Timeline : Budget Hearings, Enterprise Funds, and Departmental Budget Adjustments

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Water and Sewer Department Budget Review (Link: 00:00:02 – 00:14:42)

Harbor Enterprise Fund Budget Discussion (Link: 00:14:42 – 00:19:58)

Health Department Budget Review (Link: 00:20:01 – 00:25:26)

Waste Department Budget and Curbside Collection Funding Structure (Link: 00:25:26 – 00:34:11)

Waste collection fee calculation and household costs (Link: 00:34:11 – 00:36:40)

Annual fee adjustments and reserve funds for waste collection (Link: 00:36:41 – 00:38:51)

Commercial waste revolving account rates and revenue generation (Link: 00:38:52 – 00:42:39)

Using revolving account profits to reduce residential fees (Link: 00:42:40 – 00:47:30)

Board of Health fee setting process and opt-out risks (Link: 00:47:30 – 00:50:44)

Finance Committee voting on health and waste budgets (Link: 00:50:45 – 00:53:41)

Select Board budget review and civic events funding (Link: 00:53:41 – 00:58:17)

Finance Committee reserve fund discussion (Link: 00:58:17 – 01:02:11)

Finance Department budget cuts and IT equipment needs (Link: 01:02:11 – 01:07:36)

IT investment as iterative process and ongoing costs (Link: 01:07:36 – 01:08:17)

Finance department technology improvements and data management systems (Link: 01:08:17 – 01:10:42)

Town council legal costs consolidation and budget increase (Link: 01:11:27 – 01:12:49)

Planning board legal cost reallocation (Link: 01:13:48 – 01:14:03)

Public buildings custodial staff elimination and operational impacts (Link: 01:14:03 – 01:18:03)

Human resources department budget adjustments and position reclassification (Link: 01:18:27 – 01:21:00)

Community planning and development three FTE cuts and department restructuring (Link: 01:21:00 – 01:28:35)

Police department school resource officer position cut (Link: 01:28:54 – 01:32:35)

Fire department staffing decisions and overtime management (Link: 01:32:50 – 01:35:02)

Building inspection department budget reorganization and service cuts (Link: 01:35:38 – 01:39:53)

DPW budget cuts and position eliminations (Link: 01:39:53 – 01:42:18)

DPW salary reclassifications and contract changes (Link: 01:42:18 – 01:45:23)

Street opening revolving fund discussion (Link: 01:45:23 – 01:47:32)

Hot top funding and oil price impacts (Link: 01:47:32 – 01:48:05)

Stormwater department integration challenges (Link: 01:48:05 – 01:51:33)

DPW FTE cuts confirmation (Link: 01:51:33 – 01:54:00)

Snow removal budget deficit discussion (Link: 01:56:26 – 01:59:37)

Council on Aging position cuts and impacts (Link: 01:59:41 – 02:05:21)

Veterans benefits budget review (Link: 02:05:32 – 02:10:49)

Technical difficulties with screen sharing and online broadcast (Link: 02:10:49 – 02:11:13)

Health insurance benefits analysis methodology and accuracy (Link: 02:11:13 – 02:17:04)

Acknowledgments for extraordinary work on budget transparency (Link: 02:17:04 – 02:19:51)

Final calculations and vote preparation for Select Board budgets (Link: 02:19:51 – 02:25:52)

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