Name |
Phone Number |
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Raymond
Miller, Chairman |
525-2660 |
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John
McGreal |
525-2462 |
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Norman
Richards |
525-7062 |
|
Conrad
Wiezbicki |
525-3752 |
|
Rosina
Goodrich |
525-5400 |
|
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Town of
General By-Laws
Chapter 3
BUDGETS AND APPROPRIATIONS
Sections:
3.010 Appropriations Committee.
3.020 Recommendations of Committee.
3.030 Annual Estimates.
3.040 Town Accountant.
3.050 Town Audits.
3.052 Capital Planning Committee.
3.052 Capital
Planning Committee.
(A) A
committee to be known as the Capital Planning Committee is established under
G.L. 41, Sec. 106B, composed of two members of the Appropriations Committee
appointed by it and four additional members to be appointed by the Moderator
and the Board of Selectmen. The members from the Appropriations Committee shall
be appointed for one-year terms. The other members shall be appointed for
four-year terms such that one will expire each year. One shall be a town
officer or town employee. The Town Accountant shall be an ex-officio member
without right to vote. A member who ceases to reside in the town or who accepts
employment for it shall resign. A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired
term in the manner of the original appointment. The committee shall choose its
own officers. It may spend such sums as shall annually be appropriated for its
use.
(B)
The Committee shall study proposed capital outlays involving the acquisition of
land or an expenditure of $20,000 having a useful life of at least three years.
All officers, boards, and
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committees,
including the Selectmen and the School Commit-tee, shall by September 1 st each year give to such Committee, on forms prepared by
it, information concerning all projects anticipated by them to need town
meeting action during the ensuing six years. The Committee shall consider the
relative need, timing, and cost of these expenditures and the effect each will
have on the financial position of the Town. (No expenditure shall be voted for
a capital outlay which is not reflected in the Commit-tee's report unless that
Committee shall first have submitted a report explaining the omission).
(C) The Committee shall transmit its recommendations to the appropriate
officer, board, agency, or department involved in proposed capital improvement.
These shall constitute a cap-ital improvement program. The report of this
program shall, as to items planned for the ensuing fiscal year, be given to the
Appropriations Committee for its review and possible inclusion in the budget.
The text and tables of a capital program for the following five years shall be
published with the Appropriations Committee report.
(D) Such capital program shall be
presented to the annual town meeting for acceptance in principle, subject to
final action at a subsequent meeting or meetings. The original shall be
deposited with the Town Clerk.
(E) The Committee may undertake such investigations and
hold such hearings as it may deem necessary.
(F) Such capital program after its
adoption shall permit the expenditure on projects included therein of
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sums
from depart-mental budgets for surveys, architectural or engineering advice,
options, or appraisals; but no such expenditure shall be incurred on projects
which have not been so approved by the Town either by approval as above or
through the appropriation of sums in the current year or in prior years. (Amended
May 2002)