Vol. 1 · Fitchburg, Massachusetts · Established 1764

Burg Budget

An Independent Accounting of City Hall

Non-Recurring Revenue

Money the city expects to collect but keeps in a separate bucket from its everyday income: ambulance bills, a payment from the regional vocational school for sharing a police officer, and money back from grants to cover employee benefit costs.

This plunged to $666,000 this year, about 47% less than the $1,256,000 it was in FY2025.

Computed from this category's own year-by-year revenue recap figures, charted above - see Methodology.

Line Items, FY2026

Source: FY 2026 Mayor's Budget (PDF) — view PDF
Line itemFY2026
Fire - Ambulance Service Fees$540,000
Reimbursement from Monty Tech - SRO$76,000
Reimbursement for Fringes - Grants$50,000
Non-Recurring Revenue, Total$666,000

Where It Comes From

Ambulance bills go to patients and their insurance companies when the Fire Department responds to a medical call. The vocational school payment comes from an agreement to split the cost of a shared School Resource Officer. The grant money comes from whatever federal or state grants the city has running that year.

Who Controls It

The city sets its own ambulance fees, usually benchmarked to what other communities or Medicare charges. The school officer arrangement is a handshake agreement between the two governments. The grant reimbursements are whatever each grant's paperwork allows.

Rates & Fees

No single rate to point to - ambulance fees follow the Fire Department's own fee schedule, and the other two are set by agreement or grant terms rather than a published rate.

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