May 21, 2024 | 05:10PM The City Council preliminarily approved 11 department budgets in under 90 minutes on the first day of fiscal year 2025 hearings.
April 28, 2024 | 12:44PM The school budget is less grim than the original proposal but still requires more than $1.5 million in cuts.
April 04, 2024 | 05:38AM Mayor Peter Marchetti defended the city's tax rate on Tuesday, asking residents to look at all of the figures before making a judgment.
March 30, 2024 | 01:42PM Superintendent Joseph Curtis reiterated that the $80 million spending plan is not ideal but assured that the district will continue to serve its community with pride, purpose, compassion, and understanding.
March 26, 2024 | 08:46AM Mayor Peter Marchetti won't support the sacrifices a level-funded city budget would entail but is willing to compromise.
March 22, 2024 | 05:32PM The proposed districtwide reductions include 27 teachers, 26 paraprofessionals, and seven instruction and accountability coordinators.
March 16, 2024 | 05:48AM The school administration delivered a somber budget presentation for fiscal 2025, including a proposed reduction of more than 100 staff members.
February 06, 2024 | 06:27PM The Finance subcommittee last week was presented with a second-quarter review of fiscal 2024, which ended on Dec. 31.
January 12, 2024 | 05:43AM The new School Committee met for the first time on Wednesday, organizing its leadership and approving a budget calendar for fiscal 2025.
January 11, 2024 | 05:50AM Councilor at Large Kathy Amuso is stunned by tax rate increases and wants the city to take immediate action in preparation for the fiscal 2025 budget season.
June 28, 2023 | 06:22PM President Peter Marchetti pleaded for him to reconsider the motions, as these costs will become taxpayers' burden if they are not appropriated by the end of the fiscal year on Friday.
June 14, 2023 | 05:33AM The City Council approved a $205 million operating budget for fiscal 2024 on Tuesday.
June 13, 2023 | 12:45PM On the last day of fiscal 2024 budget hearings last week, the City Council preliminarily approved five departmental spending plans and a $205 million city budget.
June 01, 2023 | 05:30AM The City Council preliminarily approved a $78 million budget for the Pittsfield Public Schools on Tuesday, up almost 8 percent from the previous year.
May 26, 2023 | 05:43AM In the second session of fiscal 2024 budget hearings, the City Council preliminarily approved 14 departmental spending plans on Wednesday.
May 18, 2023 | 07:33AM The City Council preliminarily approved nine departmental budgets on Wednesday, the first day of hearings for fiscal year 2024.
May 10, 2023 | 03:46PM The proposed operating budget for FY24 is $205,634,497 — almost $17,000,000 or 8.9 percent higher than the this year's budget of $188,822,018.
May 08, 2023 | 05:39AM The proposed operating budget for fiscal year 2024 is almost $17,000,000, or 8.9 percent higher, than the previous year at $187,438,911.
April 27, 2023 | 05:12AM The School Committee on Wednesday approved a $78 million budget, which is a 7.86 percent increase over this year.
April 18, 2023 | 05:31AM The committee is expected to adopt a budget on April 26 and have a joint meeting with the City Council no later than June 1.
April 05, 2023 | 01:34PM The superintendent last week defended the need for a co-principal at Morningside Community School at a cost of $105,000.
March 23, 2023 | 12:08PM The School Committee got a first look at the upcoming budget request on Wednesday. The $78,310,016 ask is an 8.17 percent — or $5,911,754 — increase from FY23's budget of $72,398,262.
February 03, 2023 | 02:45PM Of the estimated $800,000 in cannabis tax, $332,491 was collected by the end of the second quarter, representing 41.6 percent.
June 28, 2022 | 10:36PM With the amendments, the budget totals $188,822,018.