Remarks by Brian Worrell
27 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“THANK YOU, CHAIR. I'M OKAY WITH EVERYONE GOING ALL AT ONCE. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE, THE PANELISTS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND THEN the experts around looking at cities' revenues and expenditures. And currently, the city charter calls for this council to receive quarterly expenditure reports. When I was Ways and Means Chair, we were asked for also quarterly revenue reports, and that's a practice that I would like to see codified. That's why I filed this ordinance, which is a basic effort to require transparency and provide the council and the public with information around…”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. And are we asking questions to the whole panel? The whole panel? Okay.”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“Awesome. Yeah, definitely want to thank Director Williamson and the whole team over there. with their work on creating a more transparent process and then just making sure that they give us all the information as a counselor as we ask. And again, this is just more so just formalizing these efforts inside of law, knowing that administrations can change. My question, Jim, is, Currently, and I think I've heard this a couple times already, are you reviewing projections on a monthly basis, revenue?”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“And then in terms of turning that data over to the council, Would there be any additional burden or anything that you can see on your side that can you know, slow or make it harder for you to turn on information.”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“And then, Steve, my question to you is how we're making this information more easily accessible, help you in the work that the Boston Municipal Research Bureau does to help inform city and policymakers?”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“Right. No, and I completely agree with both what you and Jim are saying around the seasonality, but I think as we collect more years, we can start to understand those trends and those seasonality trends so that we're not overreacting to the seasonality cycle of revenue coming in. David, my question to you is, you spoke about the city could be doing more than just doing this quarterly, reporting revenue quarterly. Do you have any other examples that you could share on other cities, other peer cities, on how they're being more transparent around revenue or what they're doing?”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“Thank you. Chair, I have no further questions.”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“Yes. Go ahead. Thank you, Chair. Jim, and I guess this question is also for David too, is are we able to, I guess what, David, what you've seen around the country what is included in some of these revenue reports and then Jim is What what else could we include in these revenue reports? I'm thinking around Uncollected what we build delinquency rates Any other information that can be useful? To the council and to the public that could be included. I”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“And what about neighborhood breakdown. Director Williamson, is it possible for, I know some of these revenue streams could be, you know, whether it's taxes, maybe property taxes, the mail tax, is it possible for us to see neighborhood breakdown on some of these revenue streams?”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“And then I guess my other thinking is, and maybe we could put this in the language, even though it's quarterly reporting, hopefully we can break it out by month, right? So we still see each month breakdown of the revenue, but it's quarterly. that we see those months. So still disaggregating the month within that quarter so we can see the revenue for each month. That is something that I probably want to work into the language.”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“But Jim, you are reporting it monthly. You're looking at the revenue monthly already.”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“Right. I know what you're saying, but we're talking about revenue, payrolls, and expenditures.”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“And I'm still saying reported quarterly, right? Still submit the report quarterly. Yep.”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“David, what are your thoughts on best practices across the country around how the reporting is done monthly versus quarterly?”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“And David, in your research, is there any correlation between revenue reporting in, I guess, identifying areas where government has now identified like as a collection issue opposed to like a forecasting problem. So we might have, you know, an area where we need to focus on collecting that has been kind of solved through, you know, the more transparency around revenue reporting.”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“All right. All right. Yeah. And just wanted to also chime in. I do believe that it should be filed. with the city clerk chair. I think the, to my understanding, the expenditure one is filed with the auditor and the city clerk based off what I believe says in the charter. So I would want the same thing to happen with the revenue reports. And hopefully, I know like with BRJP we do, We don't have to add this into the ordinance, but with BRJP, we're having these conversations. By law, we're supposed to have two hearings a year on the BRJP numbers. I don't know if that's something that the council…”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam President. This grant is the second of three for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. These grants come from a federal form of design to help job seekers access education, training, and support services. This docket is a $202,537 grant to support staff time to implement the larger adult support services to mass hire. Those services include job search, coaching, connection to training, and access to funding for eligible job seekers pursuing further training. WIOA adult clients are primarily low-income adults who are unemployed or underemployed. As Chair of the…”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam President. This grant will be administered by the Office of Workforce Development. It will support activities at Power Corps Boston, Funds will go towards supportive services and living stipends paid to Power Corps members during their period of service. And I want to give a shout out to the whole crew at Power Corps, especially Richard and Joe, for their work with my office on helping to get some extra love to the green spaces in my district, whether it's the garden behind the Common Square Library or Evans Playground. They stepped up in a force for my community, and as…”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam President. This is a small dollar grant that goes to the office to provide job search support. through opportunity to retrain foreign-demand careers, and as Chair of the Committee on Labour, Economic and Development, I'm asking for suspension and patch of the VIST docket. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam President. This is a small dollar amount grant that's going to help with free tax services. I'm looking for suspension and pass.”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam President. Thank you to Councillor Flynn and Councillor Culpepper for adding me on as an original co-sponsor. We know the life expectancy gap across Boston is real. We see higher death rates from diabetes and heart disease among black residents. We see black and Latino residents going to the emergency room more often for asthma. We can't talk about those health disparities without talking about the wealth gap and what resources are available close to home. People should be able to buy fresh food in their neighborhood, fill a prescription nearby, and get a doctor's appointment…”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Chair recognizes Councillor Worrell. You have the floor. Thank you, Madam President. I'd like to add Councillor Murphy as an original co-sponsor. Councillor Murphy so added. Thank you. When I think about Codman Square, I think about the people who have poured their heart into that neighborhood for years. The business owners who know you when you walk through the door, the neighbors who keep showing up, and the organizations that have families have counted on for generations. There's a lot happening in this area. Common Square Park has been recently renovated and is now open. The weekly…”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yeah, I'd like to suspend the rules and add Councillor Mejia as the original co-sponsor. And I'd also like to shout out Naldo over at the Common Square Neighbourhood Development Corporation for all his work as well in the small business area.”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair, and thank you, Councillor Pepin, for putting this to a hearing order. Just one request. I know this is a housing issue, but also Councillor Durkan brought up the revenue projections. So I'd love to have the CFO or someone from her team here to just speak about the revenue implications around this conversation. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026