Selectmen Finalize FY06 Goals
FY06 Goals
The Board of Selectmen finalized on July 27, 2005 the following goals for FY06:
- Ensure that the FY07 budget planning provides for the future financial sustainability of the Town of Sudbury and protects core municipal and educational services
- Update the long range financial forecast and outlook for the Town
- Adopt Financial Policies for the Town
- Hold a joint planning session with the Planning Board on Route 20 progress and issues
- Initiate planning for restoring and improving the Town Centre
- Develop a fund for assisting seniors with property taxes
- Continue the on-going dialogue with Sudbury’s legislative delegation requesting legislation for senior tax relief options be enacted state wide
- Examine options to increase oversight of town owned parks and public spaces
- Encourage Planning Board and Conservation Commission to continue Environmental Summits
- Kick-off the new Ponds and Waterways Committee
- Continue legal efforts to end the pollution of the Hop Brook ponds
- Examine ways for the Town to be more fuel and energy efficient
- Review membership of town in regional planning groups
- Develop better communication efforts by Town boards and committees, using Town web site and public access channels.
- Examine ways to continue the No Place for Hate concept
- Examine ways to move forward on the Action Plan for creating units of community housing as outlined in the Community Housing Plan
- Examine ways to ensure Sudbury continues to have access to Advanced Life Support