School Board Discusses Budget Deadline
A school board member will discuss this idea with selectmen: changing their deadline in Westborough's charter.
School committee members want selectmen to consider supporting changing their budget deadline in Westborough’s charter. The current schedule requires school officials to begin budget preparation as the school year starts, and hold a budget public hearing during the holiday season, Chairman Ilyse Levine-Kanji says. The board voted unanimously this past Wednesday night to have a member discuss the charter change idea with the board of selectmen. The charter, found here, includes the following budget provision. “No less than ten (10) days before the end of the calendar year, or not less than ninety (90) days prior to the date of the start of the Annual Town Meeting, whichever is later, the Town Manager shall submit to the Board of Selectmen …
Stephen Faris
10:34 am on Sunday, December 23, 2012
Hi this is Steve again. Sorry for the last sentence above. I should have said, "we do not want 200-300 people to control our taxes". Yet that is exactly what happens at town meeting. We need a citizens petition to tell our leadership we have had enough. We want good schools but we as a town can not afford excessive salary benefits. Dr.Gary Shilling a noted economist on Wall Street says: "Public … more ›