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The town has already collected $4 million of a possible $13 million in extra money hidden from the budget process.
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Nancy Driggs: Apologies Are Due to Tiverton Budget #2 Voters
Following the FTR vote the Budget Committee re-convened on June 9, 2016 to carry out its remand responsibility to “determine docket line items(s)”, as required by Tiverton’s Home Rule Charter. Some, including Louise Durfee, threatened not to show up and participate. However, all but one (Joshua Mello) of the Budget Committee members were present. From comments by some at the beginning of the meeting in opposition to having to make any downward adjustments, one would have thought a few hateful, errant voters had staged a coup, rather than the majority of FTR voters, totaling thousands more than used to participate on the old financial town meetings. But by the end of that evening the Budget Committee did make adjustments to the Municipal Budget which were 84% toward the voter mandate. Louise Durfee raised the idea of eliminating curbside trash pickup to reduce spending, and increasing the fee for the bags as a way of raising more revenue. Town Administrator Matt Wojcik said the curb-side trash contract doesn’t expire until July 2018 and savings, in any event, would be less than $300,000. Town Solicitor DeSisto warned there could be litigation (an additional budget expense) should the contract be altered. We continued …
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