Last week at Town Hall, Braintree held its annual Town Meeting to hear from the public on the 2012 budget. Mayor Joseph Sullivan presented a document, which the Town Council approved, that includes increases for public safety, public works and other departments, including $2 million more for the schools. Below is a breakdown by department of the budget, showing 2011 and the year starting July 1.

Town Council

2011: $347,898; 2012: $308,028

Office of Mayor

2011: $407,250; 2012: $408,429

Municipal Finance

2011: $5,827,711; 2012: $5,447,229

Law Department

2011: $207,682; $214,862

Human Resources

2011: $14,568,340; 2012: $14,826,903

Town Clerk

2011: $211,773; 2012: $254,858

Planning and Community Development

2011: $329,134; 2012: 368,580

Police Department

2011: $7,215,971; 2012: $7,602,804

Fire Department

2011: $7,039,160; 2012: $7,086,903

Municipal Licensing and Inspections

2011: $757,286; 2012: $808,937

Education

2011: $47,092,856; 2012: $49,092,856

Blue Hills Regional Technical School

2011: $1,629,239; 2012: $1,759,902

Public Works

2011: $6,026,393; 2012: $6,446,966

Elder Affairs

2011: $221,300; 2012: $243,277

Library

2011: $1,198,039; 2012: $1,289,513

Additionally, the town has enterprise funds that operate mostly independent of the general revenue sources by way of fees. These are:

Golf

2011: $1,314,357; 2012: $1,347,582

Sewer

2011: $8,189,592; 2012: $8,291,758

Water

2011: $5,690,008; 2012: $6,060,390