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Warner approves 2018 operating budget and several capital reserve additions
Summary
At the 2018 Annual Meeting Warner voters approved a $3,131,033 operating budget and multiple capital reserve contributions for fire, highway, bridge and DPW facilities; several related articles were combined for floor consideration and passed per recommendations of the Board of Selectmen and Budget Committee.
Voters at Warner’s Annual Meeting approved the town’s 2018 operating budget and a string of capital reserve appropriations.
Article 5 authorized a 2018 operating budget for general municipal operations of $3,131,033; the transcript notes the Board of Selectmen and the Budget Committee recommended the article and it passed (majority vote required). In subsequent warrant business, voters approved a series of capital reserve and expendable trust additions: Article 6 ($20,000 to Property Revaluation CRF), Article 7 ($4,000 to Employees Expendable Health Trust), Article 8 ($10,000 contingency fund from the General Fund), Article 9 ($25,000 to Police Department Vehicle CRF), Article 11 ($50,000 to Fire and Rescue Vehicle CRF), Article 12 ($5,000 to Fire Equipment CRF), Article 13 ($140,000 to Highway Road Construction CRF), Article 14 ($90,000 to Highway Equipment CRF), Article 15 ($20,000 to Bridge Repair/Replacement CRF), Article 16 ($160,000 to DPW Facilities Improvement CRF, with $50,000 from unassigned fund balance and $110,000 from taxation), Article 17 ($15,000 to Preservation of Town Records CRF), and Article 18 ($4,000 to the Library Building CRF). The moderator combined related articles for floor efficiency (Articles 11–12 and Articles 13–16) while allowing separate discussion; each passed and the transcript records Budget Committee recommendations (mostly 7–0) on many items.
Article 10, originally to discontinue two small capital reserve/expendable trust funds (approximately $8,700 and $102), was amended on the floor to return those funds to voters via setting the 2018 tax rate; the amendment passed and Article 10 as amended passed. The transcript shows public procedure (motions to combine articles and separate discussion) and voice votes on motions and final approvals.
