Anne’s Plan | City Government
Building a city government that works for you
Every resident in Quincy deserves access to an accountable, transparent, and responsive city government so that they can see and feel their tax dollars working for them. On the City Council, I have been a champion for transparency, fiscal responsibility, and accountability to residents. As Councilor, I pushed our City to adopt ClearGov to allow the public to have access to government records and spending, pushed for hiring practices that reflect the diverse makeup of Quincy, and advocated to give citizens more of a say in proposed projects that impact them the most.
As Mayor I will:
Audit the City’s current financial picture, evaluating our revenue and critical expenses to figure out how to fund the quality city services and infrastructure investments our residents expect. I plan to make the results of this audit and our budget priorities public through ClearGov (a third-party software with features that provide public access to detailed financial information about government spending, much like one’s own checkbook) so residents can understand how their money is being spent.
Improve our City’s financial future by instituting financial forecasting of revenues and expenditures five years into the future to provide the information needed to make informed decisions around the City’s financial strategies and policies, long‐term financial and capital planning, and long‐term contracts and obligations.
Develop a transparent, accessible process to apply to boards and commissions to ensure residents who want to serve their City regardless of their identity or connections have access to do so, including our young leaders.
Strengthen civic awareness by supporting our ward civic groups and re-engaging defunct chapters, enabling hybrid meetings to allow for virtual resident participation in boards and commission meetings, creating mayoral community advisory councils to help drive our approach to policy and budgeting, and hosting mayoral coffee hours, press briefings with QATV, and regular podcasts to keep residents informed.
Review our City Charter to determine how we can improve our systems and operations to ensure our local government works for everyone, not just a select few.
Create a comprehensive planning process to set a shared vision centered on data and community input for our City’s growth, including planning for climate adaptation and mitigation, coastal resiliency, land use and redevelopment, budget, and capital improvements for public facilities and services.