Budget Info FY 2010

Town Meeting, Budget Info FY 2010 and Election News

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01/08 /2009 Abington schools begin budget planning

01/09/2009 Proposed Abington school budget calls for 5.7 percent increase

01/18/2009 Budget info on Town website

01/18/2009 Town Manager budget message

01/18/2009 FY2010 B udget

01/18/2009 Analysis of Sources and Uses of Funds

01/27 /2009 Abington selectmen foresee cuts in next year’s budget

02/19/2009 Budget crisis taking a toll on Abington departments

02/24 /2009 Abington looks at job cuts, eliminating parks and recreation

02/25 /2009 Abington schools consider cutting teachers, closing school to trim budget

03/11/2009 Abington unions agree to take 12.5 unpaid days off over two years

03/12/2009 Abington selectmen endorse town meeting articles

03/15 /2009 Workers agree to furloughs

03/17/2009 Warrant for Town Meeting, April 6, 2009

03/19/2009 Revised School Year 08/09 Preliminary Budget Proposal

03/20/2009 Furloughs begin at Abington town hall

03/20/2009 Abington selectmen race heating up

03/22 /2009 Contested races dot April 25 election ballot

03/25 /2009 Abington to split town meeting into two sessions

03/29 /2009 Bailing out budget in Abington

03/13 /2009 Abington selectmen race is on

04/03/2009 Abington's Special Town Meting Monday

04/04 /2009 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Cherry Sheets

Town Meeting results to date:

Special Town Meeting; Articles 1, 4, 5 and 7 approved unanimously.
            Articles 2, 3 and 6 were passed over.
Annual
Town Meeting: Articles 2A, 2B, 3 and Article 12 will be taken up at
                           continuation of Town Meeting on Monday, May 11, 2009
                           at 7:00 p.m.

Article 11 was passed over.
Article 13 was not approved on a 83-78 vote.
All other articles were approved.

Warrants for Town Meeting, April 6, 2009

04/16/2009 2008 Abington Annual Report

04/28/2009 Town Meeting Update

05/05/2009 Budget Action to be Postponed until June 1, 2009

05/10 /2009 Abington town meeting delayed

05/29/2009 Library closings due to budget crisis announced

05/30 /2009 Finance Committee Recommendations and Dept. Heads' impact statements

05/31/2009 Spending cuts on tap in Abington

06/01/2009 Town Meeting tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the High School

06/01/2009 Finance Committee recommendations for tonight's town meeting

06/01/2009 Finance Committee recommendations for tonight's town meeting - handout

06/02 /2009 Abington town meeting gets bogged down, then postpones, budget talk

Budget info on Town website

Projected Impacts on Schools of various Budgets under consideration

05/29 /2009 Abington may postpone town meeting, again

06/07/2009 Local aid in proposed Senate budget

06/16 /2009 Abington town meeting OKs budget, $1.7 million override

06/16/2009 Estimated Real Estate Tax Impact of Town Meeting budget and $1.7 million override

06/18/2009 Abington override vote set for July 25

06/19/2009 Abington residents at Town Meeting support override proposal---election scheduled for July 25

06/19/2009 Abington Town Meeting photos

06/26/2009 Come Together for Abington Committee to meet tonight to discuss override vote

E stimated Real
Estate Tax
Impact of Town
Meeting budget
and $1.7 million
override

07/07/2009 Pro Override

07/07/2009 Con Override

07/08 /2009 Pro Override Update

07/12/2009 Two groups form before Abington votes on override

07/15 /2009 Abington selectmen don’t support $1.7 million override

07/15/2009 Con override news release

07/17 /2009 Sewer Commission discusses 40% increase in sewer rates at May 5, 2009 meeting-see minutes

07/18 /2009 Pro Override news release

07/19/2009 Voters to decide tax increase in Abington

07/21/2009 Taking sides on the Abington Proposition 2 1/2 override

07/21/2009 Abington Taxpayers Protection Group News Release

07/21/2009 Estimated tax increase without and with override

07/21/2009 A Primer on Proposition 2 and 1/2

07/21/2009 Abington overrides through the years

07/22 /2009 Open letter from Abington Taxpayers' Protection Group

07/22 /2009 Override in the hands of Abington voters

07/23 /2009 Abington sharply divided again by override proposal

07/23/2009 Schools hoping for override approval

07/23/2009 Voters get say on $1.7m override

07/24 /2009 ‘Dirty politics’ cried in Abington override battle

07/24/2009 Abington seniors receive unsolicited phone calls about override

07/25/2009 Abington voters go to the polls today, Saturday, to decide override

07/25/2009 Abington voters defeat override by significant margin

07/28 /2009 Abington clerk: Blackberries at polls was legal

07/28 /2009 Abington firefighters seek manning plan

07/29 /2009 School’s out at North School after failure of override in Abington

07/29/2009 Sewer rates going up in Abington

07/29/2009 Rejection of override in Abington means closing of North School, layoffs

07/30 /2009 Abington fire chief addresses override impact

09/17 /2009 Abington interim manager asks departments to trim budgets to cover unexpected deficit

09/18/2009 Searching for direction: Abington budget deficit more than $1M

09/18/2009 All you ever wanted to know about setting local tax rates

09/24 /2009 Abington senior center budget already in the red

08/12/2009 Town Manager Phillip Warren enjoyed his time in Abington

08/13 /2009 Abington selectmen thank departing town manager for job well done

0 8/14/2009 Abington receives $33K insurance credit

08/16 /2009 Departing manager proud of town

08/20 /2009 Big changes at Strawberry Valley Golf Course

08/21 /2009 Search committee coming together in Abington

08/25/2009 Abington ex-manager Warren taking job in New Hampshire

08/26 /2009 Assistant Abington Town Manager Dori R. Jamieson appointed interim town manager

08/29/2009 North Abington gets $1.6 million business revitalization grant

09/25/2009 Abington’s deficit grows to $1.1 million

09/27/2009 Summary of $1.1 million projected FY2010 deficit

09/27/2009 Former Abington school may be sold

09/27/2009 Towns to look at sharing senior services

09/28 /2009 FY10 Further Budget Reduction Impact Statement - Abington Public Library

09/28/2009 FY10 Further Budget Reduction Impact Statement - Abington Public Schools

09/30/2009 Abington departments told to cut more from budgets

09/30/2009 School for sale?---Supt. looking at all possibilities

10/01/2009 State says it will pay $7.2 million tab for Senate elections

10/02/2009 Meals tax on the table

10/02/2009 Slumping revenue may trigger more state cuts, layoffs

10/04 /2009 Sale of school building in Abington

10/08/2009 Abington looks at $1.13 million in mid-year budget cuts

10/06 /2009 Jury rules Abington must pay fired employee $405k

10/09 /2009 Abington Public School FY 2010 Mid-year Budget Reduction Plan

10/15 /2009 Tomorrow last chance to register to vote at October 26, 2009 Special Town Meeting

10/15/2009 Warrant with some FinComm recommendations for October 26, 2009 Special Town Meeting

10/21/2009 Fewer Friday Town Hall hours proposed in Abington

10/21/2009 Friends group steps forward to pay Abington senior center's electric, gas bills

10/21/2009 A lot at stake: Abington voters will decide on 16 articles at Special Town Meeting

10/22/2009 Proposed School Department reductions -$771K of town's $1.264 million shortfall

10/26 /2009 A lot at stake: V oters will decide on 16 articles at Special Town Meeting, Monday at 7:00 p.m.

10/27 /2009 Voters at Special Town Meeting approve $697,819 cuts to School Dept and elimination of Park&Rec Dept.

10/28 /2009 Abington voters reject override proposal

11/19/2009 No loss of accreditation for Abington High School

11/19/2009 Abington police, fire departments feeling effects of rejected override

11/18 /2009 Fire substation closure will increase response times to south Abington

11/18 /2009 Abington library workers agree to more furloughs to save a job

11/17/2009 Abington fire Station 2 closes

11/13 /2009 Abington committee will spend time on town finances

11/11 /2009 Abington selectmen keep hiring freeze in place

11/08/2009 Abington tries to collect $338,000 in delinquent taxes

01/01/2010 Abington grassroots group looks to boost the town’s fiscal stability

12/29/2009 Concerned Citizens task Force to meet Tuesday, Jan. 12th. New members welcome

12/29/2009 Abington into deficit spending for snow cleanup after storm

12/26 /2009 Abington fire chief applies for $400K federal grant

12/21 /2009 Abington selectman looks for fiscal sustainablility

12/19 /2009 Depleted snow budget means delays in Abington

12/18/2009 Fire department gets boost via new stimulus funds

12/17 /2009 Abington Fire Department a ‘moving target’

12/16 /2009 Abington selectmen cut back on plowing sidewalks to save money

12/15/2009 Abington to receive SAFE program grant funds

12/10/2009 Local towns receive drinking water project grants

12/07 /2009 Easing the educational burden in Abington

12/06/2009 Local group gets $50,000 grant to look at air base cleanup

12/03/2009 Abington Council On Aging director position up in the air

12/01/2009 Air base developers seek free land deal

01/06 /2010 Abington unlikely to hire full-time COA director anytime soon

01/07/2010 Abington Public Schools Preliminary FY2011 Budget Proposal

01/14/2010 The budget bunch: Selectman proposes creation of new committee in Abington

01/11 /2010 Five things that will shape Abington in 2010

01/14/2010 Gift account will keep senior van going

01/17 /2010 Town finances get help in Abington

01/19 /2010 Trash builds up in Abington park after barrels removed

01/20/2010 Abington predicts $1.5 million deficit for next year’s budget

01/21/2010 Town Manager search continues in Abington

01/26/2010 Finance Committee Minutes

Oct. 21

Oct. 16

Oct. 26

Nov. 11

Nov. 18

01/28/2010 Abington's budget deficit is $1.5 M