First Selectman's Report - 02/27/2012
FIRST SELECTMAN’S REPORT
Monday, February 27, 2012
UPDATE ON THE BUDGET PROCESS
ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TOWN’S BUDGET PROCESS WHICH IS ALREADY WELL UNDERWAY. THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN HELD ITS FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP ON FEBRUARY 15TH AND ITS SECOND WORKSHOP EARLIER THIS EVENING. THESE WORKSHOPS PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE HARD DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE TO CONTINUE A HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICES WITHOUT INCREASING COSTS.
OUR NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOPS ARE TOMORROW NIGHT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH AT 6:00 IN THE SMALL PROGRAM ROOM AT THE SIMSBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29TH HERE IN THE MAIN MEETING ROOM AT 6:00.
LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD A BIT FURTHER, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN WILL BE PRESENTING OUR BUDGET TO THE BOARD OF FINANCE ON TUESDAY, MARCH 13TH AT THE SAME TIME AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
THE NEXT STEP IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGETS, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON APRIL 3RD,AND THE BOARD OF FINANCE HAS UNTIL APRIL 17TH TO APPROVE THE BUDGET.
WE CONTINUE TO TAKE STEPS TO MAKE THE BUDGET PROCESS AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING – NOT ONLY ABOUT THE PROCESS – BUT ABOUT THE MANY, MANY SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THE TOWN OF SIMSBURY, AND THE ACTUAL COST OF PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE BUDGET INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE AS THAT INFORMATION IS ADDED OR MODIFIED. YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO THE BUDGET WEB PAGE RIGHT ON THE HOME PAGE OF THE TOWN’S WEBSITE, WHICH YOU CAN FIND ATWWW.TOWN.SIMSBURY.CT.US.