Gov. Charlie Baker has vowed not to cut local aid to close a $765 million budget gap, and the head of the Massachusetts Municipal Association says he expects the state's chief executive will leave alone the money that is vital to cities and towns in coming years too.
"Certainly the governor and lieutenant governor have made their impressions and their thoughts known," said Kevin Dumas, the mayor of Attleboro and president of the MMA. "That would have to be a dire last circumstance. That's not something that's even being discussed right now."
Baker yesterday spoke to a crowd of roughly 900 local leaders at the MMA's annual meeting. He reiterated his pledge not to plunder local aid as he grapples with how to eliminate the $765 million budget shortfall.
"We've made very clear from the beginning, and we're pleased to see the Senate president and the speaker support us on this, that the path to balancing the commonwealth's budget is not going to run through local aid for the cities and towns," Baker said.
The governor also announced that Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito will head up a new community compact cabinet to cut red tape for cities and towns.
"Sometimes it takes the commonwealth four, five, six, seven, eight months to respond to cities and towns on relatively simple requests that (cities and towns) need to be able to move and make decisions on," Baker said.
Dumas said he expects Baker to follow through and to be a strong partner for local communities.
"I think the governor's going to be fantastic to work with really building that strong partnership between cities and towns in Massachusetts," he said.
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