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In this series, we follow Government Spending, and related fiscal issues.
2024 Oct 17
Voter Authorization of New Hires
Select Board and Town Manager discuss hiring a new position.
Town Manager asserts that voters rejection of a new position at the ballot still authorizes him to hire that position. SB chair states the new position will be brought before Town Meeting.
Town Manager Tangeman: "Town Meeting approved the position but the ballot didn’t approve the funding. These are distinctly different issues. Because this has been a confusion in the community -- that approval at Town Meeting is only for the position approval; the ballot is about the funding mechanism above and beyond the existing operational budget. They don’t negate each other. They’re two distinct different approval processes.
It’s been a conversation in the public -- 'it was denied at the ballot which means it negates the Town Meeting vote.' That’s not the way it works. So I just want to be clear about that."
It’s been a conversation in the public -- 'it was denied at the ballot which means it negates the Town Meeting vote.' That’s not the way it works. So I just want to be clear about that."
The 2024 Town Meeting vote was contingent upon the passage of an override ballot question.
That override ballot question did NOT pass: 224 Yes to 256 No. Therefore the contingency was not fulfilled, thus voiding the Town Meeting vote.
Tags: Fiscal, Spending
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Voter Authorization of New Hires
Similar vote against hiring a Housing Coordinator occurred in 2023.
The 2023 Town Meeting vote was contingent upon the passage of an override ballot question.
That override ballot question did NOT pass: 242 Yes to 338 No. Therefore the contingency was not fulfilled, thus voiding the Town Meeting vote.
Tags: Fiscal, Spending
1mDPW Project
Everything related to the new DPW Project.
2024 Oct 22
Owners Project Manager hiring
- Jarrod Cabral, DPW Director
Tags: DPW, OPM
1mHousing
In this series, we touch on the large topic of housing in Truro.
2024 Oct 22
25 S Highland Demolition
Public Comment to the Select Board
A neighbor expresses strong concern about the project.
Tags: Housing
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