[Town Meeting] Correction to Substitute Motion e-mail

[IvyEmporiums at aol.com]

Dear Colleagues.
 
    Al Tosti has correctly informed me  that comments by any members of the 
Finance Committee do not an approval  make.  My inquiries were of a general 
sort, the method and appropriateness  etc.
 
        I stand corrected, and it  was my error.  Had I been aware Article 
35 was going to be  submitted, I could have worked out alternative wording 
with Roly and Pam,  it would have been presented in that manner and, I 
assume, passed along in  the same manner as the current Article.   
 
    Since my substitute article was only to  replenish a depleted town 
account that was, in the spirit of the original  Article 35, dedicated to 
similar historical purposes (established by Town  Meeting to promote the 
association of the Town with Uncle Sam) it seemed awkward  to ask the Fin Com be 
convened on a matter which would have been  routinely passed. The Board of 
Selectmen has no reason to  deny this partial replenishment of the account, 
allowing the  Committee enough to exist, while augmenting already existing funds 
and  accounts at the Library and the Historical Association.  Rather  than 
return the entire amount of the remaining funds to the Town, I am hoping  
only to divert a portion to replenish what the Town had withdrawn during  the 
years the Committee was without governance, leaving it currently  penniless 
(actually about $350.00 was left) and unable to embark on  specific projects 
highlighted in the survey.  
 
     But my tacit assumption that the  Selectmen and the Fin Com would vote 
to continue  the Uncle Sam Committee was just that, an assumption, and not 
an  approval.  My bad.
 
    I hope that anyone else who has some suggestions or  corrections will 
also comment, as it is my purpose to ensure that the Uncle  Sam Committee is 
supported and restored, not to create controversy or  misunderstanding due 
to my errors.
 
    e-regards,
 
    Laurence O. McKinney
    Seventh Precinct
    Chair, Uncle Sam  Committee    
 
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