Charlton voters face 28 articles at meeting.Byline: Debbie LaPlaca CHARLTON - Voters will be asked to act on 28 articles, including a $20.5 million operating budget Noun 1. operating budget - a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g. , at the annual town meeting at 7 p.m. May 18 at Charlton Middle School. The $20.5 million budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 is a 1 percent increase over this year. Work to balance it against underperforming revenues and reductions in state aid has led to cuts. Selectmen SELECTMEN. The name of certain officers in several of the United States, who are invested by the statutes of the several states with various powers. have approved across-the-board reductions, the use of $400,000 from stabilization, a spending freeze, a wage freeze Noun 1. wage freeze - a freeze of wages at a given level freeze - fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring" wage freeze n → congelación f de salarios and layoffs. The goal, they said, was to present a balanced budget Balanced budget A budget in which the income equals expenditure. See: budget. balanced budget A budget in which the expenditures incurred during a given period are matched by revenues. at town meeting. Charlton's portion of the Dudley-Charlton Regional School District's $45.5 million budget is $9.3 million. Although the assessment is a $352,977 increase over this year, it is the lowest amount allowed by state law. The Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School assessment is $653,406, down $84,762 from this year. Selectmen will seek approval for the first of several steps needed for the town to assume ownership and repair of Prindle Lake dam. If approved, special state legislation will be sought that will allow the town to fund all dam repairs by assessing betterments to residents who benefit from the lake. The state deemed the Prindle Lake dam unsafe in 2006 and has given private owner Santos Irrevocable Trust Irrevocable Trust A trust that, once its setup, cannot be changed at all. Notes: This is to prevent fraudulent activities. See also: Exemption Trust, Trust, Unit Trust Irrevocable trust A trust that is unable to be amended, altered, or revoked. until November to repair or breach it. With a cost of $325,000 for repair and $162,000 to breach, Santos Trust has decided to breach, which would drain the lake down to a marsh. A Sex Offender sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. Residency bylaw by·law n. 1. A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization. 2. A secondary law. [Middle English bilawe, body of local regulations; akin to Danish adopted at town meeting in November prohibits Level 2 and Level 3 offenders from establishing permanent residence within 2,000 feet of any school, day care center, park or elderly housing. An article sponsored by the Police Department seeks town meeting approval to reduce the distance to 500 feet. Voters will be asked to approve a bylaw amendment sponsored by the Finance Committee to add an alternate to its seven-member board. The alternate is to be appointed by the moderator at each annual town meeting and hold no other official position nor be employed by the town. A citizen petition seeks approval to accept Chelsie Way in the Angalie Estates subdivision and Lindsey Lane in Potter Village Estates as public ways. |
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