Town Administrator John Coderre, in his annual presentation of the upcoming fiscal budget, stressed the transparent nature of Northborough government.
If it affects the resident, it is available to the public.
As part of his report for perhaps the last eight meetings, Selectman Jeff Amberson reminded townspeople to plan on Town Meeting. Get out and vote, and make it count. The annual Town Meeting is Monday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. at Algonquin Regional High School.
And to do this, it's important to be familiar with the warrant articles, which were approved by Board of Selectmen last week.
This year's warrant articles, and there are 50, include:
- Approval of the FY2014 budget for Algoquin Regional High School
- Capital projects that include $28,000 for an emergency shelter and $203,900 for a front loader for the DPW
- Approval of the town's operating budget for FY2014
- Approval of insituting a meals tax of .75 percent on restaurant meals
- Approval of the "home rule petition," where the town votes "to petition the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to enact special legislation allowing the Town to use insurance proceeds received to compensate for Fire and Police personnel injured in the line of duty as a salary offset."
- Acceptance of a sewer easement for Walmart
- Approval of $52,000 to appropriate funds from the Community Preservation Fund revenues to the Northborough Affordable Housing Corporation for costs associated with the construction of four affordable senior apartments