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| State cuts off reimbursements to towns |
| By boston.com |
| Published: 11/24/2009 |
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Local officials in Norfolk, Concord, Framingham, and Shirley are expressing disappointment and dismay over the loss of state mitigation funds that have in the past compensated them for the ambulance, police, and other services they provide to state prisons in their communities. The Department of Correction decided to eliminate the roughly $1 million in payments to host communities statewide, according to agency spokeswoman Diane Wiffin, after receiving orders to reduce spending by $6.7 million, its share in the latest round of Patrick administration budget cutbacks. “Unfortunately, due to budget cuts, the DOC cannot continue to provide mitigation funds,’’ Wiffin wrote in an e-mail. “The recession has hit the DOC just as it has other agencies.’’ She said the department was in the process last week of notifying communities they would not be receiving the funds. The local officials say the state is not living up to its obligations, and point out that the recession has also cut into the local aid payments and tax revenues that they need to balance their municipal ledgers. Shirley, which hosts the maximum-security Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center as well as MCI-Shirley, a medium-security prison, was in line for the $170,389 it received last year. Read More. |
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