Vol. 1 · Fitchburg, Massachusetts · Established 1764

Burg Budget

An Independent Accounting of City Hall

Available Funds/Transfers (one time)

Mostly "free cash" - money left over from last year that wasn't spent, plus revenue that came in higher than expected. The state has to double-check the city's books first, and then the City Council can vote to spend it.

This eased down to $4,297,163 this year, about 2% less than the $4,403,292 it was in FY2025. Put another way: back in FY2017 this made up about under 1% of Other Revenue Sources - today it's 53.7%, a bigger slice than before.

Computed from each fiscal year's own revenue recap figures below - see Methodology.

By Fiscal Year

Source: each year's own Mayor's Budget recap — see Methodology
Fiscal YearAmount
FY2026$4,297,163
FY2025$4,403,292
FY2024$1,300,000
FY2023$675,000
FY2022$1,775,000
FY2021$2,109,000
FY2020$825,000
FY2019$0
FY2018$0
FY2017$0

Governing law: M.G.L. c. 59, § 23 (certification of available funds)

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