Fiscal Year 2019 Budget

Beginning July 1, 2018 and ending June 30, 2019

Last updated: 4/11/18

Legislative Support

The Legislative Support Program carries out government functions required by state and local law and manages and maintains the City Council document system database. The program also administers oaths of office and maintains records relative to the appointment or election of City officers. The program maintains and updates the City of Boston Code, advises City officials on the Commonwealth's open meeting law, and maintains copies of City of Boston official reports.


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Legislative Support - Appropriations

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title FY16 Expenditure FY17 Expenditure FY18 Appropriation FY19 Adopted Inc/Dec 18 vs 19
Personnel Services 345,642 294,700 264,092 272,262 8,170
Contractual Services 14,830 39,296 12,748 13,548 800
Supplies & Materials 5,437 5,566 4,500 8,000 3,500
Current Chgs & Oblig 4,021 2,693 3,945 3,945 0
Equipment 2,648 5,657 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0
Total 372,578 347,912 285,285 297,755 12,470

Legislative Support
Performance Goals

Goal:

City Council meeting are created,updated, and published on the City of Boston website

Measure FY16 Actual FY17 Actual FY18 Target FY19 Target
Records Digitized 2,923 2,600


Goal:

To distribute copies of the Municipal Code and Annual Supplements

Measure FY16 Actual FY17 Actual FY18 Target FY19 Target
Codes and Supplements distributed 291 161 255 180


Goal:

To receive, prepare, record and distribute financial and legislative documents

Measure FY16 Actual FY17 Actual FY18 Target FY19 Target
Processing Hours 1,065 1,900


Goal:

To Update the Ordinance section of the Municipal Code and distribute supplements

Measure FY16 Actual FY17 Actual FY18 Target FY19 Target
Annual Code Supplement and CD produced in April 1 1 1 1