David Cuetos wrote: "After adjusting for structurally inflated budget lines, our true operating budget is likely closer to $46–47M—implying a reserve target of around $7M. That leaves as much as $18M in excess reserves available."
What is meant by structurally inflated budget lines and how are you calculating our "true operating budget"? Implying that citizens should somehow equate not passing the Community Center Warrant article with the town not needing to collect taxes in the fall seems a huge reach and not very financially responsible for our town. And if our reserves are so healthy, why is there even an argument against allocating an additional amount to cover the Community Center shortfall? Let's also not forget that if the Community Center somehow fails now, we would still need to renovate Bemis and the LEAP pods, so this wouldn't free up *that much* in the town budget. This is reminiscent of the first school building project getting voted down and then a more expensive project (with no state matching funds) finally passing years later. -- *Sara Lupkas*
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