<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643769565422406212</id><updated>2011-08-14T09:36:18.867-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The City of Lawrence, MA FY2011 Budget</title><subtitle type='html'>Articles, documents and information related to the City of Lawrence FY2011 proposed budget.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://citybudget2011.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1643769565422406212/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://citybudget2011.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Dan</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h-tITJYCYC4/Se9ZbVGykzI/AAAAAAAAGZ0/bnR85-ChDZI/S220/sox1.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643769565422406212.post-2198903973911072542</id><published>2010-11-16T21:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-17T09:52:35.304-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Finance Reports and Tax Classification</title><content type='html'>I have posted new City documents as they pertain to Financial Reports and the upcoming Tax classification Public hearing 12/7/2011.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watch the B&amp;amp;F Committee meeting - &lt;a href="http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10747018"&gt;http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10747018&lt;/a&gt; that goes over the Tax classification&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watch the City Council meeting - &lt;a href="http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10902688"&gt;http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10902688&lt;/a&gt; that goes over deficit borrowing and the supplemental budget for 2011. See &lt;span jsid="text"&gt;footage of Fiscal Overseer Robert Nunes discuss Deficit Borrowing, Free Cash, the FY2011 supplemental budget.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All documents discussed in the meetings can be found in the links to the right.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can find most full City Council Meetings at &lt;a href="http://www.cityoflawrence.com/council-tv-online.aspx"&gt;http://www.cityoflawrence.com/council-tv-online.aspx&lt;/a&gt;. We can all thank Council President Frank Moran for getting these meetings posted on-line.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1643769565422406212-2198903973911072542?l=citybudget2011.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1643769565422406212/posts/default/2198903973911072542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1643769565422406212/posts/default/2198903973911072542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://citybudget2011.blogspot.com/2010/11/finance-reports-and-tax-classification.html' title='Finance Reports and Tax Classification'/><author><name>Dan</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h-tITJYCYC4/Se9ZbVGykzI/AAAAAAAAGZ0/bnR85-ChDZI/S220/sox1.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643769565422406212.post-263397051481066543</id><published>2010-06-06T19:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-19T19:55:00.090-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Budget Articles</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Plan for more Police &amp;amp; Fire&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x107496614/lawrence-city-council-considering-a-plan-to-adjust-union-contracts&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x107496614/Lawrence-City-Council-considering-a-plan-to-adjust-union-contracts"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x107496614/Lawrence-City-Council-considering-a-plan-to-adjust-union-contracts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x107496614/lawrence-city-council-considering-a-plan-to-adjust-union-contracts&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x107496614/lawrence-city-council-considering-a-plan-to-adjust-union-contracts&gt;Union's response to plan for more Police &amp;amp; Fire&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x107496614/lawrence-city-council-considering-a-plan-to-adjust-union-contracts&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x107496614/lawrence-city-council-considering-a-plan-to-adjust-union-contracts&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1836252240/Lawrence-unions-outraged-over-plan-to-do-away-with-contracts"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1836252240/Lawrence-unions-outraged-over-plan-to-do-away-with-contracts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x107496614/lawrence-city-council-considering-a-plan-to-adjust-union-contracts&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x107496614/lawrence-city-council-considering-a-plan-to-adjust-union-contracts&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x107496614/lawrence-city-council-considering-a-plan-to-adjust-union-contracts&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x107496614/lawrence-city-council-considering-a-plan-to-adjust-union-contracts&gt;Tribune Editorial on &lt;/http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x107496614/lawrence-city-council-considering-a-plan-to-adjust-union-contracts&gt;plan for more Police &amp;amp; Fire&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x1836252210/Editorial-Lawrence-cannot-walk-away-from-contracts/print"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x1836252210/Editorial-Lawrence-cannot-walk-away-from-contracts/print&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Plan for more Police &amp;amp; Fire defeated&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x107496614/lawrence-city-council-considering-a-plan-to-adjust-union-contracts&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x2014326790/Bid-to-cut-contracts-defeated-in-Lawrence"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x2014326790/Bid-to-cut-contracts-defeated-in-Lawrence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x107496614/lawrence-city-council-considering-a-plan-to-adjust-union-contracts&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x107496614/lawrence-city-council-considering-a-plan-to-adjust-union-contracts&gt;Councilor Laplante's Tribune Editorial&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x657337806/Column-Lawrence-is-also-running-a-trust-deficit"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x657337806/Column-Lawrence-is-also-running-a-trust-deficit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Budget &amp;amp; Finance Committee Proposed Budget cuts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1358983947/Councilors-slash-500K-from-budget"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1358983947/Councilors-slash-500K-from-budget&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overseer Budget&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1358983071/Pricetag-for-Lawrences-deficit-woes-continues-to-rise"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1358983071/Pricetag-for-Lawrences-deficit-woes-continues-to-rise&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Degnan Pay Editorial&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x1910032867/Editorial-Degnans-extra-pay-sends-terrible-message"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x1910032867/Editorial-Degnans-extra-pay-sends-terrible-message&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overseer &amp;amp; Degnan pay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/latestnews/x93709183/Lawrences-financial-overseer-defends-mayoral-aides-salary"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/latestnews/x93709183/Lawrences-financial-overseer-defends-mayoral-aides-salary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First Budget Hearing Article&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1910031483/Degnan-rapped-for-apparent-salary-increase-in-Lawrence-budget"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1910031483/Degnan-rapped-for-apparent-salary-increase-in-Lawrence-budget&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mayor Lantigua's Tribune Editorial&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x1910027675/Column-All-must-share-in-sacrifice-to-keep-Lawrence-afloat"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x1910027675/Column-All-must-share-in-sacrifice-to-keep-Lawrence-afloat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Councilor Rivera's Tribune Editorial&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x1414102583/Column-Only-shared-sacrifice-will-get-Lawrence-through-this-crisis"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x1414102583/Column-Only-shared-sacrifice-will-get-Lawrence-through-this-crisis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Firefighter's No-Confidence vote article&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1910025653/Firefighters-vote-no-confidence-on-mayor-and-his-budget"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1910025653/Firefighters-vote-no-confidence-on-mayor-and-his-budget&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Armerding Column:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x93703650/Column-Unions-are-convinced-theres-always-more-money-somewhere"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x93703650/Column-Unions-are-convinced-theres-always-more-money-somewhere&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All Layoffs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1996910326/Pink-slips-going-to-115-Lawrence-employees"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1996910326/Pink-slips-going-to-115-Lawrence-employees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;School Layoffs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x537289097/Lawrence-schools-could-face-60-70-layoffs"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x537289097/Lawrence-schools-could-face-60-70-layoffs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fire Dept. Layoffs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1700423757/Lawrence-Fire-Department-told-to-prepare-for-25-to-30-layoffs"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1700423757/Lawrence-Fire-Department-told-to-prepare-for-25-to-30-layoffs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tribune Editorial 6/3/2010:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x1358969676/Editorial-Lawrence-unions-must-deal-to-save-jobs"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x1358969676/Editorial-Lawrence-unions-must-deal-to-save-jobs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tribune Editorial on Teacher's willingness to negotiate:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x2023217927/Editorial-Teachers-are-willing-to-talk-to-save-jobs"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x2023217927/Editorial-Teachers-are-willing-to-talk-to-save-jobs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teachers working with City:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1414109475/Lawrewnce-teachers-union-president-confident-about-compromise"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1414109475/Lawrewnce-teachers-union-president-confident-about-compromise&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tribune Community Poll:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x1414111163/How-should-communities-deal-with-their-deficits"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x1414111163/How-should-communities-deal-with-their-deficits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tribune Editorial on Fire Chief:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x1174304313/Editorial-Fire-chiefs-complaints-wont-get-job-done"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x1174304313/Editorial-Fire-chiefs-complaints-wont-get-job-done&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tribune Editorial on Accruals:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x712211338/Editorial-Laid-off-city-workers-hit-the-jackpot"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x712211338/Editorial-Laid-off-city-workers-hit-the-jackpot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tribune Editorial on Pending Cuts:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x1414100695/Editorial-Pending-cuts-in-Lawrence-should-be-no-surprise"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x1414100695/Editorial-Pending-cuts-in-Lawrence-should-be-no-surprise&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tribune Editorial on Union Help:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x500179116/Editorial-Lawrence-needs-union-help-in-fiscal-crisis"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x500179116/Editorial-Lawrence-needs-union-help-in-fiscal-crisis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tribune Editorial on Overseer:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x993515013/Editorial-A-dose-of-realism-from-Lawrences-overseer"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x993515013/Editorial-A-dose-of-realism-from-Lawrences-overseer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Union President Letter to the Editor:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x908930092/Letter-Lawrence-has-lost-too-many-firefighters?keyword=secondarystory"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/x908930092/Letter-Lawrence-has-lost-too-many-firefighters?keyword=secondarystory&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tribune Article on Financial situation:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x546149859/Loans-state-control-needed-to-repair-Lawrence-budget/print"&gt;http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x546149859/Loans-state-control-needed-to-repair-Lawrence-budget/print&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x107496614/lawrence-city-council-considering-a-plan-to-adjust-union-contracts&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1643769565422406212-263397051481066543?l=citybudget2011.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1643769565422406212/posts/default/263397051481066543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1643769565422406212/posts/default/263397051481066543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://citybudget2011.blogspot.com/2010/06/mayor-lantiguas-tribune-editorial.html' title='Budget Articles'/><author><name>Dan</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h-tITJYCYC4/Se9ZbVGykzI/AAAAAAAAGZ0/bnR85-ChDZI/S220/sox1.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>
