OVERRIDE STUDY COMMITTEE
 

Override Ballot Question Approved by Selectmen for the May 6 Election:

Questions 1A and 1B are separate questions. You may vote for or against each question independently. Each question requires a majority of those voting on that question to pass. If more than one question passes, the question with the highest dollar amount will prevail.

1A   Shall the Town of Brookline be allowed to assess a total of  $5,400,000 in additional real estate and personal property taxes for purposes of funding school ($1,500,000), police ($370,000), fire ($150,000), and library ($80,000) departments; repair and maintenance of school and town buildings, parks, streets and sidewalks, including sidewalk snow clearing equipment ($1,500,000); and lengthened instructional school day by 20 minutes per day totaling 100 minutes per week ($1,800,000) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008?

            Yes                                                                  No                              

1B  Shall the Town of Brookline be allowed to assess a total of $6,200,000 in additional real estate and personal property taxes for purposes of funding school ($1,500,000), police ($370,000), fire ($150,000), and library ($80,000) departments; repair and maintenance of school and town buildings, parks, streets and sidewalks, including sidewalk snow clearing equipment ($1,500,000); lengthened instructional school day by 20 minutes per day totaling 100 minutes per week  ($1,800,000); and world language program for grades K-6 in all elementary schools ($800,000) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008?

            Yes_______________                                    No                              

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• Evaluation of Long-Range Financial Projections
   
• Comparability of Brookline Expenditures / Revenues
   
• Viability of Fiscal Policies
   
• Selected Best Practices for Department Operations
   
• Examination of Non-Override Revenue Sources
   
• Assessment of Future Needs
   
• Town Capacity for Increased Tax Burden

January 2008 Override Study Report (PDF)

Updated PowerPoint Presentation from January 30, 2008 Public Information Session" (PDF)

June 21, 2007 PowerPoint Presentation - Financial Polices (PDF)

June 7, 2007 School PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

May 23, 2007 PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
Overview of Brookline Budgets: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Heading, and What “The Budget”

The citizen members of the Committee are as follows: