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number 318, Fiscal Year ‘10, 80,000, and then it went to 175; why?<br />
THE MODERATOR: Mr. Chairman.<br />
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CHAIRMAN ANDERSON: As many <strong>of</strong> us may know, this has<br />
been a very difficult time in the country and in the state for people who are<br />
not employed. Both the state and the federal governments have extended<br />
unemployment benefits and so we have seen a significant cost increase<br />
there. That’s the reason that they have gone up very substantially. We’ve<br />
actually had Reserve Fund transfers and there is an article in the Special<br />
<strong>Town</strong> Meeting for an addition to unemployment compensation for<br />
essentially the same reason.<br />
anyone’s been laid <strong>of</strong>f?<br />
MS. MURPHY: So it’s just for an extension and it’s not that<br />
CHAIRMAN ANDERSON: There may – I guess I can’t<br />
comment as to whether or not there have been lay<strong>of</strong>fs. I’m sure that there<br />
probably have been people who have left their positions and may be<br />
qualified. But the bulk <strong>of</strong> it is relative to or related to the extensions.<br />
Mr. Johnson.<br />
MS. MURPHY: Thank you.<br />
THE MODERATOR: Okay. Anything else on the budget?<br />
MR. JOHNSON: Leonard Johnson, Precinct 5. I just wanted<br />
to follow up on the point that Virginia Valiela made. If you look at the Long<br />
Term Excluded Debt, line item – total line item 291, that increase in our
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