Town Meeting Monday
Published in the April 29, 2016 edition. By MARK SARDELLA WAKEFIELD — Annual Town Meeting gets underway on Monday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Veterans Memorial Auditorium at the Galvin Middle School. There are 20 articles on the warrant. Any registered voter in the town of Wakefield is eligible to attend, speak and vote on each warrant article. Article 1 relates to the Town’s $87,205,963 FY 2017 operating budget. Typically, each section of the budget is presented and voted separately. The largest portion of Article 1 is the School Department’s $36,266,170 budget. The $10,217,504 requested under Protection of Persons and Property includes the Police and Fire department budgets. Voters will be asked to approve $2,292,208 for General Government. Voters will also be asked to appropriate $15,705,963 for “Benefits and Administration,” which consists mainly of health...
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