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Boston participatory budgeting headed for vote in next few weeks
1 month ago | By Boston Herald
Whatever form Boston's new “participatory budgeting” program takes, it appears it has to be worked out in around the next two weeks.
The council's planning a Feb. 8 vote, Government Operations Chair Ricardo Arroyo told his fellow members in a Monday hearing, with a working session to hammer out amendments the day before.
That's because the creation of the office comes procedurally through what's called a “60-day order” from the mayor, meaning it just goes into effect as is two months after the administration files it unless the council passes it in a different form.
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