Budget still taking shape in Dracut, some questions.. -- Dracut Weekly Roundtable

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Subject: Budget still taking shape in Dracut, some questions..

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Shawn

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Date Posted: 15:53:06 05/18/04 Tue

From the lowell sun article on 5/18 by Adam Holland (the new boy in town):

Committee Chairman Gary Marsella whose two dissenting votes were the only break from a night of near unanimity said members of appointed bodies such as the Zoning Board of Appeals work just as hard and are equally deserving, adding, "There's a lot of other people that ought to be paid."

Dennis (et al), I think we have come to understand that paying elected officials makes is possible for them to join the benefits and retirement plans. I know it is a touchy subject, so I am not directing my comments towards those currently in office..

How is this a town meeting issue (that of the Tech High School committee members being paid)? Is this a collaborative of some sort that all the towns have to agree on these issues? And if it is approved, would the paid members be paid as employees of the town or the technical school (and how would that affect our future town budget?).

And I never heard of Mr Marsella. Do you know where he is coming from by not voting in favor of this? (Is it because he thinks there is a fairness issue in regard to other elected positions in our town? does he just not want to see more elected officials paid?) The story was not very complete in this case.

Personally, because of the health care issue, I think I would prefer to hold off on adding new employees at this time. If board members throughout the town need to be compensated, I would prefer to do it as some sort of expense compensation rather than a salary/stipend situation (which brings in all the 32/32b issues that bubbled up last month).

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