Fiscal Year 2019 Budget

Beginning July 1, 2018 and ending June 30, 2019

Last updated: 4/11/18

Highway Field Operations

The Highway Field Operations Program is responsible for cleaning all city streets from curb to curb, with special emphasis on high litter areas and neighborhoods with posted street cleaning times. The program maintains and empties litter receptacles in busier areas of the city, clears snow from the streets during winter, makes temporary repairs to streets and sidewalks and provides assistance to the Recycling Program. The program also provides graffiti services and cleans and maintains the Boston Freedom Trail.


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Highway Field Operations - Appropriations

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title FY16 Expenditure FY17 Expenditure FY18 Appropriation FY19 Adopted Inc/Dec 18 vs 19
Personnel Services 9,570,201 9,688,200 10,107,723 10,232,300 124,577
Contractual Services 7,752,784 6,689,299 6,924,833 7,205,341 280,508
Supplies & Materials 1,590,170 993,315 1,144,630 1,163,834 19,204
Current Chgs & Oblig 42,914 61,851 7,000 17,500 10,500
Equipment 2,104,443 2,730,427 1,905,450 1,792,238 -113,212
Other 0 0 0 0 0
Total 21,060,512 20,163,092 20,089,636 20,411,213 321,577

Highway Field Operations
Performance Goals

Goal:

Ensure that Boston’s streets, sidewalks, and bridges are safe, clean and attractive

Measure FY16 Actual FY17 Actual FY18 Target FY19 Target
Average personnel hours on a hokey route (hand cleaning streets/sidewalks) 2,504 2,562 2,446 3,000
Average personnel hours on a litter basket route 1,559 6,200


Goal:

Improve neighborhood quality of life

Measure FY16 Actual FY17 Actual FY18 Target FY19 Target
Recycling Diversion Rate (%) 21 21 21 21


Goal:

Ensure that Boston’s streets, sidewalks, and bridges are safe, clean and attractive

Measure FY16 Actual FY17 Actual FY18 Target FY19 Target
# of pothole repair requests received 5,020 8,759 11,790 7,500
% of pothole repair requests completed on time 83% 86% 82% 90%
Average days to complete a pothole repair request 1 1 1 1