Decision  Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023 Uniform Polling Hours Act Funding for Cities and Towns

Date:	02/22/2022
Organization:	Division of Local Mandates
Referenced Sources:	Chapter 503 of the Acts of 1983

As required by Chapter 503 of the Acts of 1983, the Division of Local Mandates (“DLM”) has determined the fiscal year 2023 incremental cost to be incurred by each city and town for the next state primary to be conducted in September 2022 and general election to be conducted in November 2022. DLM has certified that the fiscal year 2023 statewide amount required by Chapter 503 is $2,083,736.08.

This certification represents a $206,634.60 (11.01%) increase from the preliminary cost certification submitted on September 13.

This revised certification was based on the historical number of precincts in the various municipalities and include the most recent census data and re-precincting information from 89 cities and towns.

Enclosed is a separate listing of the amount certified for each city and town for the state primary to be held in September 2022 and the general election to be held in November 2022.

Certified City and Town Costs

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Municipality	FY 2023 Uniform Polling Hours Preliminary Cost Certifications    Two Elections	FY 2023 Uniform Polling Hours Re-Certifcations      Two Elections
Abington	$2,553.30	$2,553.30
Acton	$2,802.24	$3,736.32
Acushnet	$2,475.00	$3,300.00
Adams	$1,194.00	$1,194.00
Agawam	$8,000.64	$8,000.64
Alford	$720.00	$720.00
Amesbury	$4,052.88	$4,052.88
Amherst	$6,568.94	$6,568.94
Andover	$5,818.20	$6,400.02
Aquinnah	$540.00	$540.00
Arlington	$9,708.30	$9,708.30
Ashburnham	$660.00	$1,320.00
Ashby	$633.00	$633.00
Ashfield	$624.90	$624.90
Ashland	$6,582.00	$7,898.40
Athol	$1,593.00	$1,593.00
Attleboro	$8,797.04	$8,797.04
Auburn	$3,678.30	$3,678.30
Avon	$864.00	$864.00
Ayer	$1,525.50	$1,525.50
Barnstable	$16,037.76	$16,037.76
Barre	$2,597.14	$2,597.14
Becket	$600.00	$600.00
Bedford	$2,733.60	$3,417.00
Belchertown	$2,176.80	$2,176.80
Bellingham	$4,080.00	$4,080.00
Belmont	$6,482.88	$6,482.88
Berkley	$1,180.56	$1,180.56
Berlin	$727.50	$727.50
Bernardston	$631.50	$631.50
Beverly	$12,024.00	$12,024.00
Billerica	$10,149.48	$11,072.16
Blackstone	$ 2,451.78	$2,451.78
Blandford	$999.96	$999.96
Bolton	$580.00	$580.00
Boston	$245,835.00	$245,835.00
Bourne	$5,642.28	$6,448.32
Boxborough	$701.28	$701.28
Boxford	$2,287.98	$2,287.98
Boylston	$946.50	$946.50
Braintree	$9,723.60	$11,344.20
Brewster	$2,402.28	$2,402.28
Bridgewater	$5,809.02	$7,468.74
Brimfield	$540.00	$540.00
Brockton	$26,738.88	$26,738.88
Brookfield	$618.60	$618.60
Brookline	$29,112.96	$36,391.20
Buckland	$924.00	$924.00
Burlington	$5,787.30	$5,787.30
Cambridge	$33,587.84	$41,490.86
Canton	$6,940.80	$8,097.60
Carlisle	$2,031.00	$2,031.00
Carver	$2,749.50	$2,749.50
Charlemont	$435.00	$435.00
Charlton	$2,424.24	$3,030.30
Chatham	$2,184.00	$4,368.00
Chelmsford	$7,694.46	$11,114.22
Chelsea	$7,739.46	$7,739.46
Cheshire	$740.70	$740.70
Chester	$656.76	$656.76
Chesterfield	$610.20	$610.20
Chicopee	$13,275.20	$12,611.44
Chilmark	$522.00	$522.00
Clarksburg	$646.50	$646.50
Clinton	$3,985.44	$3,985.44
Cohasset	$1,805.04	$1,805.04
Colrain	$504.66	$504.66
Concord	$3,742.50	$5,239.50
Conway	$504.00	$504.00
Cummington	$345.00	$345.00
Dalton	$1,125.18	$1,125.18
Danvers	$6,908.64	$6,908.64
Dartmouth	$5,238.00	$5,238.00
Dedham	$5,783.82	$5,783.82
Deerfield	$555.00	$555.00
Dennis	$5,670.00	$5,670.00
Dighton	$1,996.62	$2,994.93
Douglas	$3,159.00	$3,159.00
Dover	$513.00	$513.00
Dracut	$9,781.80	$8,803.62
Dudley	$1,640.70	$2,187.60
Dunstable	$1,476.00	$1,476.00
Duxbury	$4,161.60	$4,161.60
East Bridgewater	$2,457.12	$2,457.12
East Brookfield	$715.20	$715.20
East Longmeadow	$3,709.44	$7,418.88
Eastham	$1,390.20	$1,390.20
Easthampton	$2,839.50	$2,839.50
Easton	$4,479.12	$5,972.16
Edgartown	$726.90	$726.90
Egremont	$492.00	$492.00
Erving	$762.00	$762.00
Essex	$844.80	$844.80
Everett	$17,331.12	$28,885.20
Fairhaven	$3,336.84	$3,336.84
Fall River	$23,016.20	$21,428.88
Falmouth	$8,408.34	$8,408.34
Fitchburg	$12,651.22	$12,651.22
Florida	$615.00	$615.00
Foxborough	$2,180.70	$2,180.70
Framingham	$25,656.48	$44,186.16
Franklin	$3,068.64	$3,452.22
Freetown	$2,275.02	$2,275.02
Gardner	$6,454.80	$6,454.80
Georgetown	$1,400.04	$1,400.04
Gill	$459.00	$459.00
Gloucester	$6,634.68	$6,634.68
Goshen	$556.56	$556.56
Gosnold	$600.00	$600.00
Grafton	$3,303.04	$3,303.04
Granby	$2,475.00	$3,712.50
Granville	$639.00	$639.00
Great Barrington	$1,744.80	$1,744.80
Greenfield	$4,763.34	$4,763.34
Groton	$2,272.50	$3,030.00
Groveland	$ 1,259.40	$1,259.40
Hadley	$778.50	$778.50
Halifax	$788.40	$1,182.60
Hamilton	$1,952.64	$1,301.76
Hampden	$903.00	$903.00
Hancock	$414.96	$414.96
Hanover	$3,950.88	$3,950.88
Hanson	$3,262.20	$3,262.20
Hardwick	$438.00	$438.00
Harvard	$700.00	$700.00
Harwich	$2,536.56	$2,536.56
Hatfield	$624.72	$624.72
Haverhill	$19,668.00	$25,926.00
Hawley	$588.00	$588.00
Heath	$486.00	$486.00
Hingham	$4,776.24	$4,776.24
Hinsdale	$727.50	$727.50
Holbrook	$4,161.60	$4,161.60
Holden	$4,829.40	$4,829.40
Holland	$738.00	$738.00
Holliston	$1,954.32	$1,954.32
Holyoke	$10,601.64	$10,601.64
Hopedale	$729.18	$729.18
Hopkinton	$3,023.28	$3,779.10
Hubbardston	$590.52	$590.52
Hudson	$6,636.00	$5,688.00
Hull	$5,010.84	$5,010.84
Huntington	$811.62	$811.62
Ipswich	$2,920.32	$2,920.32
Kingston	$2,533.20	$2,533.20
Lakeville	$1,870.56	$1,870.56
Lancaster	$1,332.12	$1,332.12
Lanesborough	$674.00	$674.00
Lawrence	$22,030.56	$23,866.44
Lee	$1,002.00	$1,002.00
Leicester	$3,036.00	$3,036.00
Lenox	$633.00	$633.00
Leominster	$18,166.50	$18,166.50
Leverett	$437.28	$437.28
Lexington	$9,722.10	$9,722.10
Leyden	$324.00	$324.00
Lincoln	$2,077.16	$2,077.16
Littleton	$1,841.46	$1,841.46
Longmeadow	$3,787.80	$3,787.80
Lowell	$22,652.16	$28,315.20
Ludlow	$5,314.70	$5,314.70
Lunenburg	$2,374.00	$3,561.00
Lynn	$27,451.76	$29,412.60
Lynnfield	$2,330.16	$2,330.16
Malden	$17,171.22	$28,976.43
Manchester-by-the-Sea	$424.50	$424.50
Mansfield	$3,043.80	$4,565.70
Marblehead	$3,594.00	$3,594.00
Marion	$352.50	$352.50
Marlborough	$8,893.08	$10,798.74
Marshfield	$6,282.36	$7,179.84
Mashpee	$3,801.00	$3,801.00
Mattapoisett	$1,330.80	$2,661.60
Maynard	$ 2,226.00	$2,226.00
Medfield	$2,688.00	$2,688.00
Medford	$12,576.00	$14,148.00
Medway	$2,139.12	$2,673.90
Melrose	$13,736.00	$13,736.00
Mendon	$894.00	$1,788.00
Merrimac	$996.00	$996.00
Methuen	$9,396.00	$13,311.00
Middleborough	$11,880.00	$17,820.00
Middlefield	$636.00	$636.00
Middleton	$1,710.00	$3,420.00
Milford	$6,910.92	$6,910.92
Millbury	$ 3,763.44	$3,763.44
Millis	$1,879.02	$1,879.02
Millville	$829.30	$829.30
Milton	$7,920.00	$8,712.00
Monroe	$ -	$ -
Monson	$1,280.34	$1,280.34
Montague	$3,756.96	$3,756.96
Monterey	$843.00	$ 843.00
Montgomery	$300.00	$300.00
Mount Washington	$300.00	$300.00
Nahant	$784.98	$784.98
Nantucket	$2,246.64	$2,246.64
Natick	$10,596.00	$10,596.00
Needham	$6,962.16	$6,962.16
New Ashford	$432.00	$432.00
New Bedford	$33,753.94	$38,441.99
New Braintree	$375.00	$375.00
New Marlborough	$624.00	$624.00
New Salem	$738.00	$738.00
Newbury	$2,046.96	$2,046.96
Newburyport	$7,243.60	$6,208.80
Newton	$22,967.74	$25,120.97
Norfolk	$1,542.60	$2,056.80
North Adams	$3,972.32	$3,972.32
North Andover	$6,205.44	$6,981.12
North Attleborough	$3,660.66	$3,660.66
North Brookfield	$735.00	$735.00
North Reading	$3,528.00	$3,528.00
Northampton	$9,156.00	$9,156.00
Northborough	$4,518.00	$4,518.00
Northbridge	$2,656.86	$3,321.08
Northfield	$767.22	$767.22
Norton	$2,429.28	$2,024.40
Norwell	$2,841.24	$2,841.24
Norwood	$10,898.28	$10,898.28
Oak Bluffs	$781.80	$781.80
Oakham	$792.00	$792.00
Orange	$1,500.00	$1,500.00
Orleans	$1,121.58	$2,243.16
Otis	$510.00	$510.00
Oxford	$3,300.00	$4,125.00
Palmer	$585.36	$585.36
Paxton	$726.00	$726.00
Peabody	$22,052.32	$20,891.67
Pelham	$665.40	$665.40
Pembroke	$4,606.80	$5,528.16
Pepperell	$1,271.88	$1,695.84
Peru	$678.00	$678.00
Petersham	$714.00	$714.00
Phillipston	$979.50	$979.50
Pittsfield	$11,384.28	$11,384.28
Plainfield	$420.00	$420.00
Plainville	$1,503.36	$1,503.36
Plymouth	$13,616.10	$18,154.80
Plympton	$740.16	$740.16
Princeton	$894.00	$894.00
Provincetown	$1,037.88	$1,037.88
Quincy	$36,108.18	$36,108.18
Randolph	$10,392.00	$10,392.00
Raynham	$4,710.96	$5,496.12
Reading	$5,481.12	$5,481.12
Rehoboth	$4,680.34	$4,680.34
Revere	$16,459.48	$14,891.91
Richmond	$591.00	$591.00
Rochester	$841.50	$841.50
Rockland	$2,998.80	$2,998.80
Rockport	$2,722.80	$2,722.80
Rowe	$552.00	$552.00
Rowley	$474.00	$474.00
Royalston	$979.80	$979.80
Russell	$769.50	$769.50
Rutland	$1,679.76	$1,679.76
Salem	$12,126.00	$12,126.00
Salisbury	$2,385.00	$2,385.00
Sandisfield	$412.80	$412.80
Sandwich	$4,500.00	$4,500.00
Saugus	$10,180.00	$10,180.00
Savoy	$833.10	$833.10
Scituate	$2,849.76	$2,849.76
Seekonk	$2,355.12	$2,355.12
Sharon	$2,920.20	$2,920.20
Sheffield	$523.50	$523.50
Shelburne	$564.00	$564.00
Sherborn	$789.00	$789.00
Shirley	$781.02	$781.02
Shrewsbury	$9,551.66	$9,551.66
Shutesbury	$513.00	$513.00
Somerset	$3,349.50	$3,349.50
Somerville	$26,090.28	$39,756.62
South Hadley	$5,891.54	$5,891.54
Southampton	$696.00	$1,392.00
Southborough	$2,139.66	$2,139.66
Southbridge	$2,856.30	$2,856.30
Southwick	$1,828.08	$1,828.08
Spencer	$1,450.80	$1,450.80
Springfield	$62,360.56	$71,130.01
Sterling	$1,230.00	$1,230.00
Stockbridge	$645.00	$645.00
Stoneham	$3,973.20	$3,973.20
Stoughton	$6,675.36	$10,847.46
Stow	$1,140.36	$1,140.36
Sturbridge	$2,263.44	$2,263.44
Sudbury	$3,644.64	$3,644.64
Sunderland	$1,290.00	$1,290.00
Sutton	$2,883.60	$2,883.60
Swampscott	$5,233.68	$5,233.68
Swansea	$3,947.40	$3,947.40
Taunton	$20,947.86	$23,566.34
Templeton	$1,867.50	$1,867.50
Tewksbury	$7,931.52	$8,922.96
Tisbury	$673.80	$673.80
Tolland	$876.00	$876.00
Topsfield	$573.70	$1,147.40
Townsend	$1,174.50	$1,174.50
Truro	$1,174.26	$1,174.26
Tyngsborough	$2,112.00	$2,112.00
Tyringham	$450.00	$450.00
Upton	$1,147.20	$2,294.40
Uxbridge	$1,632.00	$2,040.00
Wakefield	$3,356.34	$3,356.34
Wales	$996.00	$996.00
Walpole	$5,120.10	$7,040.14
Waltham	$22,413.36	$29,884.48
Ware	$1,407.24	$1,407.24
Wareham	$4,446.00	$4,446.00
Warren	$1,758.84	$1,758.84
Warwick	$420.00	$420.00
Washington	$360.00	$360.00
Watertown	$7,909.96	$7,909.96
Wayland	$2,712.00	$2,712.00
Webster	$2,610.00	$3,132.00
Wellesley	$7,241.76	$7,241.76
Wellfleet	$745.50	$745.50
Wendell	$1,074.60	$1,074.60
Wenham	$752.94	$1,505.88
West Boylston	$893.04	$893.04
West Bridgewater	$1,898.64	$1,898.64
West Brookfield	$1,009.62	$1,009.62
West Newbury	$645.00	$645.00
West Springfield	$4,584.00	$4,584.00
West Stockbridge	$229.50	$229.50
West Tisbury	$439.50	$439.50
Westborough	$3,960.00	$4,752.00
Westfield	$6,916.00	$8,068.67
Westford	$5,958.00	$6,951.00
Westhampton	$450.00	$450.00
Westminster	$1,134.00	$2,268.00
Weston	$2,796.00	$2,796.00
Westport	$3,655.80	$3,655.80
Westwood	$3,492.00	$4,365.00
Weymouth	$9,997.52	$11,108.36
Whately	$643.26	$643.26
Whitman	$2,005.92	$2,005.92
Wilbraham	$2,608.32	$2,608.32
Williamsburg	$732.00	$732.00
Williamstown	$1,188.90	$1,188.90
Wilmington	$4,980.96	$4,980.96
Winchendon	$1,776.24	$1,332.18
Winchester	$8,236.80	$8,236.80
Windsor	$420.00	$420.00
Winthrop	$7,293.60	$7,293.60
Woburn	$11,191.32	$11,990.70
Worcester	$75,855.00	$97,094.40
Worthington	$762.00	$762.00
Wrentham	$1,518.48	$2,024.64
Yarmouth	$7,756.20	$9,972.26
Total	$1,877,101.48	$2,083,736.08