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Volume LXI No. 8 “I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.” –– Ronald Reagan Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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By Justin Graeber, Clipper Editor Budget breakdown
justin@duxburyclipper.com
match money towns set aside
fter not spending for three community preser- Money from town tax sur-
charge: $1,273,000
all their funds last vation purposes: historical
year, the Com- preservation, open space and Money set aside for
munity Preservation Act has affordable housing. Duxbury administrative purposes:
$3,950,500 to play with at this adopted the act in 2001 and ($80,500)
year’s Town Meeting –– and the maximum tax surcharge, Anticipated state match:
they plan on making a splash, 3 percent. $340,000
buying a waterfront property While the town enjoyed
off Crescent Street to give ac- many years of 100 percent Undesignated fund bal-
cess to the public. matching funds from the state, ance: 1,980,000
the last several years have not Unused historical preser-
Town Meeting 2011 been as profitable. Last year, vation money: $20,000
Restoration work on gravestones in Mayflower Cemetery (pic- the match was only 30 per-
Community Preservation tured) and Standish Cemetery is one of the proposed Community cent –– down from 38 and 78 Unused affordable housing
Committee Chairwoman Hol- Preservation Act projects this year. percent in prior years –– and money: $272,000
ly Morris detailed her group’s Madden is going with a con- Unused open space money:
proposed projects at the an- Morris said that the ad- ing to Finance Director John servative estimate of 28 per- $146,000
nual public hearing Wednes- ditional tax surcharge for Madden. cent this year.
day night in the Mural Room the Community Preservation The Community Preser- Total CPC funds for Town
at Duxbury Town Hall. Fund will generate $1,273,000 vation Fund is a state pro- Meeting: $3,950,500
in fiscal year 2012, accord- gram, funded by fees at the continued on page 14
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