Mayor's Office

• Complete redesign and transition to new digital platform for City Website
• Pavement Evaluation and Report
• Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)
• Comprehensive Planning process
• Sidewalk Evaluation and Report
• SeeClickFix: revamped and relaunched
• Updated Reverse 911 system, saved $20K
• Increased production of government meetings by 300%
• Launched regular e-newsletter
• Housing Production Plan (Draft)
• Revamped City Budget
• NEW Welcoming Committee + Welcome to Medford website
• Pollinator Gardens

• Social Justice Roadmap
• Parks + Open Space renovations
• Mural projects
• Outdoor Dining
• South & Main Street intersection improvements
• Safe Routes to Schools + roadway safety improvements
• Bringing parking policy + enforcement in-house
• Renovating/upgrading fire department facilities
• Charter Review
• Dedicated bus lane pilot program (Mystic Ave.)

Speeches & Presentations

• Inauguration 2024
• State of the City Speech - January 2023
• Inaugural Address 2022
• State of the City Reopening Address – June 2021
• Inaugural Address 2020
• FY 2022 Budget Presentation
• Pool Testing
• Charter Review Testimony – June 2021

Open Letters & Op-eds

• Open Letter: CARES Act, ARPA Funding, & the City of Medford’s Proposal (October 2021)
• Open Letter: It’s Time for a Reimagined Medford High School (October 2021)
• Pavement and Sidewalk Evaluation and Report: Complete! (August 2021)
• Upgrades and Renovations: Coming to A Park Near You!
• Office of Planning, Development & Sustainability is Good News for Environmental and Economic Initiatives (May 2021)

• November 2024
• October 2024
• September 2024
• August 2024
• July 2024
• June 2024
• May 2024
• March/April 2024
• February 2024
• January 2024
• December 2023
• November 2023
• October 2023
• September 2023
• August 2023
• July 2023
• June 2023
• May 2023
• April 2023
• March 2023
• February 2023
• January 2023 
• December 2022
• September 2022
• August 2022
• July 2022

• September 27, 2023
• September 14, 2023
• August 28, 2023
• August 2, 2023
• July 25, 2023

Watch more past highlight videos here.

This is the first time Medford has received the prestigious national GFOA Award for its municipal budget.

 The award is the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting.

The City of Medford has received the “Distinguished Budget Presentation Award” from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) for the Fiscal Year 2021 municipal budget, Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn announced today. Medford submitted the FY21 budget for consideration in September 2020, and GFOA awards were announced in March 2021. This marks the first time the City of Medford has received the award, the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting. According to the GFOA, the award “represents a significant achievement” by a municipality that “reflects the commitment of the governing body and staff to meet the highest principles of governmental budgeting.”

In order to receive the award, the City must publish a budget document that meets the stringent GFOA program criteria as a policy document, as a financial plan, as an operations guide, and as a communications device.

“Meeting the stringent criteria set forth by GFOA for the FY21 Budget was among the first goals I had when coming into office last year,” said Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn. “We will look to improve on the work already begun and continue to present a budget that is balanced, clear, transparent, and easy to navigate. I am incredibly proud of the hard work put in by the City’s budget team in meeting the high expectations for this award and delivering in one of the most challenging budget cycles in history.”

The award was presented to the City of Medford following the submission of the FY21 budget, during which Mayor Lungo-Koehn’s administration completely overhauled the budget layout to include in-depth analysis of each department, its year-over-year expenditures, and accounting. In August 2020, the City’s bond rating agency also affirmed the City’s long-term bond rating of AA+ with a “stable outlook” for the City’s credit, citing strong financial practices and policies, and more robust budgeting and planning framework contributing to a stable financial profile.

“When building the FY21 budget we had a clear mission – deliver a responsible, on-time budget that met the Mayor’s goals of transparency and clarity. This would be a challenge in a normal budget year, but was made all the more complicated by the pandemic, and the economic and fiscal issues that came with it,” said Aleesha Nunley-Benjamin, Finance Director/Auditor for the City of Medford. “We are excited to be recognized by GFOA for meeting that challenge and are looking forward to building on last year’s work in the upcoming budget cycle.”

Mayor Lungo-Koehn and City staff are currently preparing for Fiscal Year 2022 and have made further improvements to bolster the City’s budget process and enhance transparency for the Medford community. Early in 2021, the City hired an Assistant Finance Director/Budget Manager who will spearhead the budgeting process, and the City is expanding its contract with ClearGov – used to provide the City’s fiscal transparency platform – to modernize Medford’s budget development and presentation process to a cloud based, interactive system for use across the City administration.

The FY21 budget is available for public review.

Medford city services are available to all residents, regardless of economic situation, immigration status, ability, benefit eligibility, or religious affiliation.  

Just one year ago, working with the community through a transition committee leading up to taking office in January, I committed to improving City services, and to create more transparency and accountability. While our response to the pandemic took a lot of our time and attention, the hard work of building a more responsive and responsible City Hall never stopped.

My biggest promise to you has been and will always be to listen, to use your feedback and concerns to drive this city forward, and to be transparent every step of the way. I believe that the core function of municipal government is to provide efficient, high quality services for our citizens with the well-being and values of the entire community in mind. To do that we also have to be accountable to the residents and businesses we serve. We need to maintain a professional approach to City government by using data to report on how we’re doing, why we’re doing it, and what steps we may need to take to do even better.

I am proud to report that we’ve already reached many of our goals, and for others, we have laid the groundwork for many more of the city’s longer-term needs.

I invite you to watch this video status update on the plans and projects we have and will continue to work on. This update is lengthy, but believe it or not it is just a sample of what we have accomplished over these last 10 months. There is so much more to share, and we will continue to share it with you as often as possible, every step of the way. You can see the full video below, or click here to see an overview of our goals and updates.

1. Watch the October 2020 video update on Medford Community Media.

2. Review goals and status of projects, here. (Updated August 2021.)

3. Read the text version of the October 2020 video update.

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