BudComm meeting of 10/15/08
Once again, it is that time of the year here in Gilford - Budget season. The Town Administration (new Town Admin Scott Dunn and new Finance Director Geoff Ruggles), along with the Selectmen (Connie Grant, Gus Benevides, and Kevin Hays) have worked with the department heads for this year's budget.
Here is the recording of the latest BudComm meeting of last week (10/15/08). It was going to be, I thought, a pretty cut and dried meeting. However, the Welfare Director, Ericka Johnson, decided that she could get an ad hoc presentation for the CAP outside agency - something that I certainly did not appreciate. Apparently, there is going to be an on-going movement by those agencies that were rejected by the voters last year
Philosophically, I am against this - property taxes are not the proper revenue source for these types of organizations, especially as (with CAP as a prime example) are already triple dipping at the County, State, and Federal Level. Thus, you (my fellow taxpayers) and I, have already paid our "gift of charity" to these folks three times. Now, they want to be paid a fourth time.
Anyways, more on that later. For now, take a look at the video here:
Also, here is an EXCEL spreadsheet of the Gilford Budget (provided as is - more than likely, it will be updated over time) - click here to see or right click to download.
