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Old Home Day organizer asks finance committee to consider larger baseline support
Summary
Mike Lally, chair of the Old Home Day Committee Fund, told the Finance Committee that rising costs have made the event harder to fund and urged the committee to consider increasing its baseline support; staff were asked to incorporate the request into the FY2025 budget process and coordinate with the Recreation Commission.
Mike Lally, chair of the Old Home Day Committee Fund, asked the Town of Charlton’s Finance Committee to consider increasing the event’s baseline funding, saying costs for bands, tents and fireworks have risen and that the group needs a more reliable base to operate from. “Our funding and our costs have gone escalated like everything else,” Lally said, adding that he has “been chasing funds” for years.
Lally told the committee the total cost to secure…
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