Friday, April 25, 2008

In the News - subcommittee passes the buck

GHS
Posted Apr 25, 2008 @ 12:50 AM

FRANKLIN —

After debating several tax override scenarios, the Town Council Budget Subcommittee last night agreed to put the onus on the School Committee in choosing a figure to put before voters this summer.

"Ask the schools - they're the ones who asked (for an override). Ask them what they want," Town Administrator Jeffrey D. Nutting told Town Council Chairman Christopher Feeley, Vice Chairwoman Deborah A. Bartlett and Councilor Robert R. Vallee.

Every $1 million of a Proposition 2 1/2 tax override means an $87 tax hike for the average homeowner, said Nutting.

Bartlett, the subcommittee chairman, pressed for a two-year plan, and said she expects the School Committee to submit a proposal that covers their needs for fiscal 2009 and 2010.

Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here

This is a town problem, the town should decide to include all the departments in the override total. If it comes out solely as a school override, I don't believe there will be enough support for it to pass.

What do you think?


2 comments:

  1. This does need to be a town issue. It must be made sure that the cost of the override is sufficent for the next 5-10 years, so the council won't have to ask us again, and lose support. As a Franklin High Student I fully support any override.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thank you, we will need all the eligible voters to appear whenever the election day is determined. If they can't make it to the field house, absentee ballots are the next best thing to being there.

    While I want a 3-5 year plan (anything more than that is unreliable), I don't believe we will get it before the vote. They need to start now to get one together to come back once more for the "final" time.

    If we rushed now, and failed that would be an option I would not want to face.

    ReplyDelete