Comments on: Board of Finance-Special Meeting 4/06/09 http://mainstreet-ct.com/marl/2009/04/06/hello-world/ The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object. -Jefferson Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:35:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bobc http://mainstreet-ct.com/marl/2009/04/06/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2 bobc Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:53:50 +0000 http://mainstreet-ct.com/marl/?p=1#comment-2 Posted from an email with the sender's permission. Thanks Jane! On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Jane Boston <jboston01@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Hi Bob, what a great idea - thanks for creating and managing this public forum. I agree with you that not only the town budget, but all of the related documents, multiple presentations, etc. should appear on the Marlborough town web site so residents have full access to what's being discussed in these many meetings. Just to clarify: I was able to obtain a copy of the budget at no cost at town hall. However, when I requested additional information to further dive into the budget details such as town hall employees' and Board of Education's salaries, raises, health care benefits, other benefits, class sizes, etc., that is when I was told by the First Selectman that it's considered a FOIA request and would cost me $.50 a page and there would be a long delay in providing it to me. So, I paid $15 to copy some info at the town clerk's office. The raises and the contract periods for the Marlborough BOE and the Marlborough Town Employees are different and the contract periods are different. The BOE contract was recently signed on 11/5/08 and allows for raises that include: 7/1/2009-10 4.1% 7/1/2010-11 4.1% 7/1/2011-12 4.0% The Town contracts were signed on 6/28/07 and allows for raises that include: - Hide quoted text - 7/1/2007-08 3.50% 7/1/2008-09 3.75% 7/1/2009-10 3.75% 7/1/2010-11 3.75% As I mentioned at the meeting, Dr. Menzo was very accomodating in providing the information he had available. Attached is a document concerning class size in Marlborough that you may wish to post for informational purposes. Additional detailed comparisons of class size by grade and town are on the CT Dept. of Education website. Not sure if you want to include links to other sites on your site or not. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Jane jboston01@sbcglobal.net Posted from an email with the sender’s permission. Thanks Jane!

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Jane Boston wrote:

Hi Bob, what a great idea – thanks for creating and managing this public forum. I agree with you that not only the town budget, but all of the related documents, multiple presentations, etc. should appear on the Marlborough town web site so residents have full access to what’s being discussed in these many meetings.

Just to clarify: I was able to obtain a copy of the budget at no cost at town hall. However, when I requested additional information to further dive into the budget details such as town hall employees’ and Board of Education’s salaries, raises, health care benefits, other benefits, class sizes, etc., that is when I was told by the First Selectman that it’s considered a FOIA request and would cost me $.50 a page and there would be a long delay in providing it to me. So, I paid $15 to copy some info at the town clerk’s office.

The raises and the contract periods for the Marlborough BOE and the Marlborough Town Employees are different and the contract periods are different.

The BOE contract was recently signed on 11/5/08 and allows for raises that include:
7/1/2009-10 4.1%
7/1/2010-11 4.1%
7/1/2011-12 4.0%

The Town contracts were signed on 6/28/07 and allows for raises that include:
– Hide quoted text -
7/1/2007-08 3.50%
7/1/2008-09 3.75%
7/1/2009-10 3.75%
7/1/2010-11 3.75%

As I mentioned at the meeting, Dr. Menzo was very accomodating in providing the information he had available. Attached is a document concerning class size in Marlborough that you may wish to post for informational purposes. Additional detailed comparisons of class size by grade and town are on the CT Dept. of Education website. Not sure if you want to include links to other sites on your site or not.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you.

Jane
jboston01@sbcglobal.net

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