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Primary source archive

Local copies of the primary documents cited across this site. These files are identical to the versions published by the Town of Marblehead and by Massachusetts state agencies (DOR, PERAC). They are hosted here, as a GitHub release on the site’s repository, so that citations remain reachable if upstream URLs change.

Nothing in this archive is under third-party license. Everything is a public record.

For trace-by-trace source lookup of every number in the charts and tables, see Source Lookup. For dataset-level methodology and caveats, see Data Catalog.

Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports (ACFRs)

Audited annual financial statements from the Town of Marblehead. The Statistical Section (roughly the last 30 pages of each report) contains 10-year trend tables for tax levy, FTE, pension, and demographic data.

Town budgets

FY27 Proposed Budget (No Override) – line-item budget with FY25 actual, FY26, and FY27 side by side for every department. Source document for the FY27 deficit framing and for the Question 2 Waste Collection / Curbside Collection split.
FY26 General Fund Budget (Excel) – adopted FY26 budget as a spreadsheet.

Finance Committee annual reports

Annual reports from the Marblehead Finance Committee, transmitted ahead of each year’s Annual Town Meeting. The signed transmittal letter at the front of each is the usable source for named individual positions; the body is committee voice.

2016 FinCom Report
2019 FinCom Report
2021 FinCom Report
2022 FinCom Report
2023 FinCom Report
2025 FinCom Report – covers FY25 / May 2024 Annual Town Meeting.
2026 FinCom Report – covers FY26 / May 2025 Annual Town Meeting. Also published by the town as the FY26 Annual Report.

Town presentations and audit letters

2026 State of the Town – Town Administrator’s January 2026 presentation with revenue and expense projections and the FY27 deficit framing.
April 8, 2026 Override Presentation – town slide deck on the three-tier override and Question 2.
April 15, 2026 Override Presentation (FINAL) – Select Board’s final voter-facing deck. Adds per-household tax impact at median ($998,600) and average ($1,291,507) values, a home-value-to-cost lookup table, the MOU terms between Select Board, School Committee, and FinCom, and a “no override” service loss summary. Does not cover Question 2 (trash).
Financial Policies (2023) – adopted town financial policies.
FY22 Management Letter – audit management letter to the Select Board.
FY23 Management Letter

PERAC actuarial valuations

Pension actuarial valuation reports from the Massachusetts Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission. Biennial reports on the funded status and actuarial assumptions of the Marblehead Contributory Retirement System.

MA DOR tax data

Spreadsheets downloaded from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, Division of Local Services (DLS) reporting portal.

DOR Marblehead tax rates, FY03-FY26 – residential and commercial tax rates by year, Tax Rates by Class report.
DOR Swampscott tax rates, FY03-FY26
DOR Melrose and Stoneham tax rates, FY03-FY26
DOR Average Single Family Tax Bill, four towns – Marblehead, Swampscott, Melrose, Stoneham, from the Average Single Family Tax Bill report.

Datasets (CSV)

Verified time-series data compiled from the documents above and from state agencies. The CSV files live in the site repository itself (not this archive), and are visible at data/ on GitHub. File-by-file methodology, field definitions, and confidence notes are in the Data Catalog.

Notes

This archive is a GitHub release on agbaber/marblehead. It contains only files that are already publicly available through marbleheadma.gov and mass.gov. These copies exist to protect against upstream link rot, not to publish anything new.