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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Recap Town Council Meeting - November 5th ‏ 2013

RECAP TOWN COUNCIL MEETING – NOVEMBER 5^TH

At last night’s Town Council meeting, it was business as usual. To start with the firm of Runyon Kersteen Ouellette provided a presentation of the finances of the town. Naturally, they gave the town a passing review. The slide show included a comment on page 4 “The Town’s unassigned fund balance changed from 2012 to 2013 as a result of an unfavorable expenditure budget variance.” The town Unassigned Fund Balance dropped from $1,299,846.00 to $1,067,332.00.

Under COUNCIL ORDERS, RESOLUTION & ORDINANCES – The Town Manager explain the screw-up on the Winter Sand Bid in a low meek voice. There was a discussion on Property Tax Foreclosures. The list totals over $200,000 of taxes not paid. Then the council talked about the Energy Saving Audit Request for Qualification (RFQ) with the School Department. Councilor Pesce pointed out that the Public Law governing this program did not mention Municipalities qualify for this program. Then came the Supplemental Appropriations which was to authorize wage increase for the town employee which was voted 7-0 for the first reading.

The meeting was adjourned and then the council moved into a workshop. The purpose of the workshop was to provide the Finance Committee with guidance into the upcoming budget.

Larry Fillmore