reports are the source documents for this information. ATMDATA - 1-30-25.xIsx The "Split" of General Fund Revenues Between School & Municipal Has Been Very Consistent for the Last 12 Years. The Weighted Average "Split" Has Been 66.84% / 33.16%, School / Municipal, Respectively. The Range Has Only Spanned 40 Basis Points, and Only 20 Basis Points Higher or Lower for Each in Any Year. Although the "Split" Has Been Very Stable, School Budgets Have Grown at a Slightly Faster Rate at 4.84% vs. 4.75% for Municipal. However Revenue Growth Has Avg'd Less at 4.42%. Slower Avg. Fixed Cost Growth at 3.31% Has Allowed for the Higher Growth Rates. Cash Capital Is Intended to be Evenly Split and the Result Has Averaged 49.58% School, 50.42% Municipal. 2/12/2025