Revere Council approves FY2027 budget and capital plan
The Revere City Council unanimously approved Mayor Patrick Keefe’s FY2027 operating budget and capital improvement plan on June 22, setting the city’s spending framework for the next fiscal year.
The vote moves the plan beyond the proposal stage and establishes funding levels for municipal services, public safety, schools and capital work. It also carries forward the city’s financing strategy for the new Revere High School, which is scheduled for completion in December 2028.
For Revere residents, the action is the city’s formal decision on its next fiscal-year spending plan. The available reports do not include the full line-item budget or a complete list of capital projects, so the approved package’s overall spending total and every department allocation are not identified in the source material.
Public safety accounts for about $35.2 million
Budget coverage identified approximately $35.2 million for public safety. That figure includes about $15.2 million for the Revere Police Department and about $15.7 million for the Revere Fire Department.
The police and fire figures are the clearest department-level allocations provided in the reporting. They show the scale of the city’s public-safety commitments, but they do not represent a complete accounting of every public-safety expense or every department funded through the budget.
The June 22 council action is important because these figures were discussed during the earlier budget process and the council later approved the FY2027 operating budget and capital improvement plan. The approval confirms the city’s spending framework for the coming fiscal year, while the available source material does not provide additional line-item detail.
State aid remains projected revenue
The budget planning figures also include an estimated $108.4 million in Chapter 70 state education funding and $13.3 million in unrestricted general government aid.
Chapter 70 funding is the state education-aid figure identified in the budget reporting. Unrestricted general government aid is a separate municipal revenue category. Both amounts are estimates rather than guaranteed final receipts, and they may change with final state allocations.
That distinction matters for the city’s financial planning. The council approved the spending plan, but two of the revenue figures used in the budget process remain subject to state action. The source packet does not say whether the final allocations will be higher or lower, nor does it identify how a change would affect individual budget lines.
High school remains part of the capital plan
The capital improvement plan continues Revere’s financing strategy for the new Revere High School. The current schedule calls for the school to be completed in December 2028.
December 2028 is a scheduled completion date, not a guarantee. The available reporting does not provide a project cost breakdown, a detailed financing schedule or additional construction milestones. Those details were not added because they are not supported by the approved source packet.
The school timeline gives the annual budget vote a longer-term dimension. In addition to setting near-term funding for police, fire and other municipal services, the capital plan keeps the high-school project within the city’s broader financial planning.
What happens next
The council’s unanimous approval on June 22 is the final action described in the source packet for the FY2027 budget and capital plan. The next known uncertainty is the final amount of state aid, particularly the estimated Chapter 70 and unrestricted general government aid figures.
The packet does not identify a deadline for those final state allocations or announce a later Revere council vote. For now, the approved budget provides the city’s FY2027 framework, while state revenue figures and the December 2028 high-school schedule remain subject to the qualifications reported during the budget process.
Sources
- Mayor Presents Proposed FY27 Budget, Revere Journal
- City of Revere, MA – Legislative Information, City of Revere
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