The consolidated “metropolitan city” would distribute up to $526 million in tax revenue to the new “municipal districts,” in 2023, the first year of the consolidation, according to the new Better Together analysis. Municipal spending would hit just $360 million.

Twenty-three municipalities would take in less money than they would spend, with deficits ranging from $5,000 to $1.9 million, according to the Better Together analysis. But the metro city would still distribute enough money to each municipality to provide municipal services, Better Together said.

It declined to make someone available for an interview.

Municipal officials immediately examined and dismissed Better Together’s new claims.

“A quick review indicates that this isn’t worth the paper that it is printed on,” Conley said after finding what he called errors in its calculations. “Who put these numbers together? What is their background in municipal finance?”