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Budget uncertain after referendum; engine out for $6,000 maintenance
Summary
Board recorded that the town budget was not passed at referendum and the commission's budget remains unapproved; an engine is undergoing preventive maintenance estimated at $6,000 to be charged to the current fiscal year.
During the July 13 meeting the board noted that the town budget had not been approved at referendum and, as a result, the commission's budget remains unapproved. The minutes record that "the budget hasn’t been approved yet, the town budget wasn’t passed at the referendum."
The minutes also note an engine is currently out for preventive maintenance (PM) at an estimated cost of $6,000, which would be charged to the current fiscal year. No vote was recorded on funding the maintenance; the entry documents the cost and the budgetary uncertainty facing the department.
The minutes contain no further detail on contingency plans if the budget remains unapproved; members did not record a formal directive or contingency funding plan at this meeting.
