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From the Annual Town Meeting on May 16, 2015.

ARTICLE 2 FISCAL 2015 FINANCIAL TRANSFERS:
  To see if the Town will vote to approve financial transfers within the Fiscal 2015 operating budget; or take any other action relative thereto.
Submitted by the Board of Selectmen  

Transfer from Diesel Fuel -$23,500.00 / transfer to Group Insurance -$23,500.00.

Another example of the current board of selectmen using some accounts as a slush fund to cover other items such as town employee health insurance (group insurance)
Keep in mind that the voters were originally asked to appropriate a certain amount of their money to pay for group insurance and for diesel fuel (or town vehicle fuel) If the town needs less money for fuel and more for health insurance, the board of selectmen should ask for it.

According to the spread sheet (May 14, 2016) showing appropriations for town operation expense (budget/spending plan) which does not seem to be on the Town web site any longer , it has a history of what Town Meeting was asked for and appropriated. According to this document presented to the voters by the selectmen, it shows town vehicle fuel - $56,116.00.  It also shows town vehicles/diesel fuel expense - $17,816.00.  Interestingly, the words town vehicle fuel has a line drawn thru it along with town vehicles/diesel fuel expense.

For fiscal year 2016, the document shows ATM budget of $131,300.00, then revised FY2016 budget with $100,000.00 for town vehicle fuel.

There are other end of year financial transfers that you will not find within the annual town meeting documents nor the annual town report. Those transfers will eventually be reported here so all can see.

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Opinions expressed are those of Jeff Bennett and do not represent any other member of the Advisory Committee 

posted by Jeff Bennett