Journalists are taught to shy away from superlatives we canât back up with hard numbers, but I feel safe calling this the sleepiest budget season I have ever covered on the City Hall beat. Members of the Board of Aldermen did not find much to quibble with in Mayor David Allaireâs deliberately lean budget proposal, and most of the different sections flew through committee untouched. It wasnât even controversial when the Public Safety Committee cut â temporarily â another officer from the chronically understaffed police department. The Board of Aldermen voted this week to send a finalized budget of $22,202,608 to the voters in March. Alderman Sam Gorruso cast the sole dissenting vote.