Sabattus Town Budget Committee Calendar
FY 2010-2011
Budget Review Process
Town Charter
states – Budgets must be submitted for review NLT 1 March. (Received on 23 Feb
2010)
Town Charter states
- All Warrant Items must be approved by the Selectmen or by citizen petition.
Town Charter
states – Town Meeting Warrants are “locked” 30 days prior to Town Meeting date.
Date of Town
Meeting – TBA pending action by the Board of Selectmen to set a date.
*Members of the public are welcome at every meeting
to voice their opinions and concerns.
RSU #4 School Budget Process
Please keep in mind that the RSU budget is
prepared by the RSU School Board.
There is a separate RSU meeting to approve
the proposed school budget, which then goes to referendum in June.
Call the RSU #4 office to check on time and
updates to meeting locations and times.
RSU
#4 School Boards - Points of Contact
Contact the
Superintendent of RSU #4
Town Budget Process
The following
is the schedule for review and formulation of Town Budgets
The Budget Committee will meet as indicated in the
chart below:.
|
Date |
Time |
Location |
Activity |
*Participants and/or Point of Contact |
Area of Discussion and Action |
Status |
|
23 Feb 2010 Tuesday |
6:00 pm |
Town Hall |
Selectmen and Budget Committee meet to receive the proposed Town
Budget. |
· Budget Committee · Selectmen · Town Manager |
Hand-Out Draft Budget Introductions |
Completed - Received a copy of the budget from Jim
Bennett for review and comment . |
|
4 Mar 2010 Thursday |
6:00 PM |
Town Hall |
Committee Work and Organizational Meeting. Welcome new members. |
· Budget Committee |
Organizational Meeting Review Draft Budget |
Completed – Elected Officers and discussed the way
ahead for the Committee. Still need
two members to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen. |
|
6 March 2010 Saturday |
8:30 AM |
Town Hall |
Committee Work |
· Selectmen · Budget Committee · Town Managers – Jim
Bennett (Outgoing) and Rick Bates (Incoming) · Members of the Town · Department Heads |
Quick overview and explanation of the budget. |
Completed – Jim Bennett , outgoing Town Manager,
reviewed the entire budget with the Board and the Budget Committee. Both groups decided to meet again at 7:00
pm on Tuesday, March 9th.
The Budget Committee will meet at 6:30 and then meet with the entire
group. |
|
9 March 2010 Tuesday |
6:30 PM and 7:00 PM |
Town Hall |
Review two budgets in detail. Budget TBD by Selectmen and Town Manager. |
· Selectmen · Budget Committee · Town Manager · Members of the Town · Department Heads |
Review Departmental Budgets. |
Police Public Works |
|
22 March 2010 |
7:00 PM |
Town Hall |
Committee Work |
· Budget Committee |
Review Departments |
Police Public Works |
|
23 March 2010 |
7:00 PM |
Town Hall |
Committee Work |
· Selectmen · Budget Committee · Town Manager · Members of the Town · Department Heads |
Review Departments |
CEO/Transfer Station Fire Department |
|
29 March 2010 |
7:00 PM |
Town Hall |
Committee Work |
· Budget Committee |
Review Departments |
CEO/Transfer Station Fire Department |
|
30 March 2010 |
7:00 PM |
Town Hall |
Committee Work |
· Selectmen · Budget Committee · Town Manager · Members of the Town · Department Heads |
Review Departments |
Administration and Misc Budgets |
|
24 April 2010 |
1:00 PM |
Town Hall |
Committee Work |
· Budget Committee |
Review Final Selectmen’s Budget Recommendations Review Draft Warrants |
|
|
27 April 2010 |
7:00 PM |
Town Hall |
Joint Meeting |
· Selectmen · Budget Committee · Town Manager · Members of the Town · Department Heads |
Final Review |
|
|
NLT 1 May 2010 |
|
Town Hall |
Committee Work |
· Budget Committee |
Publish and Distribute Town Book. |
|
|
5 June 2010 |
9:00 AM |
Sabattus Central School |
Town Meeting |
· All Voters in the Town of
Sabattus |
Town Meeting - Approve
Town Budget |
|