In late November or December, the Select Board holds a tax classification hearing for the purposes of setting the tax rate. The Board of Assessors prepares the tax rate based on the assessed values of residential, commercial, industrial and personal property throughout the Town on an annual basis. The Capital Planning Committee prepares a report to Town Meeting that contains detailed financial information relating to Arlington’s multi-year Capital Improvement Program. The Capital Planning Committee was established by the 1986 Arlington Town Meeting to assist the Town Manager in preparing a multi-year capital plan. View Finance Committee Reports to Town Meeting. The report contains detailed budgetary information and recommendations from the committee on specific Warrant Articles that require or request an appropriation of funds.
At that time, Article 33 provided for the selection of a “committee of twenty-one,” which would consider all articles in the warrant involving an appropriation of money and “make report thereof in print, with their estimates and recommendations for final action of the Town.” Consistent with the Committee’s charge, the Finance Committee prepares an report to Town Meeting. All Rights Reserved.The Finance Committee was established by vote of the Town over a century ago on March 7, 1895. Grossman will preview the website at a Statehouse press conference Monday morning before it goes live later in the day.Ĭopyright 2011 The Associated Press. Grossman said the website is a collaborative effort across state government to provide the public with a new level of transparency regarding Massachusetts government spending. On Monday, Grossman, Secretary of Administration and Finance Jay Gonzalez and state Comptroller Martin Benison will announce the launch of the official Massachusetts Open Checkbook site. When he was running for treasurer, Grossman vowed to put what he called the state's checkbook online. Boston, MA – Massachusetts Treasurer Steven Grossman is preparing to keep a major campaign promise by unveiling a new website that he says will give residents unprecedented information about how the state spends their tax dollars.
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