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in the law budget (Selectmen Professional Services and Law Special Services)due to several legal matters that have come up during the year. The second,$350,000, reflects the anticipated snow and ice deficit for the year.In the case of the law budgets, both appropriated line items had been spentby January of this year (in the case of Special Services, by October). As the ReserveFund does not have sufficient funds remaining (after factoring the remainingexpected unemployment and veterans benefits payments) to cover theexpected shortfall, a supplemental appropriation is required. It is unclear at thispoint how much the lawsuit by Quarry Hills will cost the town in FY2012 and theSelectmen are reviewing methods to cover the cost within the project bonding.The estimate of $350,000 for snow and ice removal reflects costs over andabove the budget line item of $150,000, and reallocations within the DPW Generalbudget as a whole. This winter has been particularly bad and with significantsnow fall comes significant costs. Snow operational costs typically range between$5,200 and $10,900 per inch depending on the type of event; ice equals high costwith a low number of inches and therefore very high unit cost; big snow equalsa relatively easy operational cost spread over a deeper accumulation thereforelower unit cost. To date $683,624 has been spent on snow and ice removal, withthe total cost spread over 89.7 inches of total recorded snowfall equating to $7,621per inch, just a little above the expected average of $7,200 per inch. As we go topress, FEMA announced a disaster declaration for the January 12, 2011Nor’easter which means that it will pick up 75% of the cost the Town incurredduring a 24 hour window over that storm. How much this will lower the $350,000requested appropriation is unclear at the time of going to press.Table C: FY2011 Appropriations from FY2012 IncomeAmount Available for Appropriation (Table B) $ 2,588,058Article 35: FY2011 Reserve Fund Transfer (600,000)Total Funds Available for Appropriation 1,988,058This appropriation has to come from outside of the FY2012 tax levy and so$546,063 from free cash and the $53,937 from the overlay reserve will be usedto fund it.D. Expenditures: RequestsAnticipating a very tight financial picture for FY2012, the Selectmen requestedthat all town departments submit a level dollar budget, i.e. a budgetthat has the same dollar number as that appropriated in FY2011.The Schools worked closely with the Warrant Committee from very earlyin the budget process to assess the impact of a level dollar budget and to edu-242