Town Budgets Mild Winter

[AB_Monterey]

Originally Posted by tis

Exactly right. They are not going to announce it. And it might not be wasted, it might be something they will use in the future. But just to spend money to make sure your budget doesn't get lowered the next year isn't the way it should be---but it is.

My wife is a town administrator in NH. I can tell you for a fact, that's not the case. Budgets do not get lowered arbitrarily if, for example, plowing comes in with a surplus. Depts do not go on spending sprees to use up their budget.