UNDERSTANDING MUNICIPAL FINANCE:

  Where the $$ come from;  Where the $$ go

The following information was prepared by the Municipal Finance Study Committee of the League of Women Voters of Amherst as part of the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts Fiscal Policy Update. Sources include: mass.gov and amherstma.gov websites, Town budget documents, and interviews with town officials.

This material was presented at a public meeting in Amherst on October 18, 2007.

I.    Overview

II.   Town Budget

III.  School Budget

IV.   Library Budget