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FY 2022 MUNICIPAL & ENTERPRISE OPERATING BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS PREPARED FOR THE TOWN OF CANTON FINANCE COMMITTEE MARCH 31, 2021
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FY 2022 BUDGET MILESTONE CALENDAR
By or On Capital / CPA
Date or Operating Description Owner
9/16/20 Capital Capital Budget Request Memo distributed to all Dept's, Boards & Committees Finance Director
10/9/20 CPA All Dept's, Boards, Committees submit CPA PRE-Application funding requests to CCPC All CPA Funding Requestors
11/9/20 Capital Municipal Dept's, Boards & Committees submit FY '22 Capital Requests to Finance All Dept. Heads, Boards & Committees
November '20 Capital Municipal Dept's review their Capital Requests w/Town Administrator & Finance Director Dept. Heads / TA / FD
11/20/20 CPA All Dept's, Boards, Committees submit CPA FULL-Application funding requests to CCPC All CPA Funding Requestors
11/30/20 Operating Operating Budget Memo & Worksheets distributed to all Dept's, Boards & Committees Finance Director
12/7 & 12/22 Capital Municipal Dept's review their Capital Requests w/the Select Board Dept. Heads / Select Board
12/31/20 Capital Muni & School Balnc'd Capital Plans for FY '22 thru '26 distrib'd to Capital Planning Comm. Finance Director
1/4/21 Operating Municipal Dept's, Boards & Committees submit FY '22 Operating Requests to Finance All Dept. Heads, Boards & Committees
January '21 Operating Municipal Dept's review their Operating Requests w/Town Administrator & Finance Director Dept. Heads / TA / FD
1/19/21 Operating Municipal & School FY '22 Operating Requests distributed to the Finance Committee Finance Director
1/27/21 Operating Governor's FY '22 State Budget is released reflecting State Aid & Assessment Estimates Governor
2/9/21 Operating Revenue Forecasting Committee meets to establish FY '22 General Fund Revenue Est's RFC / Finance Director
2/10/21 Operating Voted Revenue Forecast, and Fixed Cost & Cash Capital Estimates submitted to FINCOM Finance Director
2/24/21 Operating FINCOM sets FY '22 School & Municipal Operating Budget Targets Finance Committee
Feb/Mar '21 Operating Municipal Dept's review their Operating Requests w/Select Board if Exceeding Base Budget Dept. Heads / Select Board
Feb/Mar '21 Capital Select Board & School Committee review their Capital Requests w/the Capital Committee CPC / SB / SC
3/10/21 CPA CCPC reviews their FY '22 CPA recommendations w/Finance Committee FINCOM / CCPC
3/17/21 Capital CPC reviews their FY '22 Capital recommendations w/Finance Committee FINCOM / CPC
3/3 & 3/31 Operating School Committee & Select Board review their Operating & Capital Requests w/Fincom FINCOM / SC / SB
3/24/21 Capital FINCOM Votes on Capital Budgets to be recommended to Annual Town Meeting Finance Committee
4/7/21 Operating FINCOM Votes on Operating Budgets to be recommended to Annual Town Meeting Finance Committee
4/30/21 Rcvd by 5/8 FINCOM Report & Recommendations Finalized & Mailed to Residents FINCOM / Finance Director
5/22/21 First Session of Annual Town Meeting. 12:30PM Memorial Field. Rain date 6/5/21 Town Leadership & VotersSource page 3
MUNICIPAL GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGETS • General Fund operating budget requests initially totaled $24,247,313, a 5.78% increase. • The Finance Committee established a Municipal budget target of $23,663,041 following the accepted budget setting practices, reflecting a 4.1%, or $931.6K increase over FY ’21 budgets. • After reviewing all requests the Town Administrator balanced the budget requests by reducing a net of $584,272 in order to meet the target, which the Select Board voted to support.
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SUPPORTED MUNICIPAL OPERATING BUDGET INCREASES • $569.9K for contractual increases (61% of total increase) FINANCE / IT • $13.7K for a PT A/P Clerk starting mid-year • $32.3K for H/W, S/W, & Network Security Upgrades POLICE • $111.8K for a 4th Police Lieutenant • $80K for Police Reform Related Training Backfill FIRE • $30K for 4 FF’s to attend the Training Academy • $20K for Structural Firefighting Gear • $9K increase for Fire Dept Heating Fuel • $7.7K for a Contractual Fire Dispatch increase
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SUPPORTED MUNICIPAL OPERATING BUDGET INCREASES DPW • $10K increase for Traffic Light R&M RECREATION • $7.6K for Recreation Dept Minimum Wage increases CONSERVATION • $23.9K for a total of 20 hours increased across 3 Conservation Dept positions VETERANS • $25K for American Legion Support & Maintenance costs, to be considered separately in Article 26 • $2.9K for increases across 4 supplies and expense accounts in the Veterans Dept LIBRARY • $36.7K for increases in Library Reading Materials • $23K for one-time Library R&M expenses related to Flooring and HVAC • $6.7K for increase in Library Custodial Supplies
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SUPPORTED MUNICIPAL OPERATING BUDGET INCREASES COMMITTEES • $5.4K for a 5 hour Admin Support increase for the Paul Revere Heritage Committee • $3.5K for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee Funding • $1K for Sustainability Committee Funding OTHER • $5.4K for increases across a dozen lines and multiple dept’s • All of these increases were reduced by $114K in base budgets due primarily to attrition in a couple of dept’s (Police, BOH)
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NOT SUPPORTED MUNICIPAL OPERATING BUDGET REQUESTS
HEALTH
• $27.3K to increase Assistant Public Health Nurse hours (from 19 to 35)
• We asssume this cost will be supported by the new ARPA funds (American Rescue Plan Act) expected to
be available in the next 60 days or so
DPW / STORMWATER
• $602K in Stormwater related requests
• The plan for Stormwater is to utilize a currently open and funded Operations Manager position in the
DPW budget to spearhead the Town’s Stormwater effort by determining appropriate action plans and
funding strategies to be brought forward in the next budget cycle as appropriate.
• $20K in related Health Benefits associated with this position were added out of the Municipal target
allocation.Source page 8
FY 22 MUNICIPAL OPERATING BUDGETS
(3/11/21 requests - SB Voted)
Change
from FY 21 Revised
Voted Change Change
Budget FY 22 from FY 22 from FY
FY 21 Base FY 21 Voted FY 22 Base (Contract Department Base Explanation for 22 Base BOS Voted
DEPT # DEPARTMENT NAME Budget Budget Budget Costs) Request Budget Departments' Changes Redux Budget Redux Explanation Budget
129 EXECUTIVE OFFICE 503,830 503,830 510,826 6,996 510,826 - - 510,826
151 TOWN COUNSEL 297,778 299,440 299,440 - 299,440 - - 299,440
154 HUMAN RESOURCES 187,209 190,259 191,294 1,035 191,594 300 Dues increase $300 300 191,594
179 PLANNING DEPARTMENT 90,866 91,376 91,376 - 91,376 - - 91,376
195 TOWN REPORTS 2,500 3,000 3,000 - 3,000 - - 3,000
244 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 7,500 7,500 7,500 - 7,500 - - 7,500
Est'd Contract Settlements
910 EMPLOYEE CONTRACT BENEFIT 160,000 160,000 160,000 - 436,696 276,696 276,696 436,696
$276.7K
TOTAL EXECUTIVE AREA 1,249,683 1,255,405 1,263,436 8,031 1,540,432 276,996 - 276,996 1,540,432
133 FINANCE DIRECTOR 229,015 229,015 229,015 - 229,115 100 Training budget incrs. $100 - 100 229,115
New 20 hour A/P clerk
135 ACCOUNTING 244,149 255,642 260,043 4,401 273,787 13,744 13,744 273,787
$13.7K
145 TREASURER/COLLECTOR 224,759 224,759 228,619 3,860 229,119 500 Training budget incrs. $500 - 500 229,119
S/W & H/W Maintenance
155 INFORMATION SYSTEMS 505,357 595,957 595,957 - 628,302 32,345 32,345 628,302
Cost Increases $32.3K
TOTAL FINANCE DEPARTMENT 1,203,280 1,305,373 1,313,634 8,261 1,360,323 46,689 - 46,689 1,360,323
161 TOWN CLERK 215,970 216,645 218,809 2,164 218,809 - - - 218,809
163 ELECTIONS 56,475 66,000 66,000 - 66,000 - - - 66,000
TOTAL TOWN CLERK 272,445 282,645 284,809 2,164 284,809 - - - 284,809
Lieutenants increase from
3 to 4 ($111.8K); Police
210 POLICE DEPARTMENT 5,316,463 5,464,679 5,373,314 (91,365) 5,565,150 191,836 191,836 5,565,150
Reform Related Training
OT ($80K)
292 ANIMAL CONTROL 137,189 137,189 138,202 1,013 138,202 - - 138,202
TOTAL POLICE & ANIMAL CONTROL 5,453,652 5,601,868 5,511,516 (90,352) 5,703,352 191,836 - 191,836 5,703,352
4 FF's Train Acdmy ($30K);
220 FIRE DEPARTMENT 5,908,873 6,045,110 6,146,066 100,956 6,204,966 58,900 Structural FF Gear ($20K); 58,900 6,204,966
Heating Fuel Incrs. ($9K);
215 DISPATCH SERVICES 241,113 258,113 258,113 - 265,856 7,743 Contractual Increase $7.7K - 7,743 265,856
221 FIRE ALARM 22,975 22,975 22,975 - 22,975 - - - 22,975
231 AMBULANCE 442,710 444,030 444,030 - 444,030 - - - 444,030
232 UNMANNED AMBULANCE 1,000 - - - - - - - -
291 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 28,850 31,650 31,650 - 31,650 - - - 31,650
TOTAL FIRE DEPARTMENT 6,645,521 6,801,878 6,902,834 100,956 6,969,477 66,643 - 66,643 6,969,477
176 ZONING BOARD 27,772 27,772 27,772 - 27,772 - - - 27,772
241 BUILDING DEPT 359,492 359,492 366,486 6,994 366,486 - - - 366,486
TOTAL BUILDING & ZONING 387,264 387,264 394,258 6,994 394,258 - - - 394,258
192 PUBLIC BUILDINGS 590,883 610,883 625,418 14,535 625,418 - - - 625,418
632 PEQUITSIDE FARM 30,000 30,000 30,000 - 30,000 - - - 30,000
SUB-TOTAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE 620,883 640,883 655,418 14,535 655,418 - - - 655,418
$20K increase for Health
Benefits for unfilled
Stormwater/Operations
400 DPW ADM 371,687 344,687 394,812 50,125 394,812 - - Mgmt. Position funded 394,812
w/Municipal funds, but
appropriated in Fixed
Costs Budget
Defer Stormwater effort
410 ENGINEERING 250,064 250,064 253,185 3,121 458,185 205,000 Stormwater BMP $205K 205,000 - 253,185
until plan is in place.
4 Stormwater Positions
($277K); Stormwater Defer Stormwater effort
420 HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE 1,055,671 1,063,671 1,084,071 20,400 1,481,071 397,000 397,000 - 1,084,071
Testing ($80K); Stormwater until plan is in place.
Supplies ($40K)
425 STREET SIGNS 51,700 65,700 65,700 - 75,700 10,000 Traffic Lights R&M $10K - 10,000 75,700
426 GAS & OIL 61,190 61,190 61,190 - 61,190 - - - 61,190
427 HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT MAINT 329,698 329,698 338,440 8,742 338,440 - - - 338,440
491 CEMETERY 181,074 181,074 186,373 5,299 186,373 - - - 186,373
ATMDATA - 3-12-21.xlsx municipal budgets 3/29/2021Source page 9
FY 22 MUNICIPAL OPERATING BUDGETS
(3/11/21 requests - SB Voted)
Change
from FY 21 Revised
Voted Change Change
Budget FY 22 from FY 22 from FY
FY 21 Base FY 21 Voted FY 22 Base (Contract Department Base Explanation for 22 Base BOS Voted
DEPT # DEPARTMENT NAME Budget Budget Budget Costs) Request Budget Departments' Changes Redux Budget Redux Explanation Budget
492 TREE DEPARTMENT 157,156 157,156 162,637 5,481 162,637 - - - 162,637
TOTAL PUBLIC WORKS 3,079,123 3,094,123 3,201,826 107,703 3,813,826 612,000 602,000 10,000 3,211,826
542 YOUTH SERVICES 5,000 5,000 5,000 - 5,000 - - - 5,000
Min Wage Increases
($7.6K); Phone Stipend
630 RECREATION 772,693 778,643 794,500 15,857 806,100 11,600 - 11,600 806,100
($1.2K); Utilities Inc.
($900); All other ($900)
650 PARKS 52,400 92,200 92,200 - 80,000 (12,200) Costs Better Known (12,200) 80,000
TOTAL RECREATION DEPT 830,093 875,843 891,700 15,857 891,100 (600) - (600) 891,100
131 FINANCE COMMITTEE 11,500 12,500 12,500 - 12,500 - - - 12,500
182 CAPITAL PLANNING COMMITTEE 2,556 2,556 2,556 - 2,556 - - - 2,556
184 BLDG RENOVATIONS COMM 3,200 3,200 3,200 - 3,200 - - - 3,200
Increasing admin support
hours from 5 to 10 p/wk ($
544 PAUL REVERE HERITAGE COMMISSION 1,000 5,652 5,652 - 11,704 6,052 - 6,052 11,704
5.4K) & increased supplies
needs ($700)
545 SUBSTANCE ABUSE COMMITTEE 10,000 10,000 10,000 - 10,000 - - - 10,000
546 WALK, BIKE & HIKE COMMITTEE 1,000 1,000 1,000 - 1,000 - - - 1,000
547 DISABILITY COMMISSION 900 900 900 - 900 - - - 900
691 HISTORICAL COMMISSION 3,669 3,669 3,669 - 3,669 - - - 3,669
692 BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE 1,378 1,378 1,378 - 1,378 - - - 1,378
New Committee Funding
TBD SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE - - - - 1,000 1,000 - 1,000 1,000
$1K
New Committee Funding
TBD DIVERSITY EQUITY & INCLUSION COMMITTE - - - - 3,500 3,500 - 3,500 3,500
$3.5K
TOTAL COMMITTEES & COMMISSIONS 35,203 40,855 40,855 - 51,407 10,552 - 10,552 51,407
141 ASSESSORS 380,986 374,513 378,606 4,093 379,036 430 Clothing & Advertising 430 379,036
Increase Dept Head hrs 35
to 40 ($10.2K); Increase
171 CONSERVATION COMMISSION 138,633 138,633 137,833 (800) 161,688 23,855 Secretary hrs 32 to 35 23,855 161,688
($1.2K); Increase Clerical
hrs 3 to 15 ($12.5K)
175 PLANNING BOARD 70,734 70,734 70,734 - 70,734 - - 70,734
Increase Asst. Public
To be funded with Federal
510 HEALTH DEPARTMENT 391,128 379,749 370,034 (9,715) 397,320 27,286 Health Nurse/Sanitarian hrs 27,286 - 370,034
ARPA stimulus funds.
16 to 35 ($27.3K)
541 COUNCIL ON AGING 412,325 466,837 470,774 3,937 470,774 - - 470,774
$25K increase for
Cemetery Flags ($1.75K); American Legion Maint.
543 VETERANS 290,135 268,653 269,722 1,069 272,602 2,880 Phone ($700); Dues ($230); 2,880 Expenses funded 272,602
Supplies ($200) w/Municipal funds, but
appropriated in Article 26.
Reading Materials Increase
($36.7K); Flooring/HVAC
610 LIBRARY 1,363,785 1,387,095 1,418,975 31,880 1,486,175 67,200 67,200 1,486,175
($23K); Custodial Supplies
($6.7K); Meetings ($800)
TOTAL ALL OTHER 3,047,726 3,086,214 3,116,678 30,464 3,238,329 121,651 27,286 94,365 3,211,043
TOTAL MUNICIPAL 22,203,990 22,731,468 22,921,546 190,078 24,247,313 1,325,767 629,286 696,481 23,618,027
ATMDATA - 3-12-21.xlsx municipal budgets 3/29/2021Source page 10
ENTERPRISE FUND OPERATING BUDGET REQUESTS
WATER ENTERPRISE
• The proposed Water Enterprise Operating budget is up $499.2K or 6.7% to $7.89MM
• Primary drivers of the increase are:
• Debt Service increasing $373.1K
• Repair & Maintenance of Wells & Equipment $93K
• Software Maintenance increases of $20K related to a S/W upgrade (Asset Mgmt)
SEWER ENTERPRISE
• The proposed Sewer Ent. Operating budget is up only $31.5K, or less than ½ of a %, to $6.65MM
• The net increase is spread across multiple categories
RINK ENTERPRISE
• The proposed Rink Ent. Operating budget is up $152K to $390.6K, as we look forward to the 1st
full year of operation next fiscal year.
• There are increases in every category due to moving from a partial year to an expected full year of
operations.Source page 11
ENTERPRISE FUNDS' OPERATING BUDGET
FISCAL FISCAL FISCAL FISCAL FISCAL INC/(DEC)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 FROM
DESCRIPTION ACTUALS ACTUALS ACTUALS BUDGET REQUESTS FISCAL 2021
WATER REVENUE 7,365,806 7,013,139 6,488,324 7,386,658 7,885,870 499,212
SALARIES & WAGES 874,844 1,010,552 1,085,909 1,005,746 980,394 (25,352)
MWRA ASSESSMENT 2,551,203 1,884,292 2,147,100 2,137,222 2,137,222 0
DEBT SERVICE 2,352,219 2,238,918 2,198,295 2,361,866 2,734,995 373,129
CHARGES FROM GENERAL FUND 514,825 584,844 536,298 632,564 660,999 28,435
OTHER EXPENSES 1,271,914 1,317,761 1,146,910 1,249,260 1,372,260 123,000
TOTAL WATER OPERATING EXPENSES 7,565,005 7,036,368 7,114,512 7,386,658 7,885,870 499,212
CASH CAPITAL 732,332 363,688 235,000 65,700 72,000
TOTAL WATER ENTERPRISE EXPENSES 8,297,337 7,400,056 7,349,512 7,452,358 7,957,870
WATER SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) (931,531) (386,917) (861,188) (65,700) (72,000)
SEWER REVENUE 7,423,938 6,976,818 6,773,653 6,619,067 6,650,517 31,450
SALARIES & WAGES 304,448 435,301 459,275 500,499 557,525 57,026
MWRA ASSESSMENT 4,252,646 4,425,854 4,633,404 4,661,549 4,661,549 0
DEBT SERVICE 1,126,658 1,030,120 862,506 663,465 599,131 (64,334)
CHARGES FROM GENERAL FUND 358,865 326,670 329,454 378,855 402,613 23,758
OTHER EXPENSES 466,191 347,713 185,498 414,699 429,699 15,000
TOTAL SEWER OPERATING EXPENSES 6,508,808 6,565,658 6,470,137 6,619,067 6,650,517 31,450
CASH CAPITAL 403,380 199,350 200,000 13,500 382,000
TOTAL SEWER ENTERPRISE EXPENSES 6,912,188 6,765,008 6,670,137 6,632,567 7,032,517
SEWER SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) 511,750 211,811 103,516 (13,500) (382,000)
RINK REVENUE 29,351 64,871 40,331 238,660 390,620 151,960
SALARIES & WAGES 0 1,331 0 64,300 121,400 57,100
DEBT SERVICE 7,289 6,120 0 50,000 108,851 58,851
CHARGES FROM GENERAL FUND 0 0 0 5,460 14,829 9,369
OTHER EXPENSES 4,870 4,437 8,785 118,900 145,540 26,640
TOTAL RINK OPERATING EXPENSES 12,159 11,888 8,785 238,660 390,620 151,960
CASH CAPITAL 0 0 0 17,000 0
TOTAL RINK ENTERPRISE EXPENSES 12,159 11,888 8,785 255,660 390,620
RINK SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) 17,192 52,983 31,546 (17,000) -
ATMDATA - 3-12-21.xlsx enterprises 3/29/2021