The march to ATBM in pictures (L-R):  money; weighing costs and benefits; site of Board of Education budget discussions beginning January 14 (televised on Channel 79); Town (televised on Channel 79) and Board of Finance budget discussions here;  Board of Finance Public Hearing on the budget at Weston Middle School Cafeteria ("the pits" as so named by former Superintendent Janet Shaner);  and ATBM, held traditionally in the Auditorium at Weston High School (note all the empty seats last year).
Faster than a speeding bullet...no seconding for only motion proposing reduction to Selectmen's Budget
ANNUAL TOWN BUDGET MEETING ("ATBM") at 8 PM in Weston High School Monday night...after the Fire Department-EMTs left for their meeting (after "Citizen of the Year" award given), no one in the front rows at all...and the FORUM reports it thusly:

Weston Annual Town Budget Meeting; Voters approve $63.4 million budget
Weston Forum
Patty Gay
Apr 22, 2008

At the Annual Town Budget Meeting held last night in the auditorium of Weston High School, approximately 120 voters overwhelmingly approved an overall 2008-09 town budget of $63,417,586, a 4.71% increase from the current fiscal year.

Immediately after the vote, the Board of Finance approved a mill rate of 24.05, a 2.82% increase from the current rate of 23.39. A mill is equal to $1 for every $1,000 of assessed property value.

The budget was approved exactly as it was recommended to the taxpayers by the finance board. Although there were comments and questions raised about the education budget and items in the town budget, no changes were made.

Line by line, voters approved a town operating budget of $10,626,270, a 4.57% increase from the current budget.

The school budget of $43,975,601, a 5.48% increase, was approved in one singular vote.

Voters also approved a capital improvement budget of $1,396,000, a 5.76% increase; and a debt service budget of $7,419,715.
BOARD OF FINANCE PUBLIC HEARING COMING APRIL FOOL'S DAY - CLICK HERE FOR NOTICE
Back to BUDGET PROCESS FY2008-2009 STORY
Please remember that the Capital Budget is part of the Selectmen's Budget., and there is a Committee to handle these items, on which includes Town staff involved in the financial management: First Selectman,
Board of Finance Chairman, Board of Finance member, Building Committee representative, Finance Director and Town Administrator.  Last year the meetings of this group were scheduled for a time earlier than the opening of Town Hall for business (Town Hall's doors were physically open, however).

BELOW IS THE BUDGET PROCESS FROM FY07-08...

ATBM Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at 8pm in W.H.S. Auditorium (seats are blue): an underwhelming turnout - but what people wanted to do at ATBM would have been "out of order" - try to raise the school budget (CAN'T DO THAT) or discuss why the Police Commission is behaving badly (our opinion).  Building Committee looks at drawings of the Town Hall - roof replacement story here.  Old photo of Town Hall (before cell tower), site of Board of Selectmen's review of First Selectman's proposed budget and Education Budget advisory opinion.  Snow and ice put back Board of Finance review (also at Town Hall) of School Budget to Thursday, Feb. 15 at a new time - 7pm (one hour earlier).



Voters OK Weston's $57.3 million budget
By JEREMY SOULLIERE, Hour Staff Writer
Saturday, April 7, 2007

WESTON — Weston voters left their town officials' budget requests untouched Wednesday night, approving an overall town budget increase of 5.2 percent over the current fiscal year.

The 70-plus voters who attended the annual budget meeting voted unanimously on nearly all the 44 budget items before them, moving quickly through each department budget request, the schools' proposed budget, and the capital improvement budget request with only one "nay" throughout the proceedings and one public comment. The lone "nay" was in opposition to the proposed police department budget, and the public comment was supporting the Board of Education's budget.

First Selectman Woody Bliss said he was "very pleased" with the voters support of the municipal requests for the fiscal year 2008.

"We worked very hard — the department heads especially — in formulating the budget," he said, "(and) I think the vote of unanimous approval on almost every item (shows) that people like the job done by the department heads to formulate the budget."

Minus the projected revenue, the town's net budget for the upcoming fiscal year is $57.3 million, yielding a 2.81-percent increase in the mill rate, with residents paying $0.64 more per $1,000 of assessed property value.

"This is the lowest percentage (increase) in recent years," Bliss told the residents about the mill rate rise, which is slated to go from 22.75 to 23.39.

The bulk of Weston's newly approved budget, $41.7 million, will be allocated to the schools, a 4.1-percent rise over the present school budget, which residents gave unanimous approval Wednesday.

"I'm thrilled to get that kind of support," Board of Education Chairwoman Ellen Uzenoff said.

The task at hand now for the schools, she said, is figuring out where to cut the $550,000 the Board of Finance had reduced from the Board of Education's proposed $42.2 million budget last month.

"It's going to be a challenge to make those cuts," Uzenoff said.

She said Weston Schools Superintendent Lynne Pierson will be making some cut recommendations to the Board of Education on April 23, which will be making the decision from there.

The municipal budget for the upcoming fiscal year — $10.2 million — represents a 3.8-percent increase over the present year. The bulk of the increase is driven by upsurges in town employee salaries and benefits, Bliss said, with approximately 75 percent of the rise coming from those two areas.

Voters also supported a $1.3-million capital improvement budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which includes $325,000 toward replacing one of the town's fire trucks, $175,000 to renovate the town hall roof and $160,000 toward replacing windows at the middle school.

Residents also approved a $7.4-million debt service budget for the next fiscal year.
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WESTON ATBM 2007 (FY2008) -  Net $57.3 million ($15.6 million non-education)
IT COULD HAVE BEEN HELD IN TOWN HALL MEETING ROOM BECAUSE THERE WERE SO FEW PEOPLE THERE!  "About Town" counted max. 80 people in the High School Auditorium including the non-voting section and the front table (First Selectman, Parliamentarian and Town Attorney;  Moderator, Board of Finance Chair., Town Administrator, secretary of the meeting (Town Clerk), Superintendent of Schools, Chair. of the Board of Education, Town Finance Director and Board of Education Finance Director.

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Lyme Budget Pact OK'd In 20-Minute Meeting; Tax Rate Goes Up By A Quarter-Mill 
DAY
By Eileen McNamara,    
Published on 5/26/2007
         
Lyme — In the span of 20 minutes Friday, and with no debate or discussion, residents at the annual town meeting approved a new $8.2 million budget along with the purchase of a $345,000 fire truck, a new elderly tax-freeze program and the sale of 85 acres of town-owned land on Keeny Road.

About 50 people attended the town meeting at the Lyme Consolidated School, and after the meeting adjourned they broke up into small groups to chat. At the same time Gary Reynolds, chairman of the Board of Finance, gathered his board members together and convened a meeting to set the new tax rate for fiscal 2007-08. Standing together at one side of the school's gym, the board quickly agreed to increase the tax rate by .25 mills, to 14 mills.

Earlier in the meeting Reynolds warned residents that the Lyme-Old Lyme Board of Education could seek an additional appropriation from the town later in the year if it determines work is needed on the regional high school.

Voters in the school district recently rejected a proposed $53.9 million renovation and reconstruction project for the school and officials in the two towns anticipate the district school board might need additional funds in the coming year to undertake repairs to the school.  Though residents approved all of the spending proposals at the meeting without question or debate, Selectman Steve Mattson said he was pleased with the turnout.

“It shows people are still interested in civic participation,” Mattson said.

The $8,177,924 budget proposed for next year is $87,865 less than this year's $8.3 million budget. The decrease is partly the result of the small increase in next year's school budget that was approved by voters at a referendum May 8. The $26.9 million school budget will increase just 1.8 percent next year, and Lyme's portion of that spending will be $5.3 million, an increase of $47,610 over this year.

The town also has proposed designating $303,847 from its budget and putting it into the a surplus account.

The tax program adopted at the meeting would freeze the property taxes at the current year's level for qualifying low-income senior citizens. Residents age 65 or older who earn less than $40,000 annually would be eligible. Mattson said he believes fewer than 10 people in town would likely qualify.

He and other town officials said the program is needed to help protect longtime residents of the increasingly affluent town from escalating tax increases.

The Keeny Road property that residents approved selling will be sold for $365,000 to a couple who are planning to build a home there, town officials said. The town purchased the land in 2004 for $350,000 in order to preserve the property from higher density development. Under the sale agreement, only one home can now be built on the property.

Selectman Parker Lord said the sale serves the dual functions of allowing the town to recoup the money spent on the land while protecting most of the property from development. 

Wednesday, March 21: "deliberation meeting" of Board of Finance, it is reported, made cut of approximately $550,000 to School Budget--$200,000 in insurance reserve account that can be replenished via Special Appropriation and an actual $350,000 cut.  First Selectman's salary left at 64% increase (5-2 vote).

Board of Finance Public Hearing lasted 25 minutes with two speakers contra the budget (one very eloquent about the Town Meeting structure) and the 4 PTO Presidents and 3 members of the public speaking in favor of the School Budget.



(Already held)
FEB 15, Thursday beginning at 7pm (an hour earlier) Board of Education's budget:  change due to the ice-snow event on  Wednesday, Feb. 14...

NO POWER POINT:  In an impressive meeting (as long as "Lawrence of Arabia" but not as impressive in terms of videography) the Board of Finance faced off with Superintendent, Director of Finance and Operations, Chair., and full Board of Ed staff in audience and discussed the new, slim document.  No one made not nice remarks, a very civil discussion.

HOW IT WENT:  "What is the Strategic School Profile and why is it not included?"  A good question!  Director of Finance explained that the "EDO 1" document produced after October 1 of each year forms the basis for the State DOE "per pupil cost" - which was what the Board of Finance wanted to talk about.  If we heard correctly, the per pupil cost in Weston is $16,000 now.  Why?  Discussion of whether or not Weston faces declining enrollment ensued.  Fixed costs discussed.  Class size questioned.

THINGS TO WONDER ABOUT:  If the Board of Finance makes a cut, what will this Board of Education do to compensate? 



Monday, February 12, 2007 (Board of Finance) NO EXTRA MEETING TUESDAY, 8pm-10:35 or so, Town Hall Meeting Room - on Town TV, but we went for live coverage of this event!

POWER-POINT:  First Selectman Bliss noted healthy condition of finances in the Town but noted that the housing market-related offices (basically, Weston's tax base) were down.  He remarked that Redding (to our north, and a smaller community in population) had an equivalent sized budget this year for Town offices and services.

HOW IT WENT:  Board of Finance took one night only to review the Selectmen's Budget, Capital and Debt Service.  Main questioning:of study recommending increased salaries for Town Administrator and Ass't Town Administrator (also including other Town employees).  More discussion followed re: manner in which the First Selectman's increase was arrived at.  "Not the right process...doesn't 'feel right'" two comments.

OTHER:  The need for full coverage in the Tax Assessor's Office (who is out in the field doing...assessing! in the PM);  Parks & Rec budget re: field conditions--will this be improved and where is it in the budget;  supplementals discussed;  Chief Land reported that the bomber was back in jail;  "Kids In Crisis" money removed by Selectmen will return as a supplemental;  dog revenue down - house to house hunt for unlicensed  dogs upcoming;  cell tower #2 expense noted;  is school construction wrapped up?  ANSWER:  two suits still outstanding - we shouldn't lose anything over these, however.  Dial-a-Ride van replacement discussed.  Fire Truck, other trucks, discussed.

FORECAST:  $5.5 million bond issue to come in May--how's that again???  More confusion?  Town Administrator said on tape "March 22, Special Town Meeting" - so what's the story here???

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CHANGED FROM ANNOUNCED THURSDAY: now Wednesday, February 7, 2007 (Special Board of Selectmen's Meeting), 7:30pm in the Town Hall Meeting Room, the Board of Selectmen will discuss further with the Board of Education the document that will "bridge" current reporting documents and the new style of FY2008;  the School Budget will then be passed on to the Board of Finance.

Thursday, February 1, 2007 (Board of Selectmen's Meeting), 7:30pm in the Town Hall Meeting Room the Board of Selectmen votes on and transmits what is now called the Board of Selectmen's Budget to the Board of Finance;  recommendations only re: reductions to the School Budget are made and it is transmitted to the Board of Finance...wait a minute, see "Special" Board of Selectmen just below!
Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 7:30pm in the Town Hall Meeting Room the Board of Selectmen reviews the School Budget:

Superintendent of Schools and Director of Finance and Operations lead Selectmen through the new-style school budget document.  "About Town" watched on Town TV as an excellent presentation was given by Drs. Pierson and Keating (and other administrators and the Chair. of the Board of Education)...to be continued Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 7:30pm; 

Monday, January 29, 2007 at 7:30pm in the Town Hall Meeting Room the Board of Selectmen review the First Selectman's budget, continued if necessary the next evening;  "About Town" will watch this on Town TV...and we did!  Thank you, Town of Weston!

The First Selectman gave a Power Point presentation on his proposed budget, then invited comment.  The budget was then taken department by department, with the Selectmen questioning why special requests were becoming permanent items in the budget.  One Selectman noted that the departmental requests were almost precisely what was finalized by the First Selectman.  Summary pages here.

Questions also about why the Lachat project request in the Capital Budget (not yet finalized) for $450,000 for each of the next two fiscal years had no backup.  It was explained that this was "a placeholder" for the Lachat Education-Conservation Center Committee should that Committee come up with a request betwwn now and ATBM.

The new expense was suggested for a $65,000 program to have "Kids In Crisis" assist Middle School and High School by, we think, have a representative in the schools and 24-hour "hot-line" counseling--outside the School system/authorities, also assisting non-public school student who ask for assistance.


Weston school board OKs $42.2-million budget
Weston FORUM
by Terry Castellano
Jan 17, 2007

After three workshops lasting a total of eight and a half hours, the “bottom line” on the school superintendent’s draft of the 2007-08 school operating budget was that the proposed 5.47% increase over the current budget has the consensus approval of the school board.

First presented with the draft on Jan. 5 by Lynne Pierson, school district superintendent, the school board discussed many facets of the budget including the proposed total cost of $42,240,972, average class sizes in the elementary school, the cost of department chairmen and teacher mentors, and cost savings brought in through the use of consortiums and “good teamwork” in facilities management as described by Dan Clarke, director of facilities.

“We are comfortable with Dr. Pierson’s proposed figure,” Ellen Uzenoff, board chairman, said after the final workshop held on Jan. 11. “We have asked for an increase of one class section in grade two and an increase of one class section in grade one, but believe Dr. Pierson will be able to return to the board this coming Tuesday [Jan. 16] with the additional class sections and the 5.47% increase intact.”

Due to some minor technical edits, what the school board ended up approving Tuesday night was, in fact, just slightly lower — a $42,240,058 budget, representing an increase of 5.46% over the current year.

The budget is scheduled to be presented to to Board of Selectmen on Wednesday, Jan. 31. (See next week’s Weston Forum for full coverage of the Jan. 16 school board meeting, including the board’s discussion of the budget.)

During the first workshop held Jan. 5, the board agreed that an additional kindergarten class, which was included as a possible option in the draft proposal, was not needed at this time, but that an additional section was needed in grade two. The cost for the additional second grade teacher will be covered by the funds earmarked for the proposed option of an additional kindergarten teacher.

During the third workshop, the board reached a consensus that Hurlbutt Elementary School was in need of an additional class section in first grade. Ms. Uzenoff said funding for the additional first grade teacher will, most likely, come from within the proposed budget.

Hurlbutt will now have six sections in kindergarten, 12 sections in first grade, and 10 sections in second grade. This would bring average class sizes in at 19.5 for kindergarten, 18.7 for first grade, and 20.2 for second grade.

The unrevised draft had also called for six sections of kindergarten, but 11 sections of first grade, with an average class size of 20.4 and nine sections of second grade with a an average class size of 22.4.

“There was a consensus among board members that the first and second grades’ average class sizes needed to be lowered and that there would be enough flexibility within the proposed budget to accommodate the board’s request,” board member Dick Bochinski said.

Original budget requests

According to Dr. Pierson, the principals’ requested budgetary needs originally amounted to a 7.4% increase over the current budget. However, after the principals and assistant principals met with each other and central office administration, the budget requests were decreased to the presently proposed 5.47% increase over current budget.

“This has been an interesting process,” Rose Marie Cipriano, Weston High School principal, said, referring to the administrators of the individual schools meeting together to discuss their budgets within the context of one proposed school operating budget for 2007-08.

Ms. Cipriano added that working as a team across the district was a very positive experience.

As of Jan. 11, the salaries category, at $25,040,911, is the largest component of the budget proposal. This is followed by:

•    Employee benefits, $7,756,734;

•    Purchased services, $6,728,515;

•    Materials and books, $3,248,459;

•    Other categories detailed in the individual program budgets, $89,438; and

•    Equipment, $80,204

This totals $42,944,260, but is slightly offset by direct revenue sources of $703,288, which is primarily derived from state and federal grants.                                                                

New format for budget

Dr. Pierson is using a new format for the budget this year. The format was designed after the school board asked Dr. Pierson “to review and improve the budget development process.”

The new format also follows on the heels of the Boards of Selectmen and Finance asking for more transparency in the budget document. And with Jo-Ann Keating, the newly hired director of finance and operations on the central office administrative team, the time appeared perfect, according to Dr. Pierson, to bring about a new format for the upcoming fiscal year.

The budget document includes an executive summary, which provides detailed financial information on salaries ($25,040,911) and employee benefits ($7,756,734), as well as non-salary accounts including, but not limited to, educational and technical services ($1,329,084), contracted services ($1,347,569), transportation services ($1,662,420), out-of-district tuition ($1,252,944), and energy ($1,778,519). These expenditures are across school district costs.

The overall budget also includes 12 separate budgets labeled “program budgets,” which include the individual schools, athletics, special education, pupil personnel services, curriculum and instructional improvement, technology services, district administrative services, facilities services and districtwide services.

The overall budget handbook includes the capital budget, special revenue grants from the state and federal government and supplementary information, such as projected enrollment and student performance on the CMT, CAPT, AP tests and SAT.

Budget requests for the individual schools are:

•    Hurlbutt Elementary School: $3,273,171

•    Weston Intermediate School: $3,769,545

•    Weston Middle School: $4,212,848

•    Weston High School: $5,260,683

The athletic department’s proposed budget is $787,329, but is expected to be partially offset by $93,000 in revenues such as participation fees and gate receipts.

The board was particularly complimentary of Interim Athletic Director Mark Berkowitz’s budget documents, which broke down the overall athletic operating budget request into individual team budgetary needs for the upcoming fiscal year.

The special education budget request is $5,087,876. This figure was arrived at after deducting expected revenues of $610,288. The revenues are comprised of a state excess cost grant and pre-school fees for non-special education students enrolled in the school district’s pre-school program.

Budget requests also included: Pupil personnel services ($1,961,497); existing curriculum and instructional improvement ($1,108,145); new curriculum and instructional improvement — as revised after the first workshop, but prior to the conclusion of the third workshop ($153,941); technology services ($1,083,479); district administrative services ($1,029,850); facilities services ($5,130,482); and district-wide services ($9,475,126).

NOTE:  posted on December 18 was a list of meetings building up to Board of Education approval of its budget, which is transmitted to the Board of Selectmen (who by Charter cannot make any changes).  These three education Board "workshops" are all at the Weston Town Library

(and are on the Town of Weston TV Channel #79, we presume). BOARD OF EDUCATION SPECIAL BOARD MEETINGS - Budget Workshops January 5, 9, 11, 2007 at Weston Town Library


Discussion at this first "workshop" centered around enrollment and its impact on class size.  The proposed school budget is a 5.47% increase (prior to the Board of Education making its own changes).  The budget "pie" has been divided into "budget by function" ("cost centers?") slices (as well as the other regular types of pie charts) - the largest being "District Wide" at 23%, second being Weston High School (12.33%); Facilities (12%), Special Ed (11.88%), Middle School at 10.05%, WIS at 8.84%, Hurlbutt 7.68%, PPS at 4.59%, Curriculum & Instruction 3.25%, technology 2.33%, District Admin. 2%...with Athletics bringing up the rear at 1.62%.
We watched at home on Town TV!!! 
Same.



* = the one workshop that is in the morning!

BIG TURNOUT FOR WHAT WAS OBVIOUSLY CONSIDERED BY THE ADMINISTRATION TO BE CONSIDERED A SLAM-DUNK!
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING VOTES 'YES':  THURSDAY, MARCH 22 AT 8PM IN THE WESTON HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA - 100 people or so show up to approve funding the old section of the high school roof's replacement by moving money from Referendum Item #3 ("Middle School Auditorium") to this new project AND FIXING UP THE OLD AUDITORIUM!  At ATBM 2006 $300,000 had been in the Capital Budget to begin the process. 

Thru FORUM reports...Thanks to the League of Women Voters "Speak Up 2007"  a citizen stood and asked a question or two about the status of the roof and auditorium, and got some answers!  And the FORUM reported, in a front page story about what happened at the Feb. 3 Speak Up.


Weston High School Roof: Work goes out to bid
Weston FORUM
by KIMBERLY DONNELLY
Feb 14, 2007

The bidding process is underway to replace the roof at Weston High School — although the money to pay for the work is not exactly in the bank.  Interested contractors met at Weston Town Hall on Monday for a mandatory pre-bid meeting, followed by a field inspection of the existing roof conditions.

On Monday, Weston First Selectman Woody Bliss said the town Building Committee estimated the cost to replace the aging and leaking high school roof was about $2.9 million.  In addition, Mr. Bliss said the town will likely try to bundle together with the roof replacement a building package that would include modifications to the high school auditorium.

Mr. Bliss said that while estimates for the auditorium work came in at about $1.6 million, the town is planning to spend no more than $1.3 million on renovations. 
All told, then, the project will cost about $4.2 million. So how does the town plan to pay for it?


Different sources

Mr. Bliss said soon the voters will likely be asked to approve funding for the combined roof and auditorium project that comes from several different sources.

First, there is approximately $2.9 million left in approved funds for a proposed performing arts center at Weston Middle School. Last summer, the school board voted unanimously to defer further action on the proposed arts center because costs were significantly higher than the funding approved in a November 2001 referendum.

Mr. Bliss said voters will soon be asked to redirect that money to the roof and auditorium project.  In addition, $300,000 has already been allocated in the current year’s capital budget for roof replacement costs.  To make up the difference, the town is proposing that $1 million be transferred out of the reserve account.

The town’s reserve fund balance currently stands at more than $8 million, or nearly 15% of the total town budget. Tom Landry, town administrator, had recommended the town consider reducing that amount, saying it was unnecessarily high for purposes of maintaining the town’s Aaa bond rating.  The finance board agreed to do an annual review of the fund balance, agreeing in theory with keeping the balance at an appropriate level based on the financial condition of the town at a given time.

Only the roof replacement portion of the project has gone out to bid thus far, however. Sealed bids are due on Monday, Feb. 26.

If all goes as planned, the town Building Committee will review the bids and recommend a contractor to the town on March 7. The following day, the Board of Selectmen is scheduled to meet to review the recommendation and to approve funding.  The finance board is expected to propose appropriation of funds for the roof on March 15, and a town meeting will be asked to approve those funds  — and probably additional money for the auditorium renovation — the following week, on Thursday, March 22.

A contract is scheduled to be awarded no later than March 26, and work is set to begin Monday, April 16.

Plans call for completion of at least the roof portion of the project in no more than 18 weeks, with much of the work — especially that involving asbestos — done over the summer school recess.


FROM THE FORUM STORY FEB. 8:

"...High school roof, auditorium

In answer to Johanna Pfund’s question about the date for a vote on the high school roof and auditorium, Mr. Bliss, Joe Fitzpatrick of the Building Committee, and Tom Landry, town administrator, advised the following:

Sealed bids, a call for which was published on Jan. 29, are due back Feb. 26. On March 8, the Board of Selectmen will meet to review and vote on the appropriation; the Board of Finance will meet and vote on the appropriation, which will be followed by a public hearing on March 15. On March 22, a town meeting is scheduled to approve or deny the funding.

Mr. Bliss said Monday that, if approved, construction is scheduled to begin on April 16 and continue over an 18-week period for scheduled completion on Aug. 17. A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on Feb. 12..."

What happened during the budget process last year and at ATBM?
 
At Board of Finance on December 14, 2006, it was remarked that the RFP "had gone out"  for this study...and three responses were received by the Board of Education, who, on January 10, 2007, referred these to the Building Committee for its recommendations.

Early Meetings:  Capital Advisory Committee meets three times before December 1...what are they up to?  One thing discussed at the November 29, 2006 meeting (7:45am in Town Hall) was the need for assessment of all Town and School buildings re:  the condition of their roof, and we presume other items that need maintenance/replacement on a periodic basis.  QUESTION:  what role does preventative maintenance play in extending the life of a building?  Or do these structures get obsolete and thus not worth maintaining???

An RFP or two in development;  the one on buildings to be finalized, sent out and a study completed around April 2007, of all Town and School Buildings.  Another, on environment of buildings, to be developed.   NOTE:  Building Committee, without a quorum, discussed this later the evening of Wednesday, November 29, 2006.  Next meeting of Capital Advisory Committee Monday, December 4, 2006 at 7:45am in Town Hall...more, we believe, were held, too.