Comments on: Town Meeting rejects Algonquin compromise http://www.mysouthborough.com/2009/04/16/town-meeting-rejects-algonquin-compromise/ News and events in Southborough, MA Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:19:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: susan http://www.mysouthborough.com/2009/04/16/town-meeting-rejects-algonquin-compromise/comment-page-1/#comment-2113 susan Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:36:28 +0000 http://www.mysouthborough.com/?p=4510#comment-2113 Kelly - That's some interesting history. Thanks for the comment. Kelly – That’s some interesting history. Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Kelly Roney http://www.mysouthborough.com/2009/04/16/town-meeting-rejects-algonquin-compromise/comment-page-1/#comment-2076 Kelly Roney Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:39:57 +0000 http://www.mysouthborough.com/?p=4510#comment-2076 When we as a town were deciding whether to rebuild Algonquin, Northborough objected that the regional agreement was unfair, since it allocated capital costs based on when they were incurred. Since Southborough was growing faster, that would have saddled Northborough with a disproportionate share of the costs over the life of the debt. Southborough honorably agreed to change the regional agreement to allocate debt service each year based on student population, which is fair. Our reward since has been to have Northborough town officials put their hands in our pockets at every opportunity: - Police and fire call charges (which don't actually incur any significant additional cost to the town) - Refusal to waive the inspection fee (which they do for all their own schools) - This year's operating budget - Their attempt to get more money in SBA repayment than the regional agreement calls for Obviously, quite a bit more tough love is called for! When we as a town were deciding whether to rebuild Algonquin, Northborough objected that the regional agreement was unfair, since it allocated capital costs based on when they were incurred. Since Southborough was growing faster, that would have saddled Northborough with a disproportionate share of the costs over the life of the debt. Southborough honorably agreed to change the regional agreement to allocate debt service each year based on student population, which is fair.

Our reward since has been to have Northborough town officials put their hands in our pockets at every opportunity:
- Police and fire call charges (which don’t actually incur any significant additional cost to the town)
- Refusal to waive the inspection fee (which they do for all their own schools)
- This year’s operating budget
- Their attempt to get more money in SBA repayment than the regional agreement calls for

Obviously, quite a bit more tough love is called for!

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