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The Finance Committee unanimously recommended affirmative action on eight Town Meeting articles covering light plant, solid waste, sewer, water, cable-related, private-way, and revolving-fund expenditures. It also recommended the stormwater enterprise fund by an 8-1 vote; the proposal includes a 5% sewer rate increase and a 12.5% residential water rate increase.
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The recommendations support moving several utility and municipal service spending plans to Town Meeting, but they are not final Town Meeting approvals. The stormwater fund would establish a new enterprise fund with proposed fees and was the only recommended article that did not receive unanimous support. The committee postponed its review of Beede Swim and Fitness Center spending, along with two other articles, until March 19 while seeking more financial and planning information.
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