Bridgewater Board of Selectmen call for upcoming town action August 3, 2007

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August 3, Bridgewater Board of Selectmen call for upcoming town action   At the Board of Selectmen Meeting this Friday morning at 8am, votes were taken to move forward with two actions relative to finance: (a) By a unanimous vote, a Special Town Meeting is called for Monday August 20th at 7:30pm at the new B-R Regional High School to address an override ballot question. (b) By a 4-1 vote {Mark Oliari NO}, the Board also set a special ballot election for Saturday September 8th from 7am to 8pm to vote on a $2,199,655 override.

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After about 90 minutes of discussion, including two Selectmen who were "not happy with the way we got here", trying to plan a process for moving forward finally won out with the passage of the motions to schedule Special Town Meeting and Special Election.    Hopefully, rather than talk about what is wrong with B-R, the Selectmen can come forward with positive actions to improve the situation of the Town. Breakdown of override: $1,495,164 B-R Schools     20,000 Selectmen      2,000 MIS Dept     11,000 Accountant     63,704 Assessors     37,313 Collector      7,100 Law Dept      1,900 Election/Registration      2,000 Conservation      3,000 Planning Board     31,562 Comm Devel/Transp.     21,250 Town Buildings      3,000 Senior Center     50,000 Fire Dept     15,000 Inspectional Services     76,320 Highway Dept.     17,000 Board of Health     41,950 Council on Aging      4,500 Veterans Services     32,642 Library     18,000 Recreation    200,000 Medical/Life Insurance     10,000 Misc.      5,250 Gas/Oil

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