2007-11-14 Ad hoc Budget Schedule Report

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4. If the operating budget is approved by Town Meeting, the Selectmen vote the question the same night, as was done in 2007. The override election can then be five weeks (35 days) later. However, five weeks would usually have the election fading on the third Monday in April, which is usually the beginning of the April school vacation The fourth Monday in April is the earliest practical date in most years.10 10 If Town Meeting remains in session after approval of the budget, reconsideration of the budget is possible. The committee discussed the idea of having a second Town Meeting to take up nonfinancial matters, and dissolving the first Town Meeting as soon as the budget is approved. However, no recommendation is made either way: Note that in 2007, the Selectmen voted to put override questions on the ballot well before Town -Meeting was dissolved, simply resting on the assumption that there would be no reconsideration. 8