By Meredith McCulloch The Assessors will be upgrading their software, Patriot Properties Mass Appraisal Software, this summer. The cost for the upgrade…
Read MoreBy Meredith McCulloch Chair of the Capital Expenditure Committee Brian Bartkus reported recent changes to their recommendations at the Finance Committee meeting…
Read MoreBy Meredith McCulloch At the Finance Committee meeting on January 14, 2016, the Planning Board requested additional FY17 funds for a zoning…
Read MoreBy Meredith McCulloch The Finance Committee spent their November 19 meeting gathering information in preparation for setting a guideline for the town…
Read MoreCompiled by The Bedford Citizen At the end of Thursday’s Finance Committee meeting, members saluted retiring FinCom member Barbara Perry on her…
Read MoreBy Meredith McCulloch Barbara Perry has been a member of the Finance Committee since 1991, committing most of her Thursday nights over…
Read MoreBy Meredith McCulloch Most Town boards have a reduced workload immediately following the March Annual Town Meeting, but many continue to meet…
Read MoreFinCom Reviews Zoning By-Law Amendments, Town Hall Bonding Article for Nov 6 Town Meeting
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By Bob Dorer At their October 2 meeting the Finance Committee voted to support the Town Hall Building Systems Replacement – Bonding…
Read MoreBy Bob Dorer Over the last three weeks the Finance and Capital Expenditure Committees have welcomed several new members to their ranks.…
Read MoreBy Bob Dorer On September 11 Fire Chief David Grunes briefed the Finance Committee on the Bedford Fire Department’s developing plan to…
Read MoreBy Bob Dorer On top of a confirmed AAA bond rating, Bedford’s Finance Director Victor Garofalo is projecting strong local receipts for…
Read MoreBy Bob Dorer At the September 11 Finance Committee meeting, extensive efforts to build a robust, fully integrated, rolling five-year capital plan…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: The gap between the School Committee’s FY15 budget request and the Finance Committee’s guideline was resolved late on the evening…
Read MoreBy Meredith McCulloch On March 6 Finance Director Victor Garofalo told the Finance Committee that health insurance rates are projected to rise…
Read MoreBy Meredith McCulloch On March 6 the Finance Committee reviewed Article 7 of the warrant for Annual Town Meeting which calls for…
Read MoreVoters To Be Asked to Bond Two New Trucks
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By Meredith McCulloch At Annual Town Meeting the Town will be asking voters to bond $440,000 for two new dump trucks. The…
Read MoreDPW Has Handled 12 Snow Storms (So Far)
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By Meredith McCulloch Everyone is aware that this has been a snowy winter. Through February Bedford has had 73 inches of snow…
Read MoreBy Meredith McCulloch and Julie Turner The Finance Committee joined with members of the School Committee in an effort to bridge the…
Read MoreBy Meredith McCullloch The Bedford Finance Committee voted on February 13 to recommend an increase to full-time for the Assistant Planner in…
Read MoreBy Meredith McCulloch On December 5 the Bedford Finance Committee approved a 2.88% budget guideline for Town departments, totaling an increase of…
Read MoreBy Kim Siebert MacPhail At their October 17 meeting, the Finance Committee reconsidered their previous vote that recommended approval of “Bedford Housing…
Read MoreBy Kim Siebert MacPhail At their October 17 meeting, the Finance Committee reviewed actual and projected tallies of the costs incurred by…
Read MoreBy Kim Siebert MacPhail Superintendent of Schools Jon Sills and School Committee Chair Ed Pierce presented information to the Finance Committee (FinCom)…
Read MoreBy Kim Siebert MacPhail To better track the balances and month-to-month ebb and flow of 14 different Town department “revolving funds,” the…
Read MoreBedford’s FY2014 Financial Indicators
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Submitted by Finance Committee Chairperson Michael Seibert at the request of The Bedford Citizen The Finance Committee’s dashboard makes it easy to…
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