Roman_Boston t1_it09vcw wrote on October 20, 2022 at 12:11 AM

Reply to comment by legalpretzel in Question 5…explain it like I’m 5 by Krny73

Does the city publicly publish its expenses and revenues? Do you know where the city spends money? If not why would you want more money to go their way?

Just a question, I’m fine either way you vote.

barry_abides t1_it0xp4a wrote on October 20, 2022 at 3:12 AM

FY22 Annual Budget has a breakdown of revenues and expenses: https://opendata.worcesterma.gov/documents/be84fb023e6c45c89000c7f6d281c263/explore

This is a state program that is partially funded by fees recorded at county registries of deeds. There is a pot of money used for matching funds that Worcester currently receives none of because we haven't adopted CPA. Other cities have seen a lot of benefits from the additional revenue (worth noting that CPA funds can't be used to pay for other standard city operating expenses, only new projects that fall under one of the specified categories).