Friends and Neighbors,<br><br>The first Finance Committee Meeting to discuss the fiscal year 2011 budget will be this Wednesday, May 12, starting at 7:30 PM, at Town Hall (5008 Queensbury Road).<br>
<br>Because the budget is a long and complicated document, I hope to limit
discussion at this meeting to General Government (Town Hall) expenditures. I may
take a little time at the beginning of the meeting, perhaps with input
from the Mayor, to give an overview of the budget, and some budgetary
realities facing us this year. If we have energy and time at the end
of the evening, we might also discuss some of the "Miscellaneous"
expenditures. <br><br>
Tentatively the meetings scheduled for the 17th and 19th of May (both
starting at 7:30 pm) will be, respectively, the Police Department and
Public Works budgets. If we are moving fast enough in either of those
meetings, we will discuss revenues. Otherwise we will schedule a
meeting for some evening beyond May 19th to discuss revenue.<br><br>For those of you currently without a copy of the budget, you can find a scanned copy of the budget as proposed at <a href="http://www.thompsonward2.org/20100501FY2011MayorsProposedBudget.pdf">http://www.thompsonward2.org/20100501FY2011MayorsProposedBudget.pdf</a><br>
<br>As with all meetings of the Town Council and committees, members of the public are encouraged to attend and participate.<br><br>Alan Thompson<br>Ward 2 Town Council Representative and Finance Committee Chair<br><br>