[RP TownTalk] Town Crier Budget

[Rob Oppenheim]

On Sun, 4 Dec 2005 21:19:12 -0500, Rob Oppenheim wrote:

>The Crier has spent $8,600 of its $21,000 budget.
Let me explain what is included in these figures.

The $8,600 includes all Crier expenses of printing, bulk mailing, and editing
for this fiscal year (including the costs for the Farmer Market ads).

However, the FM ads have their own line item in the budget. 
If Chapter 3 of the Town Code were followed, a transfer of approx. $1,600 would 
be made between line items, making the Crier Budget expenditures $7,000.

This $7,000 covers 4 issues, or $1,750 per issue - well under the $2,100 budget per issue.

There has been talk of not following Chapter 3, and instead transferring only $750. 
In this case, the Crier Budget expenditures would be $7,850 for this fiscal year, 
or about $2,000 per issue, still under budget.

Rob Oppenheim
Former Town Crier Editor
Current Ward One Council Candidate