Reallocation of selected municipal services to the state: a municipal finance alternative
Published: 1973
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Parks and Recreation; Air quality management; Police; County Courts; Correctional Institutions; Veterans' Services; Vocational Education; Municipal Services; Recommendations; Corrections; Public Transportation and Highways; Cities and Towns; Taxation; Refuse and refuse disposal; Regional Library Services; Issues
Description: ..."This report recommends that the administrative and/or financing of a selected group of public services be shifted from municipalities to the state goverment in Massachusetts."; areas covered are: public safety (police depts.), transportation, disposal of waste, county courts, county corrections, veterans' services, health and hospital services, regional parks and recreation, vocational education, regional library services, and air pollution control; gives rationale and expenditures recommended for shifting (City of Boston, all other municipalities, and total) for each category; includes lengthy section on this proposal's affect on Boston, Boston's property tax and other tax issues; this item was in the BRA collection...