Here’s What Stoneham Will Get In The 2023 State Budget

STONEHAM, MA — The state’s $52.7 billion 2023 fiscal year budget will include a boost in local education spending as well as multiple earmarks for the town of Stoneham, among other things, according to budget documents.

Approved by the state legislature, the budget earned the signature of Gov. Charlie Baker last Thursday.

The majority of local aid comes as state education funding, largely split between Chapter 70 dollars and charter school reimbursements. Stoneham will see a roughly $900,000 increase over last year’s allocation, according to budget documents, with funding rising from $5.9 to $6.8 million in the 2023 fiscal year.

General government aid totals $4.6 million, up from roughly $4.4 million last year.

The budget also includes four earmarks for Stoneham:

• $80,000 to purchase and operate a municipal document information technology system.
• $200,000 to purchase and operate a road sweeping vehicle.
• $95,000 for renovations at the Capen Street Playground town lot
• $85,000 for the Boys & Girls Club of Stoneham and Wakefield to create an environmental science lab and maker space.

Baker signed the majority of the budget into law. In doing so he vetoed roughly $475,000 in spending using line item veto authority.

As the state budget process winds down, communities may soon see additional funding through a state transportation bond bill.

Legislators approved that bill over the weekend and sent it to Baker. The bond bill was awaiting Baker’s signature as of Tuesday.