Engaged Citizen Corner: FY22 – The Recovery Budget
League of Women Voters of Brookline, Diana McClure
Finances are always on our minds, and it’s no different for the town as it considers its FY22 budget in the midst of multiple COVID impacts. Town Administrator Mel Kleckner and Deputy Town Administrator Melissa Goff followed up on their Brookline Budget Forum held for the general public on Jan. 14 with a presentation on the impacts of COVID on the FY22 budget, presented on March 19 as a League of Women Voters of Brookline Friday conversation.
The Feb. 8 Engaged Citizen Corner article What about the Money? summarizes Brookline’s budgetary process. The emphasis here is on the impacts of COVID and the anticipated benefits that the estimated $34.2 million from the American Rescue Act, signed into law March 11, will bring to Brookline.
March 11 letters to the editor of the Brookline TAB
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Engaged Citizen Corner: Brookline’s sustainability path
League of Women Voters of Brookline, Diana McClure with Felina Silver Robinson
The 13th of 17 goals listed in the United Nations 2020 Sustainable Goals Report calls for “urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts,” with much scientific evidence to support this imperative.
The good news is that the United States, the commonwealth of Massachusetts, the town of Brookline and its residents take the issue seriously. Federal and state climate law and policy are crucial to Brookline’s law and policy, the focus of this article.
The Biden administration recognizes the scope of climate change, re-engaging the U.S. with the Paris Climate Accord and vowing to propose legislation to meet its climate and sustainability goals.
Brookline closes COVID-19 testing site
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Town Manager Mel Kleckner and Health Commissioner Dr. Swannie Jett recently informed the public that the town’s COVID-19 testing site closed March 4.
The Brookline Department of Public Health partnered with mPathy LLC in November to set up the testing site in Brookline for members of the community who showed COVID-19 symptoms or were identified as close contacts of positive cases. The site originally was to remain open through December, but that was extended for several months.
CARES Act funding used to operate the clinic has been depleted. Additionally, the number of tests given daily has dropped significantly in recent weeks.