Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The Stoughton Public Schools received an increase of 4.91 percent for FY13, which allows the schools to maintain a "level service budget."
Town Meeting members approved a near $39 million dollar Education budget at Session 3 of Stoughton's Annual Town Meeting, Monday night, May 14 at the Stoughton High auditorium. Of the $38,739,244, just north of $37.7 million ($37,701,774) will be going to the Stoughton Public Schools. The remaining funds go to Southeastern Regional (1,017,470) and Norfolk Agricultural ($20,000). The $37.7 million for the Stoughton Public Schools is what the School Committee approved back in December. This represents an increase of $1,766,120 or 4.91% from the final FY12 budget that was approved at last year's Town Meeting. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Marguerite Rizzi called it a “level service budget,” striving to maintain the services currently offered …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Town Meeting approved increases to the Police and Fire budgets to help restore positions lost to budget cuts in previous years.
Town Meeting members gave a boost to the staffing levels of both the Stoughton Police and Fire Departments Wednesday evening, May 9 at the second session of Stoughton's Annual Town Meeting. The second session tackled 29 of 44 budget items, including Police and Fire. After a lengthy discussion, Town Meeting approved the Police Department's budget for FY2013, which is just north of $4.8 million ($4,863,783), approximately $250,000 more than the department received in FY12. Included in the FY13 police budget: funding for three additional patrolmen, two resource officers and a deputy police chief. The article to establish the position of deputy police chief was approved Monday night at the opening session of Town Meeting. However, Town Meeting…
Monday, May 7, 2012
Stoughton's Annual Town Meeting starts Monday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Not a Town Meeting representative but still interested in following along during this year’s annual Town Meeting? Stoughton Patch is providing you with the 2012 Warrant and Report of the Committee on Finance & Taxation, as well as a list of who is representing your precinct at Town Meeting.* The following materials can be found in the media gallery: the proposed FY2013 budget; the proposed Town Meeting articles; and a list of Town Meeting Representatives by precinct. Stoughton's 2012 Town Meeting begins Monday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Stoughton High School auditorium. In addition to the FY13 budget (approximately $88 million when including the municipal and education budgets, joint accounts and enterprise funds) there are more than 80 …
Both the Stoughton Police and Fire Departments are looking for Town Meeting support in 2012 to restore positions that have been cut from their respective budgets in recent years.
In these hard economic times, one may ask why the police and fire departments are choosing now to increase their staffing? Stoughton Police Executive Officer Robert Devine and Stoughton Fire Chief Mark Dolloff say it’s simple - it’s all a matter of availability and safety. More man power equals more efficient response time (or response at all in some cases). “Our responses to quality of life issues and investigations are suffering due to short staffing,” Devine asserts. Devine and Dolloff explain that the positions requested for both departments are, in fact, not new. They are instead positions that have been cut in previous years. “We are looking to replace people we have lost, not create new positions,” Dolloff said. While short …
The School Department’s proposed FY13 budget for the Stoughton Public Schools is just north of $37.7 million, an increase of about $1.7 million or 4.91% from the FY12 budget.
While the dollar amounts proposed throughout the budgeting process fluctuated, the Finance Committee's proposed FY13 budget for the Stoughton Public Schools is for the same amount that was approved by the school committee back in December. The proposed FY13 budget for the Stoughton Public Schools is just north of $37.7 million ($37,701,774), an increase of $1,766,120 or 4.91% from the final FY12 budget that was approved at last year's Town Meeting. The budget has been termed a “level service budget,” striving to maintain the services currently offered by the school department. The main goals of the budget, according to a document released by the schools include: For three years, federal stimulus grants helped to maintain 14.2 teaching …
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
School Committee Meeting; Board of Selectmen Meeting; Kafka Campaign Event; Stoughton Historical Society Food Drive; and more...
"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 1. School Committee Meeting In accordance with the requirements of Chapter 71, S. 38N., of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Stoughton School Committee will hold a public hearing on its proposed budget for the 12-month Fiscal Year July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 7:15 p.m. in the Television Studio at Stoughton High School. The School Committee meeting starts at 7 p.m. A full agenda for the rest of the meeting can be found in the media gallery. 2. Board of Selectmen Meeting The Stoughton Board of Selectmen meet Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. at …
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Welcome to "About Town with Mark Snyder," a column that will keep you up to the minute with what's what, who's who and what's going on around town. If you see or hear something we could use here, let us know by sending an e-mail to pmpco@aol.com.
SELECTMEN REVISE ORIGINAL BUDGET RECOMMENDATION: The Board of Selectmen voted Tuesday night to update the budget recommendations they sent to the Finance Committee on January 17. Town Accountant Bill Rowe reported that due to cherry sheet increases, and $1.6 million in unanticipated local receipts, that there was $1.9 million in "surplus" since that budget vote in January. Selectman Steve Anastos made a motion (seconded by John Anderson) to pass the original Town Manager's budget, and the entire School Department request, seeing there was now enough money to fund both in their entirety. The Town Manager's original request was $19,048,684, while the School Department had requested $38,815,287. Together, with shared fixed costs, the total …
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray previews Patrick-Murray Administration's budget investments at Massachusetts Municipal Association meeting.
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
The following is a press release from the office of Governor Deval Patrick: Delivering Friday’s keynote address at the 33rd Massachusetts Municipal Association’s annual meeting, Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray announced more than $5.2 billion in state funding to cities and towns, including a $145 million increase in K-12 Chapter 70 education aid – the highest level in history – which will be included in the Patrick-Murray Administration’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal. “Massachusetts is leading the nation out of the global economic recession thanks to our targeted investments and strong partnerships with cities and towns,” said Lieutenant Governor Murray. “Governor Patrick and I are proud to support our municipal partners with these…
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The proposal, which was passed on a 3-2 vote Tuesday night, includes a number of reductions to requests made by both town departments and the school department.
After hearing from various department heads last week, the Board of Selectmen met again Tuesday evening and in a split 3-2 vote approved a scaled back version of what Town Manager Francis T. Crimmins, Jr. proposed in his FY13 Budget Message. This budget includes reductions in requests from both town departments ($390,595) and the school department ($1,488,592) in order to present a balanced budget to the Finance Committee. In a letter presented to the Board, Chairman John Stagnone wrote that the selectmen’s recommendation “While not providing enough funding to support all the additions the Town Manager and Department Heads have requested…is fair and reasonable to both the Town and School Department.” This proposed FY13 budget makes uses of…
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The School Department drafted a response to the Town Manager’s Budget Message. It is posted in the media gallery of this article.
In a document titled “As a Matter of Fact: A Response to the Town Manager’s Budget Message from the School Department,” The School Department offered a rebuttal to the budget message presented by Town Manager Francis T. Crimmins, Jr. In the opening of the response, the school department wrote: The Town Manager’s budget message used considerable space to discuss and criticize the School Department and School Committee budget. For the second year, the budget process is encumbered by the acrimonious and adversarial approach of Municipal government that serves no useful purpose. The School Department does not wish to participate in this approach to the budget process. Unfortunately, many of the statements made in the Town Manager’s budget …
Hookster
8:58 pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
with all the 40B housing coming to town, we are going to need a small army to maintain peace and a lot more schools. what ? is stoughton the local dumping ground for 40Bs. I see few in surrounding towns. we should be tired of being the suburn of brockton more ›