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Survey Results: How you feel about an appointed Finance Committee and Local Pizza

by From the Publisher's Desk
5/4/2015

Respondents to the Survey about appointing the Finance Committee were opposed. Town Meeting begins Monday May 4th – you can make your vote count by attending!

Finance Committee – Survey Results

Article 33 on Town Meeting warrant asks to make the Finance Committee an appointed Committee instead of elected. "The Town shall have a Finance Committee, consisting of seven (7) members, appointed by the Moderator for a term of three (3) years each....." Submitted by the Board of Selectmen.

 

 

% votes

# votes

Oppose the change

56.62

78

Support the change

27.54

38

Undecided

15.94

22

Total

 

138

 

Fin Com- Survey Comments

Here are a few of the 23 comments. These reflect the themes and tones of responses.

“We are one of only a few communities in the Commonwealth with an elected FinCom. Time to catch up with the rest of the state in our governance model...”

“I'm afraid this will create a kitchen cabinet of sorts between the Selectmen and Fin Comm. They're separate elected bodies for the reason. Let's not turn our back's on the principles of democracy.”

“If the committee is to be appointed it should not be governed by one person. There should be at least 3 people involved to insure some level of transparency.”

“I think voters should get to decide who is spending their money. I do not have ideas for how to get more people to run, though.”

Best Pizza - Survey Results

What shop in Holliston has the best pizza?

 

Shop

% votes

# votes

Bazels’

39.06

50

Bertucci’s

29.69

38

Table Top

17.97

23

Mangia

9.38

12

Framingham Bakery @ Superette

3.91

5

Total

 

128

 

Pizza survey comments

One respondent added Anthony’s on the Green – thanks! We missed that.

There were lots of nice comments about the customer service at Bazel’s.

Someone asked this…

Q. Why is this a question? These surveys, while a potentially good source of information, lack significant context. How will this information be used? Why is it even being asked?

This was just for fun and to see if people were interested in less pressing questions.

The more serious questions are to get people engaged. To share thinking in a quick way since there are so few opportunities to gather and talk about important issues.

Q. How will HR use the results?

A. Post them. That’s it. Or if we read something that suggests a new story or line of inquiry, we’ll pursue it. The surveys really are just to share opinions.