Town Warrant Article 17- Two Thumbs Down
Two 'Grok Thumbs Down
There is certainly much angst about this new "free" library both within the Selectmen. The Selectmen decided to not fund new Budget requests that the Library Trustees had made (and the BudComm supported) but then decided to give the following money to the Trustees (and the BudComm first did not recommend and then, with a later vote flip, supported).
Article 17: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $110,000 for use by the Library Trustees at the new library. Funding to be provided from the proceeds of the sale of land at 43 Potter Hill Road, parcel number 226-078.001. This parcel was purchased in 2004 to build a new library. This article is a one time appropriation and is contingent upon adequate proceeds from the sale of the land. (Recommended by the Board of Selectmen, Recommended by the Budget Committee).
Principle: we believe that the the money should be returned to the citizens as the Library Trustees both built their own project and on their own land.
Our recommendation to our fellow citizens is to vote "NO" on all of this article.
