Budget

The Marlborough Board of Finance on a 4 to 2 vote approved a new town budget to be presented to the town for vote on June 1st. By decreasing the Board of Finance’s undesignated reserve account from 7.5% to 7.4% the board was able to move $20,000 to the Board of Education budget and...
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Letter to the Editor from Mike Appleton. I would like to first thank the BOF for its tireless and largely unappreciated efforts this year. On Monday, it was quite clear that roughly 50% of the Town was in favor of your proposed budget. Of the 50% opposed, roughly 2/3 of the voters, (120 people)...
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I asked a BOF member on the procedure for voting, accepting or rejecting the budget.  As explained to me this is the procedure. On April 27 the BOF will hear comments from the public on the proposed budget.  That night the BOF will vote on a final budget number. On May 11th a town...
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Via Email: Dear Parents/Guardians: Please be advised that updated FY2010 Board of Education budget documents are now posted on the homepage of our website. Salvatore Menzo Superintendent From the Marlborough Elementary School Website.
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From John O’Toole, Marlborough Board of Education, received by Email. Bob, The low impact section should be listed as $184, 160 and the moderate section should be $15,840.  I’ve attacted the Board of Education presentation from last night which has been revised.  Specifically it includes the values of the extreme cuts that we will choose from to...
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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,...
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The Marlborough Board of Finance held a special meeting to discuss the budget. Primarily the town residents wanted to discuss the School Budget. I’ve attempted to reproduce the facts of the meeting without taking one side or the other.  It is difficult to get the facts from official town sources, evidently the budget is...
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