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Month: August 2025

Analysis of Budget and Metrics (FY2026) — Fire Department

Posted on August 18, 2025August 2, 2025

Fire Department Analysis of Metrics It is important to compile an appropriate budget recommendation, the members of the Budget and Financial Review Board must review several historical records.  The Town’s spreadsheet has several previous fiscal years (actual) as well as the current fiscal year (recommended, approved, and actual spending).  The spreadsheet is very dense with…

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Smithfield Municipal Court — To Be or Will Be?

Posted on August 13, 2025August 2, 2025

To Start … Before the 2024 election, this subject started to be discussed.  In calls that were discussed with me, I provided an objective, factual narrative about the past history on this subject.  Now on to the objective discussion. A Decade Retrospective This subject began with discussions from March 2015.  See compilation of minutes document…

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