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Massachusetts Municipal Association

$12,232.85

Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2022 03/18/2022 All legislative, administrative and regulatory matters pertaining to local government before the legislature and executive branch, including the following: • The general appropriations act and supplemental appropriations acts (House 2, the Governor's proposed fiscal 2023 state budget, and supplemental budgets for fiscal years 2021 and 2022), and all legislation and regulations affecting local government finance, operations and administration; • The allocation and distribution of funds allocated to cities and towns through Commonwealth’s share of the American Rescue Plan Act and the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; • State and local tax and revenue matters, including the property tax, state taxes and local-option taxing authority, payments-in-lieu-of taxes, municipal fees and charges and state fees and charges that would benefit local government; • Municipal and education aid programs and funding, including Unrestricted General Government Aid, Chapter 70, charter school financing, special education funding, and school transportation reimbursements; • Funding and administration of capital programs benefiting local government including Chapter 90 road funding and water-related funding and bond authorizations; • Education matters affecting the operation and financing of municipal, regional and other school districts, including vocational and charter schools; • Personnel and labor matters affecting cities and towns, including Civil Service, retirement and pension benefits, other post employment benefits (OPEB), municipal health insurance, unemployment insurance (UI), collective bargaining, training, certification and management of public employees, workplace safety, and the composition of the commonwealth employment relations board; • Human services and public health, including delivery of public health services and matters related to public emergencies; • Energy matters, including solar and other renewable energy matters; • Environmental matters, including the cost-benefit analyses of environmental rules and regulations, environmental permitting and permit approval procedures, sustainable water resource funds, recycling and solid water management, PFAS mitigation and other water and land contamination matters; • Municipal planning, permitting, zoning, housing and other matters related to local and regional land use regulation and economic development; • Public works, including use of public rights-of-way and the municipal purchase of utility poles; • All matters related to the administration of local government, including elections and actions by local legislative bodies, municipal control over liquor licenses, the conduct of meetings by municipal public boards, committees and commissions, and the administration of veteran’s benefits. The above matters will include the following bills and their successor versions: H2592 An Act establishing a local option gasoline and diesel fuel excise; S2452 An Act to temporarily extend certain measures adopted in the state of emergency; S2467 An Act relative to extending certain COVID-19 measures adopted during the state of emergency; S2472 An Act relative to extending certain COVID-19 measures adopted during the state of emergency; S2475 An Act relative to extending certain COVID-19 measures adopted during the state of emergency; H3080 An Act relative to payments in lieu of taxation by organizations exempt from the property tax; H3803 An Act establishing a study to examine lost municipal real estate tax revenue; H551 An Act relative to transparency and accountability in charter school finance; H3039 An Act establishing a local option gas tax; H2 An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2023; S1919 An Act relative to real estate tax abatements to help businesses impacted by the Phase IV reopening plan H91 An Act amending Article 99 of the Massachusetts Constitution; H699 An Act relative to vocational education; H698 An Act relative to tuition-free universal full-day kindergarten; H697 An Act relative to regional vocational school agreements; H3056 An Act relative to tax relief for low-income veterans; H3055 An Act creating a local option property tax cap for low-income seniors; H3054 An Act relative to tax relief for low-income seniors; H696 An Act relative to local approval for charter schools; H2203 An Act relative to courtesy retail parking spaces designed for non-handicapped veterans; H3057 An Act relative to the senior circuit breaker tax credit; S 337 An Act establishing a special commission to study the effectiveness of the Massachusetts School Building Assistance Program; H494 An Act relative to a COVID-19 presumption for public employees; S1767 An Act relative to a COVID-19 presumption for public employees; H5250 An Act enabling partnerships for growth; H71 An Act further providing for early voting by mail; H73 An Act further providing for early voting by mail; S2104 An Act updating the Open Meeting Law to support remote participation; H3213 An Act updating the Open Meeting Law to support remote participation; H151 An Act relative to host community agreements; H174 An Act relative to host community agreements; S72 An Act to ensure equitable host community agreements and increase small business opportunity; H169 An Act relative to cannabis host agreements; S77 An Act to support partnerships between the cannabis industry and municipalities; H181 An Act encouraging transparency in host community agreements; S68 An Act encouraging transparency in host community agreements; S477 An Act to expand voter access by making mail-in voting permanent; S457 An Act extending early voting options in local elections; H838 An Act relative to early voting cost reimbursements; S489 An Act relative to early voting cost reimbursements; S492 An Act to fairly fund early voting; H2329 An Act relative to accelerating improvements to the local and regional public health system; S1386 An Act relative to accelerating improvements to the local and regional public health system; S2452 An Act to temporarily extend certain measures adopted in the state of emergency; S868 An Act empowering cities and towns to impose a fee on certain real estate transactions; S27 An Act Relative to Extending COVID-19 Accommodations for Municipalities in Elections; H3152 An Act to modernize participation in public meetings; S2082 An Act to modernize participation in public meetings; H2194 An Act Further Addressing Challenges to Municipal Governance Caused by the COVID-19 emergency; S1356 An Act Further Addressing Challenges to Municipal Governance Caused by the COVID-19 emergency; H2210 An Act Relative to Remote Town Meetings; S1334 An Act Relative to Remote Town Meetings; S264 An Act authorizing and regulating sports wagering; H531 An Act authorizing and regulating sports wagering; H1966 An Act Relative to Workplace Safety and Disclosure of Violations; S1190 An Act Relative to Workplace Safety and Disclosure of Violations; S2029 An Act advancing equity for rural communities receiving state grants; H3108 An Act advancing equity for rural communities receiving state grants; H1961 An Act related to emergency sick time during a state of emergency; S1222 An Act related to emergency sick time during a state of emergency; H2031An Act relative to occupational presumption and COVID-19; S1194 An Act relative to occupational presumption and COVID-19; H1986 An Act relative to the presumption of relatedness for workers suffering from COVID-19; S1155 An Act relative to COVID-19 and improving workers' benefits; H1993 An Act providing worker compensation protection to emergency response and medical personnel related to H2005 An Act providing protection for municipal police and fire workers during the COVID-19 emergency; H2055 An Act relative to compensation for paramedics and emergency medical technicians; S1168 An Act relative to compensation for paramedics and emergency medical technicians; S1606 An Act to allow humane transportation of K9 partners aka Nero's law; H1000 An Act to assist municipal and district ratepayers; S586 An Act relative to monthly minimum reliability contributions; S2812 An Act relative to monthly minimum reliability contributions; H3348 An Act relative to monthly minimum reliability contributions; H2152 An Act providing for the establishment of sustainable water resource funds; H3258 An Act relative to municipal authority in public rights of way; S2189 An Act relative to municipal authority in public rights of way; H897 An Act protecting water systems through the labeling of flushable wipes; H5248 An Act authorizing and accelerating transportation investment; H851 An Act preserving open space in the Commonwealth; S524 An Act preserving open space in the Commonwealth; S569 An Act establishing a mattress stewardship plan; S570 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to mattress recycling; H938 An Act relative to paint recycling; S500 An Act requiring the establishment of recycling programs for ionization smoke detectors; H878 An Act to save recycling costs in the Commonwealth; H869 An Act to reduce single-use plastics from the environment; S1172 An Act relative to municipal unemployment insurance reform; and H2750 An Act relative to the board of directors of the State Retiree Benefits Trust Fund. In these efforts, this lobbyist will communicate with every member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, and all corresponding executive branch officials.

Total salaries received:      $12,232.85

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Charles Group Consulting	$64,507.93
Employed Terminated 06/10/2022

Total salaries received:      $64,507.93

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