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• Charter may oust budget group

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Preliminary discussions over the role of a budget committee under any new form of town government have several members of the Charter Commission questioning the direction the panel has taken. With the commission mulling the idea of Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 02, 2009 2:40 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, budget committee, charter commission, government

• New committee gets advice about state rules

  BY DERRICK PERKINS The message members of the charter commission received from a representative of the local government center on July 9 was “curb your creativity.” Attorney David Connell pointed to past attempts by towns and cities across Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 15, 2009 2:12 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, budget committee, charter commission, Town Council

• Known names take Charter Commission seats

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Voters backed candidates with a background in local government for the Charter Commission, giving town employees and elected officials seats on the nine-member board on May 19. The three members of the Board of Selectmen on the ballot, Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:30 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, voting, budget committee, planning board, charter commission, Board of Selectmen

• Officials say water, sewer bond passes legal requirements for stimulus funds

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Legal questions raised by at least one resident won’t sidetrack plans to use possible federal stimulus funds for the Canobie Lake Phase II project if voters approve the warrant article on May 19, according to town officials. A Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 13, 2009 2:34 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, voting, water and sewer, budget committee, stimulus funds

• Salem Selectmen to put $2.4 million bridge work article before voters

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Selectmen are asking voters to approve the replacement of two town bridges in March after adding the multimillion- dollar bond article to the Town Meeting warrant on Monday, Jan. 12. On the state’s municipal red list since late Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:27 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, bridges, voting, budget committee, obama

• Nonunion raises on Salem budget this year

  BY DERRICK PERKINS For one member of the Budget Committee, an attempt to add a 3 percent raise for a dozen top town officials in the proposed operating budget for 2009 is all about “sour grapes.” Town Manager Jonathan Sistare has taken criticism Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 03, 2008 3:50 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, town meeting, budget committee

• $33 Million budget proposed in Salem

  BY DERRICK PERKINS Selectman reviewed for the first time the proposed $33 million operating budget that covers the cost of leasing five new vehicles, roadwork and bridgework in the 2009 fiscal year. The proposed budget, reviewed Monday, Aug. 25, comes Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 3:04 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Budget, budget committee

• Charter reform may be in Salem’s future

  BY JIM DEVINE Selectmen voted to create a charter reform committee but plans for the panel have yet to be nailed down. In a unanimous vote on Monday, April 14, selectmen approved a proposal by Selectman Michael Lyons to create a seven- person panel to Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 1:52 PM by Salem Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Salem, Selectmen, school board, capital improvement, charter, budget committee