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Burg Budget

An Independent Accounting of City Hall

Add: New Growth

When new houses get built, old buildings get renovated, or a new business opens up, that adds new property to tax. This is the extra tax money that comes from those new additions to the city - separate from the automatic 2.5% bump.

This dropped to $700,000 this year, about 30% less than the $1,000,000 it was in FY2025.

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$700,000
FY2025$1,000,000
FY2024$626,000
FY2023$650,000
FY2022$660,000
FY2021$750,000
FY2020$615,000
FY2019$550,000
FY2018$600,000
FY2017$500,000

Governing law: M.G.L. c. 59, § 21C (Proposition 2½)

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