BROCKTON — As the state begins to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, the city's mayor plans to present a proposed fiscal year 2022 budget that is nearly half a billion dollars.
"I feel a lot better standing here this year as opposed to last year," Mayor Robert Sullivan said. "Last year, the financial circumstances of the city and the commonwealth were unknown — really unknown."
Sullivan briefly presented his proposed $493,840,543 budget to the Brockton City Council on Tuesday evening during a special meeting, ahead of next week's annual budget hearings.
The city council's finance committee will meet on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week to hear from department heads, who will present their portions of the proposed budget.