Issues: February 2009 Archives

Article 17: An a appropriation of approximately $100,000 in new tax dollars (of a total cost of about $450,000) to partially fund a new soccer field next to the Lion’s Club and repair the Playground Drive soccer field. To fund this would require changing the Municipal Building Fund ( approx. $972,000) from a fund intended for building future buildings to a fund that would allow monies to design, site develop, equip and construct and make capital improvements. This was proposed solely to take about $107,000 to partially fund the new soccer field construction. Selectmen Charest was not in favor of changing the meaning of the Municipal Building Fund to allow monies (approx. $972,000) to grab another $107,000 to fund this soccer field. He felt that the people voted it for a specific purpose and it should be respected. Betsey Patten was equally concerned and held judgment to another day.