Schools — more than half the budget.
Pensions and employee/retiree health, budgeted under the Comptroller.
Streets, parks, water/sewer operations, and facilities.
The Newton Fire Department.
Principal and interest on borrowing, budgeted under the Treasury.
The Newton Police Department.
The remaining offices together — Assessing, Human Resources, Older Adult Services, Executive, Financial Services, Purchasing, Sustainability, Historic Newton, Veterans, and the Comptroller and Treasury offices net of the benefits and debt shown above. The General Fund total minus the departments listed.
Parks and recreation programs.
Charges the state levies back on the city.
City building maintenance.
The Newton Free Library.
Public health and human services.
City computer systems.
Planning and development.
The City Council and clerk.
The city law department.
Building, health, and housing inspections.
Every figure is from the City of Newton FY2026 Adopted Budget (Functional Element Summary) (Functional Element Summary), adopted 2025 (City Council). Newton also runs an interactive open-budget portal. This is Newton's own budget — set by Newton City Council, not by the county (which no longer governs). The "Other" line is the total minus the pieces shown, so the tree still adds up to the dollar.