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RSU 18 board opts for open warrant articles for district budget meeting
Summary
The board voted unanimously to use open warrant articles — allowing increases or decreases — at the district budget meeting to avoid irreversible typographical or allocation errors.
Board members debated whether warrant articles at the district budget meeting should be 'open' (allow increases or decreases) or 'closed' (allow only decreases). The superintendent explained the practical difference: open articles permit increasing a line that was too low and avoid permanently locking in a mistaken closed amount.
Andy (speaker 7) moved for open warrant articles and Christine seconded. Andy noted the board accidentally adopted closed warrants in a prior year and that the inability to correct certain errors had been problematic. The motion passed unanimously.
Board members said they were not seeking arbitrary changes but rather a safeguard against accidental underfunding or typographical errors in warrant language.
