Town of Braintree

It's valid, here's the problem

Town Meeting will not have an opportunity to affect this contract at all. Since the schools have entered into this agreement and have begun paying on it, they are on the hook for the contract. This means that the Town is going to be forced into getting less for their tax dollars because of the school committee's actions.

Where is the outrage? Why should they get to keep all of the ''found'' money when their budgets have been set? Why doesn't the money get returned to the general fund like many other departments? Didn't I hear that the building department raises a lot of monies and fees but can't use those funds to support their department? Instead it goes to the general fund. What's wrong with expecting the schools to do that. Where is the message from our fiscal watchdogs?

The FinCom Chairman has said it all when he posted, ''We have not given the school department a dime in extra money yet.''

I've been around long enough to know what's coming down the road..





By TMM

Town Meeting

Town Meeting will not have an opportunity to affect this contract at all. Since the schools have entered into this agreement and have begun paying on it, they are on the hook for the contract. This means that the Town is going to be forced into getting less for their tax dollars because of the school committee's actions.

Where is the outrage? Why should they get to keep all of the ''found'' money when their budgets have been set? Why doesn't the money get returned to the general fund like many other departments? Didn't I hear that the building department raises a lot of monies and fees but can't use those funds to support their department? Instead it goes to the general fund. What's wrong with expecting the schools to do that. Where is the message from our fiscal watchdogs?

You've set it all when you say, ''We have not given the school department a dime in extra money yet.'' I've been around long enough to know what's coming down the road..


By TMM

This is not the forum for you

Ted:

I think you better serve the Braintree community by working hard on your committee.

Responding to all the non-sense on this site does not truly clarify your Board's position, it is only your individual opinion, and can only result in a problem for you down the road.

Just a suggestion!

Take it or leave it.


By RepVoter

Question to TMMs

If you were to appropriate x amount of dollars to the school department, an amount less than they are asking for, wouldn't that in affect make them revisit the expenses within their budget? Let's face it, it sounds as though the school committee's actions flew in the face of both the advise of our finance director (level funding) and state statute (max contract 3 yrs.).It doesn't sound as if their actions were in the best interest of the town, so I'm asking you if you can conteract their actions by reducing their proposed budget?

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