North Adams Council Passes $41M Budget for Fiscal 2021

The North Adams City Council approved a $41 million budget for fiscal 2021 on Tuesday along with using close to $300,000 in reserve funds despite concerns expressed by several councilors.

The total amount to be raised is $40,939,756, up $134,218, or 0.33 percent, from last year. Some $11,369.776 has already been spent over the past three months through continuing appropriations caused by delays in the state budget because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The budget on its own did not generate much discussion overall but the use of $320,427 in reserve funds to offset the amount to be raised by taxes did.

Councilor Jason LaForest was the most outspoken against dipping into savings, saying there didn't appear to have been layoffs or other cuts in spending.

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