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On the article School Officials Say Outsourcing Not Preferred Among Audit Options
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On the article Low Interest Rates Have Braintree Investing Aggressively in Infrastructure
Joseph Markman
11:52 am on Wednesday, May 8, 2013
ReplyThere is a 2012-2014 schedule here: http://www.braintreema.gov/mayor/fy-2012-2013-2014streets.pdf
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On the article Low Interest Rates Have Braintree Investing Aggressively in Infrastructure
Joseph Markman
8:53 am on Wednesday, May 8, 2013
ReplyThere is no money in this capital plan for adding classrooms or schools. The School Building Committee is still examining the study and other options that came up earlier this year and has not submitted any recommendations yet to the full School Committee. I will get an update on that asap.
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On the article Meals Tax Could be Coming Soon to Braintree
Joseph Markman
8:24 am on Wednesday, May 8, 2013
ReplyAll Town Council and committee meetings are open to the public and in the auditorium at Town Hall unless otherwise noted (http://www.braintreema.gov/townclerk/PostedMeetingNotices.htm – this site updates with new meeting notices about three-four days before the meetings are held). The May 21 meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. The May 15 meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. but also includes any callbacks the Ways & Means Committee needs to make on departments for the budget review, so I'm not sure exactly when the meals tax discussion will take place that night.
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On the article Meals Tax Could be Coming Soon to Braintree
Joseph Markman
10:47 am on Monday, May 6, 2013
ReplyFYI – According to the Braintree Town Charter, a citizen initiative measure begins with a petition filed with the Clerk of the Council. See the full description at Section 7-7 here: http://www.braintreema.gov/documents/BRAINTREECHARTERAmendedJan1009_000.pdf
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On the article 2014 Braintree Budget Breakdown
Joseph Markman
2:04 pm on Sunday, May 5, 2013
ReplyHere is a break-down of the FY2014 HR budget:
Administration: $546,150 (includes department head at $101,281, unemployment at $200,000, administrative/clerical at $103,569, along with small amounts for postage, office supplies, membership dues, etc.)
Employee benefits total: $16,821,960
Within that:
Workers comp. public: $96,617
Drug/alcohol test: $2,800
Employee assistance: $7,500
Workers compensation: $535,000
Employer: $850,000
Group life and medical: $8,635,658
Death benefit/fire: $6,000
Pension fund: $5,683,402
Non-contributory: $21,983
Benefits reserve: $935,000
Long term disability: $48,000 -
On the article Mayor Selects New Braintree Fire Chief
Joseph Markman
9:43 am on Thursday, May 2, 2013
ReplyPeter – As always, if anyone would like to go on the record with any and all information about the selection or any topic in the news here in Braintree they are welcome to email me at joseph.markman@patch.com or call 781-413-6157.
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On the article Mayor Selects New Braintree Fire Chief
Joseph Markman
9:13 am on Thursday, May 2, 2013
ReplyI appreciate the lively back-and-forth here on the issue, but please everyone keep in mind our terms of service which include refraining from personal attacks. Comments in violation will be deleted and repeat offenders may see their accounts suspended. Let's please keep it civil.
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On the article Precinct-by-Precinct Braintree U.S. Senate Primary Results
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On the article UPDATE: Bomb Threats Force Evacuation of Braintree High School
Joseph Markman
2:40 pm on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Hi Abdul,
Sorry I haven't responded yet – I will look into it and see what I can turn up.