Mass Municipal Assoc’s excellent annual meeting last week & attached my notes FYI http://ping.fm/vYxSp

Chas. Murray, Chair of House Ways and Means, told Mass Municipal Assoc today that $3 b. budget gap means “good luck” level funding state aid

Gov. Patrick email today announce his budget awards Medfield same educ & general state aid as last year & those 2 are 97.5% of FY10’s $7.4m

Medfield won today’s SJC decision in suit versus Mass DEP over draconian water withdrawal limits DEP sought to impose – http://ping.fm/XAHnY

DCAM scheduled meeting at 7:00PM on 2/03/2010 at Town House on the now combined PIP about the Medfield State Hospital environmental clean up

Medfield selectmen meet 7PM Tues to resolve environmental issues to include in Memo of Understanding with state re Medfield State Hosp reuse

Medfield has begun annual budget cycle for FY11 budget for annual town meeting (last Monday in April) – more at http://wp.me/pwOp1-1L

Medfield Budget Cycle Begun for FY11

The Town of Medfield has begun it yearly preparation of the budget for the town, which will be presented to the annual town meeting on the last Monday in April.  Mike Sullivan puts all the current assumptions and figures into a spreadsheet (copy attached), which is then updated as the process proceeds.  Attached is Mike’s first iteration of his spreadsheet for the FY11 budget.  This year the guiding premise is that no department’s budget should be higher than last year.

20091209-Tax Levy FY11 estimate

DCAM’s PIP meeting tonight on its Medfield State Hospital environmental cleanup process has been canceled, with no new date set as yet.

Dover selectmen recently agreed to join Medfield & Needham BOS in asking state for a feasibility review of proposed Bay Colony Rail Trail