Page 4 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2021 ~ LETTER-TO-THE EDITOR ~ Information Please Town Meeting Member Manoogian requests the details of supplemental appropriations (Editor’s Note: The Annual Town Meeting last week tabled Article 3, pending the receipt of detailed information for more than a million dollars in supplemental appropriations. Precinct 10 Town Meeting Member Peter Manoogian, who made the motion to table the article, wrote the following letter to Town Treasurer/Collector Wendy Hatch.) Dear Ms. Hatch, As a follow up to Town Meeting’s vote to table Article 3 could you please provide the following information? 265,000.00 for “other insurances” – which “other insurance” is this for? Is any of this related to a settlement for a claim in either the municipal or school department that was not covered by the town’s insurance? When was it first realized that these funds would be necessary? $150,000.00 for “waste management” – When was it realized that this budget was in need of an additional appropriation? What is the nature of this increase? Is it a result of a new hauling contract or tonnage increase or something else? If so, what? There are nine appropriations sought for “salaries and wages” in various departments. Are they one-time payments or will they sustain into future budgets? If so when? Have these salaries been committed to the recipients? If not, why can’t those increases start with the FY22 budget? The $20,000.00 for “communication postage” in the town manager budget. Can you clarify what “communication postage” is? Is it a result of postage rates increasing? Was there additional communication that took place during the fiscal year for a particular initiative? If so, please explain. Finally, you mentioned that the Municipal Modernization Act allowed for the process that is now before Town Meeting. Can you please cite the specific area of the MMA (link of enacted legislation included) that you are referring to? https://malegislature.gov/ Bills/189/H4565.pdf Thank you in advance for responding before we take Article 3 off the table. Sincerely, Peter Manoogian Precinct 10 He Has Lasted Twenty Years By The Old Sachem, Bill Stewart Y For Advertising with Results, call The Advocate Newspapers at 781-233-4446 or Info@advocatenews.net Aluminum Everett 10 Everett Ave., Everett 617-389-3839 Owned & operated by the Conti family since 1958 • 62 Years! “Same name, phone number & address for over half a century. We must be doing something right!” Owned & operated by the Conti family since 1958 • 57 Years! family since 1958 • 60 •Vinyl Siding •Carpentry Work •Decks •Vinyl Siding •Vinyl Siding •Free Estimates •Fully Licensed •Roofng •Free Estimates •Carpentry Work •Fully Licensed •Decks •Fully Licensed ng •Roo ng • Fully Insured • Fully Insured • Replacement Windows www.everettaluminum.com Now’s the time to schedule those home improvement projects you’ve been dreaming about all winter! Everett Aluminum ears ago, when Dick Barry and I got together one afternoon in the booth at Stackpole Field, his son Richard told us that he had heard of a of a young ballplayer who he thought would be great. He was very right. Jose Alberto Pujols Alcantara proved to even more than Richard predicted. He has played twenty years in the Major leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals then the Los Angeles Angels, and although he was let go this week by the Angels, quite a few clubs are pondering whether or not to take Pujols on. Albert was born on January 16, 1980 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and raised primarily by his grandmother, America Pujols. As a youngster without money to buy equipment, he hit limes with sticks to learn how to hit. The family navigated to New York City in the Washington Heights area in 1996. The family did not feel safe in that environment, so they up and moved to Independence, Missouri to join some relatives there. Albert played high school baseball for Fort Osage High School in Independence. He was named an All-State baseball player in his junior and senior years. Word quickly sped about his ability and intentional walks became a way of life to Alberto. His senior he had 55 intentional walks, but he still hit eight home runs in thirty-three at bats SACHEM | SEE PAGE 5 Spring!
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