Because of the complexity and difficulty of snow plowing at the high school, the arrangement worked out with the town is we hire a private contractor to do the snow plowing at the high school. It frees up public works to concentrate on the roads and the other five schools. |
The bulk of the increase is due to salaries and benefits. But utility costs have become a major factor. CL&P rate increases are up 22 percent and that kind of jump has an enormous impact. And coupled with heating fuel increases of 138 percent, it's astounding. |
The focus is on lobbying to get the formula (for reimbursement) fully funded. |
They went through everything, dollar by dollar, detail by detail. So the budget is as tight as it can get. |