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Council
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The budget battle forced a continuation of the meeting to April 20. In a successful effort to attenuate the budget argument, council member Lynch suggested polling to determine the budget priorities of each member. The majority of the council specified water and/or sewer issues as the most critical. All agreed that these were important, but Mayor Stewart Willis emphasized the importance too of the “niceties” that ensure the strength of the tourist trade, and Treasurer Viguerie stressed the value of those expenditures that kept the town running properly and in good physical and aesthetic order.
The balance of the discussions was directed toward reviewing the budget on a line by line basis and, as a result, the draft budget was accepted with a few notable changes. The budgeted computer expenditure was retained in total—a majority of the council said that they would not vote to spend the nearly $12,000 budgeted (system, training and support costs), but would not object to carrying the line items until an appropriate replacement system was identified. The $9900 allocated for Y2K emergencies was removed and redirected to water and sewer reserves and to accommodate smaller changes to the draft budget.
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