This week, we have another installment of Town Manager Al Voegele’s series of columns entitled Around Town. This column focuses on the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2013, including a discussion of the role that the town’s Fund Balance plays.
You can read the column here: http://colchestervt.gov/Manager/AroundTown/46%20Final%20%20FY13BudgetChoices120207.pdf
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Whether one agrees or not, an explanation of the rationale for the Town budget ballot question by the Town Manager displays an openness. Input from the Selectboard might also help voters decide whether to vote Yea or Nay in March.