here is some more stuff people can report to and post on some selectmen face book pages.

I had $25,000 in the Selectmen's budget for raises for non-unionized employees. It was raised to $35,000 in case we need to increase the Fire Chief's salary during recruitment. The current Chief is paid $64K. I put $70K in the FY'17 budget and an additional $10K buried in the BoS budget in case we need it.

That is part of an email sent from Town Administrator to selectmen,
$10K buried in the budget? Is that like hidden so there is a "slush fund" of sorts in selectmen budget? Is that the openness, honor, honest, integrity talked about? Remember selectmen, you can delegate authority but not responsibility.

Solution: Talk about and vote budget items in open session, as in line item by line item, the way the Advisory Committee did it. Be willing to speak on and stand for what you put in the budget rather than hide it!.

posted by Jeff Bennett