Legislature makes good on local aid promise
Another good headline from Wicked Local in Ashland, announcing that their Legisative Delegation, led by Senator Karen Spilka and Rep Tom Sannicandro had worked hard to make sure they kept some promises .
In part it reads ... ( I love the amount. Coulda been $83, 701.50 but I bet they rounded it up.)
Ashland $82,702 What it means
The supplemental budget makes good on a vow lawmakers made last summer to reverse planned cuts to a specific type of aid to municipal governments.
Earlier this year, legislators passed versions of the budget that cut unrestricted general government aid by $65 million. But lawmakers later agreed to a plan to tap any state funding left unspent at the end of last fiscal year, which wrapped up June 30, to restore the aid that towns and cities lost.
The supplemental budget delivers on that plan, replacing the funding cuts dollar for dollar, according to a breakdown from the Department of Revenue.