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05/16/2012 04:00 PMFollowing the failure of the proposed town budget for 2012-'13, Clinton’s Board of Finance (BOF) met May 15 to discuss the Board of Selectmen (BOS) approved reductions to the town’s budget in the amount of $150,000. The BOF maintained the final BOS figure, though it arrived at different conclusions to where the cuts should be made.
The BOS had recommended those cuts to come from $13,000 from health and life, $12,000 from electricity, $12,000 from the selectmen’s stipend, $13,000 from the library, $21,000 from a Town Hall staff member (from full time to part time), $29,000 from the police budget (roughly equivalent to six months’ funding for a patrol officer), and $50,000 from contingency.
The BOF removed the cut to the selectmen’s stipend, increased the Police Department’s cut to $32,000, reduced the library’s reduction to $2,000, and added a $20,000 cut for a proposed new town vehicle.
Additional reductions may be made after tonight’s public hearing at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall.