Worcester city budget (with a sidebar on safety)

Mayor Petty just announced that the City Council will meet at 4 pm next Tuesday to begin their budget deliberations. They will meet again at 4 on the 12, the 19, and the 26; they will meet if necessary on June 2.
At some point there will be a schedule of which departments will be heard when; I'll post it once I have it.
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Also tonight, the Council took up Councilor Bergman and Rosen's item requesting the City Manager report on the cost of medal detectors and police in schools. They heard significant public testimony tonight (nearly unanimous in opposition), then had a discussion that in part hinged on this being outside of their purview.
In a six-five vote, the motion was defeated, with Mayor Petty, and Councilors Lukes, Rushton, Rivera, Economou, and Palmieri voting against the request for such a report.
Notable quotes:

"why don't we just put bars on the windows and start the concept of a jail early in life?" Lukes #worcpoli

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) May 6, 2015

"if we were concerned about safety, we would be concerned about what actually works" @Sarai4Worcester #worcpoli

— Tracy Novick (@TracyNovick) May 6, 2015