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Quinn Bill.<br />
THE MODERATOR: That’s correct.<br />
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MR. STUMCKE: But there’s nothing in next fiscal year for the<br />
THE MODERATOR: That’s correct.<br />
MR. STUMCKE: I just hope everybody’s aware <strong>of</strong> that.<br />
THE MODERATOR: Mr. Chairman.<br />
CHAIRMAN ANDERSON: Actually there is a line item, Line<br />
item 100, which represents the <strong>Town</strong> portion <strong>of</strong> the Quinn bill, totaling<br />
$207,070. The <strong>Town</strong> is still paying their 50 percent portion. It is the state,<br />
in line 101, the state’s share, that has been removed.<br />
THE MODERATOR: Yes, Ms. Valiela.<br />
MS. VALIELA: Virginia Valiela, Precinct 5. Mr. Moderator,<br />
this is sort <strong>of</strong> a general comment, but it’s because we’re at the end <strong>of</strong> the<br />
budget. The overall budget increase is about 1.6 million. And when you<br />
look at the individual departments, nearly every department has either held<br />
the line or reduced its costs, and it’s other parts <strong>of</strong> the budget that, health<br />
insurance and so on, that have driven up so that the final number is higher<br />
for Fiscal ‘11 than it was for Fiscal ‘10.<br />
We are going to, in the next article, be considering capital<br />
expenses and then asking the voters to support that article. I think it would<br />
be instructive to the residents and voters <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Town</strong> if the Board <strong>of</strong><br />
Selectmen, <strong>Town</strong> Manager, made a list <strong>of</strong> the things that the departments