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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

No Mr.Eldridge, Mr. Cote Was Very Clear About What He Was Presenting

October 6, 2009 Town Council Meeting.

"Mr. Eldridge said Councilor Cote had brought up at our last meeting that he wanted something to go out to referendum. Attorney Roger Therriault and I sat down and talked about that and that is a charter change. If that’s something you want to talk about then we will put it on the agenda for the Council to discuss it more. Also, there was a question raised about the incompatibility of offices and Councilor Crafts, Attorney Therriault, and MMA feels that there is no conflict that stems around that. Representatives don’t necessarily work as an employee of the State so it does not present a conflict." Town Minutes.

Mr. Cote was very specific about what he wanted to have changed. Very Specific. It Is You and Your Cronies that have misled and misguided the taxpayer's.

This was presented in plenty of time to have been included in last November's referendum. But No. We Must Not Let This Happen.

Click here to read how the Lisbon Town Charter currently Reads.

This is what Councilor Cote presented.

"Section 6.04 (d) 1 is hereby deleted and the following new Section 6.04 is adopted.

(d) Adoptions:

                  1. Town Budget. The final vote on the Town Budget shall be taken by the Council on or before the Budget as passed by the Town Council shall go to a Budget Referendum on or before (date to be determined)                 . The vote at the Budget Referendum shall be taken for each Department of the Town as separate items.

            The Town shall provide printed information to be displayed at polling places to assist voters in voting. This information is limited to the Budget approved by the Council for each Department.

            If the voters do not validate the budget approved by the Council at the Budget Referendum, the Council shall hold another budget meeting at least 10 days after the Referendum to vote on a new budget.

            The budget approved at this budget meeting must then be submitted to the voter for validation at Referendum in accordance with this Section.

            The process must be repeated until a budget is approved by the Council and validated at Referendum. If the budget is not approved, the budget for the prior year shall become the budget to be implemented on a month-to-month basis until such time as the final budget is approved."