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Town Meeting Approves Most of the FY12 Budget on First Night

Town Meeting has been continued until 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11

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Burlington's Annual Town Meeting kicked off last night and on day one made it through most of Article 4, the article pertaining to the budget. As agreed, however, the meeting ended at 11 p.m. and the full budget had not been approved by Town Meeting. The meeting was continued for this Wednesday, May 11, at 7:30 p.m. when Town Meeting will reconvene in the auditorium of .

The total proposed budget for FY12 is $67,093,381, marking a $1,803,829, or 2.76 percent, increase over the Fy11 budget. The General Government portion of the budget is $28,411,992, a 1.08 percent increase over last year. The proposed School Operating budget for FY12 is $38,681,389, a 4.04 percent increase over FY11.

Both of the proposed budgets listed above have been approved by the Burlington Ways and Means Committee and the General Budget has also been approved by the Board of Selectmen and the School Operating Budget has been approved by the School Committee.

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The following budget line-items were approved at the meeting last night:

Note: The Central Administration budget was raised $5,000 over what was proposed by the Ways and Means Committee to help pay for Burlington's 4th of July Celebration.

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Department Operating Budget Approved Budget Percent Change from Fy11 Budget Accounting $230,806 0.48% Assessors $340,674 1.78% BCLC $431,117 -1.13 Board of Appeals $14,576 0.34% Building $461,080 -0.23% Capital Budget Committee 800 33.33% Central Administration $140,480 5.8% Town Clerk $288,155 -5.28% Conservation $165,430 0.3% DAC $2,711 0.78% Emergency Management $22,702 -0.87% Fire $5,834,087 1.95% Board of Health 454,100 1.39% Historical $1,870 1.08% Human Resources $70,736 -1.05% Legal $198,500 25.24% MIS $290,765 1.63% Moderator 150 0 Planning $234,203 2.03% Police $6,561,398 -0.11% Recreation Director $549,884 2.86% Registrar $8,200 25.19% Selectmen $462,958 -0.45% Town Facilities $915,738 1.69% Town Meeting and Reports $20,056 0.38% Treasurer $584,641 4.15% Ways & Means $3,068 26.88% W&M Reserve Fund $200,000 -33.33% Weights & Measures $7,800 -16.13% Negotiated Settlements $350,000 21.23% School Operating $38,681,389 4.04%

The following budgets have not yet been approved:

Department Operating Budget Proposed Budget Percent Change from Fy11 Budget COA $250,988 2.66% DPW (exclude field costs) $6,897,453 0.85% Library $1,293,220 1.4% Recreation Maintenance $893,105 1.02% Veterans $235,541 27.24% Line item: County Retirement $6,200,000 1.73% Line item: Local Transport $155,000 0

Burlington Patch will continue to follow the events of the 2011 Annual Town Meeting and will post an additional story from the the first night with additional information. Check back soon for further coverage.

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