minutes to a meeting : Advisory vote endorses school recommendations

Residents seemed to agree Saturday that figures the School Committee settled on last week will be the figures put before voters.

During an advisory vote at the town meeting, residents decided that $43,500 should be spent for technology at the school, $280,000 allocated for operations and maintenance, and $387,845 raised in additional local funds.

The advisory vote happens to fall in line with the adjusted figures the School Committee members voted on during their meeting last week.

This year's school budget was up 6.1 percent from last year's, but the proposed cuts would bring the school's $4.7 million budget down to $4.6 million.

A date for the second vote on the school budget has not been set, but it can't take place until 45 days or more from the last vote.

The most discussion at the meeting came just after a motion to pass an anti-littering ordinance was put on the floor.

Resident Steve Hoad, who is blind, stated that he was not adequately informed on the ordinances to cast a vote.

"I would like to request that the town of Windsor send out the materials ahead of time so that I can properly vote," Hoad said.

Moderator Jeffrey Frankel offered a short recess so that Hoad could be read the various ordinances but said anything more than 30 minutes would not be allowed.

After Town Manager Carl Pease read one ordinance in its entirety, Hoad said reading of ordinances was not necessary.

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