Fiscal Responsibility

Tonight the Council will vote on a treasurer's warrant that includes payments tied to a capital project that has never gone through the formal bidding and approval process our Purchasing Policy requires. I'm voting no, much as I have in the past, and I've put my reasoning in writing this time versus just verbalizing it during the meeting. Attached below, along with an earlier letter raising the same concern about a different contract, is a letter I will present for the record

Happy New Year to everyone! Over the past two months, I’ve been thinking carefully about how best to turn my campaign priorities into real action. As part of that process, I’ve spent time looking at how other municipalities manage their operations and at software systems I’ve encountered through my work as an engineer working with local governments. What has become clear to me, is that many of the challenges we face as a town aren’t isolated problems, but rather, are the prod

At the November 25th Town Council meeting, the Council talked about holding a Special Town Meeting so residents can vote on whether to allocate $750,000 from the Town’s undesignated funds (our savings account) as a backup fund (Contingency) for the Town Hall renovation project. The presentation we saw that night showed the project running about $382,000 over budget. After the meeting, I found out the Town had already signed a $7.083 million construction contract with Charter