THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2021 Page 21 COUNCIL | FROM PAGE 1 $1.9 million to $2 million, and warehouse values have gone from $2.5 million last year to $2.7 million this year. In addition, Devereux reported $2.4 million in new growth. “That was right in line with where we’ve been during the past several years,” he said. Speaking about the city’s tax levy, Devereux said the current levy is at $100 million, an increase of $8.4 million over last year. He also said the new levy limit is set at $156.3 million. $7.8M in free cash transfers In other news, the City Council voted unanimously to approve a free cash transfer of $700,000 from the Water/Sewer budget to offset the water/sewer rates for fiscal year 2022. In addition, $160,000 was moved from the ECTV free cash account to offset the fiscal year 2022 budget. Lastly, $7 million was transferred from the city’s free cash account to reduce the tax levy. VOTED | FROM PAGE 3 around with.” He also suggested bringing house matrons back to the high school. “This is a poor time to cut that service,” said DeMaria. Tahiliani said the district stopped working with the prior cleaning company as very few students and staff were in the building at the height of the pandemic. However, those needs have changed drastically as there are now approximately 2,400 students and staff in the building during the week. Tahiliani also said it would be more cost-effective to hire an outside cleaning company rather than to hire additional custodial staff. Until a cleaning company is hired, she said, Bond has built in overtime compensation for “intensive cleaning” on the weekends. LAST | FROM PAGE 2 could come. She went to sleep dreaming of a magic moment when her parents would like and enjoy her present the best. The next morning she came down the stairs to the living room, and while there were so many presents under the tree from Santa, the first thing she noticed was the coffee table. The candle had burned itself away and the box that contained the jelly candy was empty. But there, sitting high and proud on the mantle, was her card. MAPC launches new report ranking Metro Boston bike paths, greenways and trails H ow does your community stack up when it comes to creating safe, accessible walking and bicycling routes? A new report aims to help you find out. The “Metro Boston Municipal Trails, Bikeways & Greenways Inventory” study released this week by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) is tracking the region’s progress toward building new bike and pedestrian facilities across Greater Boston – ranking cities and towns based on total mileMAPC | SEE PAGE 22 age recently built. It compares communities based on shareduse path, bicycle lane and foot
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