Please attend
the Town Hall Meeting
Tonight in the
KIVA 6:30 p.m.
Town
Hall Meeting Part 1
The
Town Hall informational meeting began after the BOS meeting adjourned.
The
override figure of $620,000 was explained. $551,000 school appropriation by the
Joint Meeting vote on August 22, 2013. An additional sum of $9,000 for the
override ballot election and STM. An additional $60,000 to restore hours to
non-union personnel cut in 2012 for a total of $620,000 override.
The
override figure of $620,000 will be an increase of $1.15/ $1,000 of valuation. The
Assessor’s have placed an Override
Lookup link on their webpage. Or people can call the Assessor’s Office for
information about the impact of the Override on their property- 978-939-2793 during business hours.
Impact on Police
Department :
Four
Full time Officers will be laid off effective November 1, 2013
Detective
position will be eliminated.
School
resource officer position will be eliminated.
No
police coverage from 2:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Impact on Highway Department-
There
will be layoffs and a reduction in force which will impact plowing operations
and road cleanup. The highway superintendent will make a presentation tonight ,September
17th in the Kiva.
Impact on Fire/EMS-
A
30% reduction in force will impact weekend coverage and response time for
Rescue.
Selectman
Robinson stressed the urgency of
the situation should the override fail. Once these cuts are made, they will be
permanent.
Please attend
the Town Hall Meeting
Tonight in the
KIVA 6:30 p.m.
Down hear on the lower forty we are a little sore our vote didn't count at the poles but putting good people out of a job and not having safety in town is not what I'm interested in. The way I see it when you keep making more paper money inflation is gonna run the show.
ReplyDeleteAs I was driving past the fire dept the other day I saw Staskeluis Appliance delivering something. What was it and what did it cost. Hope it was a donation with all these pending budget cuts.
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ReplyDeletejust maybe they needed a new washing machine or dryer they do do landry for the ems part if it like towels and blankets they use on calls ...ect
They were not 3000.00 desks. They were things that are needed to be i a service to provide a 24 hr emergency rescue and fire department. A fridge and what ever they needed can be justified as like anyone else just ask!
ReplyDeleteRay will be sure to tell you the truth and anything else you would like to know.
When town workers are on for multi shifts in a row. We may need to put things in the fridge.
They may not get home for a long time as they/we serve out towns people.
Please vote YES on the override.