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(1-28-26 Document #3) CANTON MUNICIPAL FINANCE JEOPARDY

Budgets & Finance · Record date 2026-01-28 · Record f72d1b919f1e3882f7

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1/29/26, 9:04 AM                                                           CANTON MUNICIPAL FINANCE JEOPARDY


     Governa             Reserves             Revenue GENERAL            FIXED     Enterpris SPECIAL  DEBT                    Potpourr  TOWN
       nce                                       s     FUND              COSTS      e Funds REVENUE FINANCI                       i    MEETING
                                                      OPERATI                                 FUNDS    NG
                                                        NG                                   (SRF's)
                                                      BUDGET
                                                         S
        100       100                            100           100  100         100        100        100         100        100
        The    An annual                        The 4           TheThe 3         The    The Town      Debt     Committe       The
      Town's   contingen                       Primary        Largest
                                                                   Fixed      Town's 3      Has     securities      e      Month in
       Chief    cy fund                       Revenue         General
                                                                   Costs     Enterprise Received issued by Responsib        which
     Executive budgeted                         Types          Fund
                                                                Expenses       Funds.    Over $1        a       le for All  Annual
       Board     by the                       Supportin      Operating
                                                                Comprisin               Million to municipali     Town       Town
                Finance                       g General       Budget.
                                                                  g ~72%     What are      Date        ty.      Building   Meeting is
     What is   Committe                         Fund              of all 16    Water,   Associate                Related   Typically
    the Select     e.                         Budgets.  What is Fixed   Cost   Sewer,     d with    What are    Projects.    Held.
      Board?                                               the  Expenses.        and      Legal     municipal
                What is                       What are   School                Skating  Settlemen    bonds?      What is    What is
                  the                         Property Departme What are        Rink?   ts for this            the BRC -     May?
                Reserve                        Taxes,       nt     Health                 Health                Building
                 Fund?                       State Aid, Budget? Insurance               Contamin               Renovatio
                                                Local    (~47%)  , Pension                 ent.                     ns
                                              Receipts,         Assessme                                       Committe
                                                 and            nt, & Debt               What Is                    e?
                                             Transfers?          Service?                 PFAS?
                                                                                                  (Polyfluoroal
                                                                                                       kyl
                                                                                                  substances)

      200        200                             200        200       200             200            200             200          200       200
      The        The                           Percent     The 2      The           Primary       The Town           The      Committe    A Town
     School    Special                        Property      Cost     Town's        Source of         Will          Town's          e      Meeting
    Departme Education                          Taxes      Items    Funding         Revenue        Receive          Credit    Responsib that is Not
      nt's     Services                         Fund    Represent Approach         To Pay All       ~$1.7         Rating as      le for  an Annual
    Executive Contingen                        General       ing       for           Water          Million          per        School     Town
     Board.       cy.                           Fund     ~2/3rds   Employee        Enterprise      Over 15        Standard      Related   Meeting.
                                              Operating of General  Health,        Expenses.        Years          & Poors     Building
                                               Budgets               Dental                         from                       Projects.
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                                                 in FY         Fund       and                          Legal       Global
     What is               What is                                                    What Are                                What is     What is
                                                 2026.       Expenses. Unemploy                      Settlemen    Ratings.
      the                 the Sped                                        ment          User             ts                  the SBC -   an STM or
     School                Reserve                                                     Charges                                 School      Special
                                               What is       What are   Benefits.                    Associate     What is
    Committe              Account?                                                    or Water                                Building      Town
                                               78.25%        Salaries &                                d with       AAA?
       e?                                                                               Rate                                 Committe     Meeting?
                                                             Benefits?   What is                        This
                                                                                      Revenue?                                  e?
                                                                          Self-                        Crisis.
                                                                        Insured?
                                                                                                      What is
                                                                                                     the Opioid
                                                                                                       Crisis?
       300                   300      300                       300        300          300       300         300        300       300
       The                  The 3   Month the                 School &     The         The 3      SRF's       Debt    A Formal    The 1st
    Recomme              Compone Governor                    Municipal   Town's     Combined That Have Financing       Request   Article of
      nding              nts of the Proposes                   Capital  Share of     FY 2026     "Not to      that        for       the
     Body to               Town's   the Next                   Project     this     Enterprise Exceed"       Voters   Governme    Annual
      Town               Permanen    Year's                   Funding  Unfunded        Fund    Spending       Must         nt      Town
     Meeting             t Reserve   Budget                     from     Norfolk    Operating Levels Set Approve      Informati  Meeting
     Voters.                Fund.   Funding.                  General    County      Budgets      at an      at the      on.    Does This.
                                                                Fund   Managed        total to    ATM.       Ballot,
     What is               What is             What is       Revenues. Liability is     this               which is A What is a   What is
       the                  Free              January?                    ~$48      amount in What Are        Tax       FOIA      Elect a
     Finance               Cash,                              What is  Million at    FY 2026. Revolving Increase (Freedom Moderator
    Committe               (Core)                               Cash   12/31/24.               Funds? (as Over and         of   to Preside
        e?               Stabilizati                          Capital?                What is              Above the Informati   over the
                                                                                                per ch.44
                          on Fund,                                       What is        $19                 State's    on Act)     ATM.
                                                                                                sect. 53 E Propositio Request.
                          and the                                          the        Million?
                         Assessor's                                      Pension                   1/2)     n 2 1/2
                          Overlay                                       Liability?                           Limit.
                           Fund?
                                                                                                                   What is
                                                                                                                  Excluded
                                                                                                                   Debt?
       400                 400                   400            400        400          400            400           400      400          400
       The               The Town               Local           The        This       The Town       The Town     The Total  85% of      Typically
    Recomme              Reserves              Receipts       Average    Particular    Leases        Received     Amount of   Town       the Last
      nding              Benchmar             Line Item      Percentag   Town Net        the           ~$7         All Debt Employee      Article
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     Body for                k      Comprisin e Split of    Liability  Rebuilt     Million Outstandi   s are     Voted at
     Canton's            Percentag     g the     General  Amount is Metropolis Under this ng at FYE Governed         the
      Capital              e as a     Largest     Fund     $83.3MM     Skating     Federal   2025.   by These.    Annual
     Projects.           Percent of Amount of Revenues       at FYE   Rink from     Relief                          Town
                          General      Local    Between      2025.    this State Program.   What is  What Are    Meeting.
     What is               Fund      Receipts.   School                Agency.             $52,996,3 Collective
    the CPC -            Budgeted                  and      What is                What is  76.97?   Bargainin    What is
      Capital            Expenditu    What is   Municipal the OPEB     What is       the                 g           the
     Planning               res.       Motor      After    Liability?   DCR?      American           Agreemen     Budget
    Committe                          Vehicle   Accountin (other post  (Dept. of   Rescue               ts?      Article or
        e?                What is      Excise      g for                          Plan Act                      the Article
                                                          employment Conservatio
                           15%.         Tax?      Fixed                           or ARPA?                            to
                                                  Costs.    benefits      n&
                                    ($6.17MM in                                                                 Appropriat
                                                           other than Recreation)                                 e Funds
                                        FY25)
                                                 What is    pension)                                              to Meet
                                                 2/3rds                                                          Expenses
                                                   and                                                             for the
                                                 1/3rd?                                                             Next
                                                                                                                    Fiscal
                                                                                                                    Year?
       500                  500        500                       500       500         500        500        500        500        500
        The                 The         It                        It    The State       A       The ~$2      The        The          It
    Recomme             Names of increases                    Accounts Authorize    Separate     Million  Amount of Quantum Disposes
      nding             the Other    the Tax                 for Nearly     d       Enterprise    Self-    Excluded   of Vote   of Multiple
     Body for             3 Town    Levy Limit                 Half of  Financing     Fund     Replenishi    Debt    Required    Warrant
     Canton's           Stabilizati   Other                    State &   Tool for   Within the ng Fund      Voters   to Fund    Articles at
     Housing,           on Funds. Than by 2                    County      the        Sewer    Supportin Implicitly an Unpaid     a Town
     Historic,                        1/2%                   Assessme Plymouth      Enterprise   g One    Authorize   Bill of a  Meeting
        and             What are     Annual                      nts     Rubber       Fund.      Dept's    d at the    Prior      with a
    Conservat            the GMS    Increase,                Deducted      Site                  Annual   Ballot for   Fiscal     Single
      ion &                Capital  Overrides                 from the Redevelop     What is   Operating the GMS Year at an        Vote.
      Open              Stabilizati     or                     Town's     ment.        the        and      Project.    ATM.
      Space             on Fund,    Exclusions               State Aid.             Stormwat     Capital                         What is
    Initiatives           the "St.       .                               What is        er     Budgets.     What is   What is       the
          .             Gerard's"                              What is   District   Enterprise            $240,624,  4/5ths?     Consent
                         or 1860     What is                 the MBTA Improvem        Fund?     What is     835?                 Agenda?
      What is           Washingto      New                   Assessme      ent                     the
     the CCPC               n St.    Taxable                     nt?                           Ambulanc
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     - Canton Stabilizati                      Property      Financing                  e Receipts
    Communit on Fund,                          Growth?        or DIF?                   Reserved
         y      and the                                                                   Fund?
    Preservati   Solar
        on     Stabilizati
    Committe on Fund?
        e?




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