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tonight with is $211,000. There are some articles in the Special Town Meeting that will draw down the Free Cash. There is nothing – we are not using the Stabilization Fund in terms of a recommendation to fund any of the articles. Tinkham Reporting (508) 759-9162 1- 108 THE MODERATOR: Okay? Let’s begin at the beginning with Town Meeting. Town Moderator. Selectmen/Town Manager. Finance Committee. Yes, Mr. Schmitt. Microphone, please. MR. SCHMITT: I would just like to know something about line 23, it’s the Finance Committee Reserve fund; can you just tell us what that’s for? THE MODERATOR: That’s for emergencies. Mr. Chairman. CHAIRMAN ANDERSON: The Reserve fund is a fund that is set aside by Town Meeting within a budget, and it is to be used for funding unexpected emergencies, things that cannot wait until a Town Meeting to be funded by another method. And the departments make an appeal to – they make a presentation to the Finance Committee and we make a determination as to whether or not it meets the criteria. Committee? THE MODERATOR: Anything else for the Finance Town Accountant. Assessing Department. Town Treasurer. Town Collector. Legal Department. Yes, Ms. Aguiar. MS. AGUIAR: Debra Aguiar, Precinct 9. Just a quick
question on 46, Special Counsel. Through you, Mr. Moderator, to Mr. Duffy, can you explain why it went up 50,000? THE MODERATOR: Mr. Duffy. Tinkham Reporting (508) 759-9162 1- 109 MR. DUFFY: I’ll have Mr. Whritenour, perhaps, elaborate on that, but it’s largely related to labor counsel. In fact, it’s almost exclusively related to labor counsel. And what we are seeing now as times are bad, labor costs and the cost of labor counsel go up; we have a lot more labor issues. Mr. Whritenour? MR. WHRITENOUR: I need to point out on the Special Counsel budget, this was one of those items that didn’t go up 50,000 like it looks like. The funds were not adequate in that budget last year and that budget was supplemented with transfers from the Reserve Fund, and what we tried to do is more of an accurate budget that we need, and this is a year that we’re negotiating all of the Town contracts. So I don’t want you to think that it went up 50,000 in one year. A lot of that is, through our prioritization process we decided that under-funding any of these line items is just not the way to go, so we tried to put it where we thought we needed it. THE MODERATOR: Okay, yeah, in the back. I can’t see whose hand’s up, there, but. Oh, Ms. Vidal. MS. VIDAL: Pam Vidal, Precinct 9. I appreciate you answering that question, Mr. Whritenour, but to us lay people, when we
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At this time, we’ll begin with a
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Article 16, to appropriate $1,925,0
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Article 11 is a hold. 12. Article 1
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holding this many meetings. They’
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project. The contractor is on sched
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order and will be installed also in
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MR. JOHNSON: That area includes the
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THE MODERATOR: Okay, any further qu
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through our financial predicament.
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strongly advises that the first app
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leaders make decisions that are rig
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THE MODERATOR: Well, the recommenda
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Next slide, please. This slide also
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As a consequence, this amendment ne
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argument list, and the reason it’
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and accessory uses. This no longer
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I’m not opposed to protecting peo
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have been conscientious are already
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Why do you think we’re here? Why
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in this town. We are perhaps going
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to talk over me when I’m renderin
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