Town Asks Legislators, "Make Our Priorities Your Priority"
State representatives visited the Board of Selectmen to discuss the town's annual priority list. Money for special education and roads tops this year's list.
To avoid having important issues get bogged down in a sea of requests, Northborough has taken to—for the past four years or so—creating a "legislative list of priorities." During the budgeting season each year, the Board of Selectmen and administration fine tunes a list of what they deem the most important for the town in order. They compile a detailed letter, mail it off to the town's representatives and senators, and organize a sit-down, which happened at the board meeting on Monday night. Sens. Jamie Eldridge and Harriette Chandler joined soon-to-be Northborough's state Rep. Steven Levy and Chief of Staff Susan Templeton, who sat in for Harold Naughton (presently serving in Afghanistan). This year, as with previous years, restoring the …
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9:51 am on Friday, March 23, 2012
A fee is a self imposed tax and has not been voted upon by citizens. This may make it illegal. By the very statement that he had to check into this by Mr. Gobron this tells me that this is not very clear about the school committees legality in this matter. The question really is about what the money is used for. Me thinks that it is probably something which should be included in the budget. more ›