How much money does the state give your city/town? SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – We now know how much money the state will give to each community in western Massachusetts. The 22News I-Team reveals where that money goes and who pays for it. It’s our taxpayers dollars that get spread out throughout the commonwealth. Once Governor Deval Patrick approves the 2014-2015 budget, Springfield will receive the second highest amount of money in the state and also the second most per person. The state is giving Springfield more than $335 million of our taxpayer dollars this upcoming year. That’s 2nd only to Boston and 2nd per person only behind Lawrence. “They certainly do (need it), there’s no doubt about it from what I see, it’s a nice place I have no problem with it, but yes I agree they could use all the money they could get,” said Roger Romanelli from Windsor, Connecticut. The money that Springfield receives, most of it goes right into the school budget. “I think that’s a good use for it the schools, I think that’s a fair thing to do,” said Springfield’s Kevin Withers. Springfield’s Chief Financial Officer T.J. Plante told 22News without this amount of money people would likely lose their jobs. “If we didn’t have the state aid coming in at this level, we would have had to do service reductions and possible layoffs,” said Plante. Plante told 22News $301 million goes to the schools and the city can choose how it uses the other $34 million. Below is the total amount of money (rounded to the nearest hundred thousand) each community in western Massachusetts will receive from the state in the upcoming fiscal year: Springfield: $335.2 Million Holyoke: $78.8 Million Chicopee: $67.4 Million Pittsfield: $47.1 Million Westfield: $38.8 Million West Springfield: $24.5 Million Agawam: $22.1 Million North Adams: $17.5 Million Ludlow: $16 Million Belchertown: $15 Million Greenfield: $14.8 Million Amherst: $13.4 Million Palmer: $12.4 Million East Longmeadow: $11.2 Million Northampton: $11 Million Ware: $10.3 Million Easthampton: $10.2 Million South Hadley: $10 Million Monson: $8.5 Million Orange: $6.6 Million Longmeadow: $5.6 Million Granby: $5.3 Million Southampton: $3 Million Lee: $2.5 Million Athol: $2.1 Million Adams: $2 Million Williamstown: $1.8 Million Lenox: $1.7 Million Brimfield: $1.5 Million Deerfield: $1.5 Million Hadley: $1.3 Million Wilbraham: $1.3 Million Sunderland: $1.3 Million Dalton: $1.3 Million Montague: $1.3 Million Southwick: $1.1 Million Hatfield: $1 Million Conway: $765K Shutesbury: $744K Hampden: $612K Westhampton: $583K Huntington: $564K Petersham: $526K Erving: $491K Leverett: $436K Russell: $388K Whately: $369K Pelham: $364K Northfield: $321K Hinsdale: $302K Chester: $286K Buckland: $272K Colrain: $262K Bernardston: $259K Ashfield: $259K Chesterfield: $255K Shelburne: $237K Sheffield: $230K Charlemont: $217K Gill: $216K Worthington: $161K Becket: $157K Blandford: $157K Wendell: $155K Cummington: $148K Granville: $143K Montgomery: $98K Stockbridge: $89K Heath: $74K Hawley: $74K Leyden: $73K
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:13:13 +0000
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