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Revere Beach gets top marks on water quality report card By Sara Brown
R Mayor Brian Arrigo (second from right) is shown at his annual birthday reception at The Marina at The Wharf Tuesday with Councillor-at-Large Steve Morabito, Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo, and Police Captain Jim Guido. See more photo highlights from the event in next week’s Advocate. (Advocate photo by Al Terminiello)
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FY2018 budget proposal maintains fiscal discipline while making key investments By Mayor Brian Arrigo
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n Monday night, I submitted to the City Council my proposal for the Fiscal Year 2018 budget. In the coming weeks, I look forward to a wide-ranging conversation with the Council. This year’s budget continues the progress made last year toward putting Re-
vere on sound fiscal footing and making strategic investments in the future of our city. • Maintaining fiscal discipline: This year’s budget proposal continues to hold the line on unnecessary expenses, ensuring that we are delivering city services as efficiently as possible.
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• The budget includes salary increases negotiated with the DPW, police and fire unions. In spite of these mandated raises, overall non-school spending increases were held under 3%. • No use of stabilization funds: The proposed budget does not tap into rainy day funds at all. Additionally, we added $1 million in free cash to our reserves this year. It is critical to ensure that our reserves remain strong in the event of an economic downturn. • Continued investment
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evere Beach is at the top of the class in terms of water quality, according to a report card recently released by a local environmental organization. Revere received a 98 percent on primar y beach safety in the Beach Water Quality Report Card released by environmental advocacy organization Save the Harbor/Save the Bay. The report card is based on water quality data collected during the 2016 beach season on 15 public beaches in 10 communities, including Lynn, Swampscott, Nahant, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy and Hull. “ This year ’s report card contains good news for many of our beaches,” said Save the Harbor’s spokesman, Bruce Berman. “Howev-
er, 2016 was a very dry year, with just 5.3 inches of rain and one large storm with over one inch of rain compared to the 10.2 inches we had in 2015 and the 13 inches of precipitation we expect in a typical beach season. Though the annual re-
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REVERE FIREFIGHTERS’ MEMORIAL
Sunday, June 11, 2017 8:15 A.M.
Relatives and friends of the Revere Fire Department, especially our retirees, are cordially invited to attend our Annual Firefighters Memorial Day Exercises at the Alden A. Mills, Point of Pines Fire Station. Please join us as we honor our departed members at this, our most solemn and traditional service. Christopher P. Bright Chief of Department