GilfordGrok

Well, tonite was interesting, but not just for the budget review that was done. 

This past Monday, Dick Hickok, Terry Stewart, and I met with Evans Juris and Deb Shackett to review the Admin budget - the summary that was presented is below.  During tonight's meeting Dick did the review and it went fairly smoothly.

The complete audio of the meeting can be heard here. 

Video here (and no, not much time was spent swiveling the camera around to watch the different speaker this week - better luck next time).

I am hoping that next week, we will live stream the entire meeting.  If so, I'll put up an announcement before hand. 

What was a bit controversal was the discussion around the idea of whether the Budget Committee should write a letter to the Selectmen asking that employee salary information be included in the annual Town Report.  Reports from Loudon, Hampstead, and Hudson (small, medium, and large towns) showed that some include it as a matter of course.

There were some that were against the idea, taking the employee side.  Others were advocating for the information to be presented for taxpayer review.

The letter idea was tabled for later discussion.