Debt Service
paying off city bonds and loans
$13,719,946
proposed for FY2027 — −3.4% decrease from $14,202,321 in FY2026
- Per resident
- $144
- Change in dollars
- −$482,375
- Share of general fund
- 2.8%
FY2027 Revised, as of July 24, 2026. Source: FY2027 Proposed Municipal Budget. How these numbers are sourced
How Fall River compares
Spending per resident on debt service, across four Southeastern Massachusetts cities. Figures are general-fund only, so enterprise funds like water and sewer are excluded on every city.
- Brockton $448
- Fall River $144
- Taunton $143
- New Bedford $126
Over time
Adopted budget for each fiscal year, with FY2027 as proposed.
- FY24 $14.5M
- FY25 $14.8M
- FY26 $14.2M
- FY27 $13.7M
How this figure moved
This line has not changed across the 3 published FY2027 revisions on file.
FY2026 Revised, as of July 24, 2026(approx.). Source: FY2027 Proposed Municipal Budget .pdf (FY2026 Revised Budget column).