Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The audience was silent, having no feedback on the FY2014 budget.
Regional School Committee Chairman Shirley Lundberg remarked, "Well, then all here is perfect," as the audience had no feedback on the public hearing on the FY2014 Algonquin school budget Wednesday night. Voted on by the Regional School Committee at the last meeting, Superintendent of Schools Charles Gobron presented this nine-page, detailed budget line-by-line at the public hearing. At $19,240,779, the budget shows an increase of $715,363 over FY2013, or 3.86 percent. The amount assessed to both towns (Northborough and Southborough) totals $15,339,439, an amount that is offset by Chapter 70 state aid, regional transportation reimbursement and E&D "rainy day" funds). Two special education teaching positions total $86,000, and were funded …
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The top two priorities focus on money for schools and roads.
When Board Chairman William Pantazis thanked Northborough's legislators for visiting its meeting on Monday, he added that he appreciated having the chance for the town to "put them on the grill." And while on that grill on Monday night, at no point did the flames heat up the grid more than during the discussion about prevailing wages and municipal construction laws. It wasn't one of Northborough's two top priorities for its annual "legislative top priorities list," but it was among bulleted list of eight items that it asked state Sen. Harriette Chandler, state Sen. Jamie Eldridge, state Rep. Harold Naughton and state Rep. Danielle Gregoire to turn its concerns if possible. Modernizing procurement and public construction laws has been a …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
The assessment from the state for the high school came in higher than expected, but better now than last year.
With more mandates, but shrinking federal funds, town budgets are now more than ever at the mercy of a number of determinants to plan its pending fiscal year budget. Higher assessments are never met with cheers, but Town Administrator said the higher-than-expected assessment for Algonquin Regional High School came at a relatively good time, considering. "There's no way to dance around it," said Coderre at Monday's Board of Selectmen meeting. "It's [the Algonquin assessment] is up about 10 percent ... 9.98 percent." Superintendent of Schools Charles Gobron said at a school committee meeting that the assessment burden has shifted from Southborough to Northborough, reported The Northborough Daily Voice, and that the state increased its …
Postman
11:04 am on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
This is absurd! Massachusetts politics at it's best. I am so sick of unions and their influence around here. At least Amberson has his head screwed on right. Eldridge responded that "philosophically speaking, the idea is that it raises the living wage and then has an effect throughout the region. Government having a lead on that raises the wages all around. Part of the mission of government is to… more ›