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Fy14 Budget

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Review the Stoughton Board of Selectmen's FY14 Budget Proposal

The Stoughton Board of Selectmen recently approved its version of the FY14 budget. Take a look at what is being proposed for each department in the media gallery of this article.

The Stoughton Board of Selectmen recently approved its version of the FY14 budget. The balanced budget proposal is for a little more than $76 million ($76,006,112), an increase of 4.86% from the town's roughly $72.5 million ($72,484,453.21) operating budget for this fiscal year, FY13. The proposed FY14 budget was approved by a 4-1 vote, with Selectman Cynthia Walsh the lone opposing vote. The proposed $76 million budget figure is actually about $1.5 million less than what town departments had initially requested. There are a limited number of new positions proposed on the town side in what is essentially a "level service" budget: The budget also puts aside 3% to spend on Town Meeting articles, to keep borrowing costs down, and puts aside 1…

An oldtimer

4:12 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013

In the article you mention a brief memo written by the TM Hartman, ""the budget is balanced, the school district should recieve, etc, etc." .When did the School Department join or become part of a district?   more ›

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