Brattleboro SB Mtg 4/9/14 - Budget Special Mtg
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Brattleboro Selectboard Informational Town Meeting on Budget Referendum - April 9 , 2014
Brattleboro Selectboard Chair David Gartenstein led an informational meeting at Oak Grove School Wednesday night. The topic was the special referendum vote on April 17, the town budget, and the Police and Fire Facility project. Not counting Town staff, Selectpersons, and Town Meeting Reps, about 36 members of the public attended.
Gartenstein first gave an overview of the proposed budget and the work that went into creating it, all familiar to regular readers of Selectboard Meeting Notes. His main point was that it was a lean, level-service budget, with most of it going to pay staff and benefits. A handful of questions covering a range of topics came from members of the public. We learned that the amount of debt service each year depends on what we’re paying off at the time and will vary from year to year.