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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Citizen Comments: John Niece (audio)
Time: 59 seconds
MP3 File
Citizen Comments: Jeff Roy (audio)
Time: 5 minutes, 25 seconds
MP3 File
The text of the full statement can be found at the School Committee blog here.
Town Council Agenda 4/16/08
Proposed FY 09 budget (PDF)
Proposed budget information page
FINCOM Meeting Summary 4/14/08
FINCOM: Mike D'Angelo's statement (audio)
FINCOM: School Budget vote (audio)
FINCOM: Ken Norman (audio)
Additional segments from the meeting will be posted as I have time to prepare them
FINCOM: Ken Norman
Time: 2 minutes, 24 seconds
MP3 File
In the News - override, Council meeting
Tonight, Councilor Joseph McGann and School Committee Chairman Jeffrey Roy will both urge the Town Council to put an override question before voters this year to prevent layoffs and cuts in schools and town departments.
"I would like to see the people express their voice on it," said McGann, adding, "I don't think it's going to fly."
Still, McGann wants the council to put feelers out in the community to get a sense of whether people want to pay more to keep the 45 teachers and school staff expected to be laid off in the budget proposed by Town Administrator Jeffrey D. Nutting, which the Finance Committee voted to support Monday night.
Individual members of the Finance Committee supported a tax increase. Chairman Jim Roche and Pat Goldsmith both made motions to recommend the Town Council place a $1.5 million override question on the ballot. The board as a whole, however, did not take action because they had no time to prepare an adequate plan, they said.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here.
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