Clarksburg Declares State of Emergency for Sandy

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CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The town of Clarksburg sent the following declaration of emergency late Monday morning:

EMERGENCY DECLARATION - HURRICANE SANDY

WHEREAS, a sudden, generally unexpected occurrence or set of circumstances demanding immediate public action has arisen within the Town of Clarksburg, which incident it generally describes as follows; and

WHEREAS, the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, upon advice of the Emergency Management Director, has determined that the aforesaid incident poses a present and reasonable imminent danger to public health, safety or general welfare of the people or their property so that it has become necessary for the Director to utilize and coordinate the services, equipment, supplies and facilities of existing departments, offices and agencies of the Town for the purposes of civil defense/emergency management and emergency functions; and

WHEREAS, the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen has determined that this immediate public action is needed to prevent, minimize, or mitigate damage to the public health, safety or general welfare of the people of Clarksburg or their property which may otherwise result from the above described incident and that taking the time required to comply with the various state and local procurement laws would endanger the health or safety of the people or their property; and

WHEREAS, the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen has recommended that state of emergency be declared in the Town of Clarksburg, and;


WHEREAS, the people of the Town of Clarksburg should be able to depend upon guidance from their Board of Selectmen, Chair, Carl McKinney;

NOW THEREFORE, I, Carl McKinney, Chair of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Clarksburg, Massachusetts, hereby declare that as of 12:00 noon on October 29, 2012, a state of emergency exists in the Town of Clarksburg. This declaration of emergency shall remain in effect until further notice is given, pursuant to my judgment that the state of emergency no longer exists.

Date: October 29, 2012

Thomas E. Webb, Town Administrator, EMD      
for Carl McKinney, Chair, Board of Selectmen

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Clarksburg Gets 3 Years of Free Cash Certified

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Town officials have heaved a sigh of relief with the state's certification of free cash for the first time in more than three years.
 
The town's parade of employees through its financial offices the past few years put it behind on closing out its fiscal years between 2021 and 2023. A new treasurer and two part-time accountants have been working the past year in closing the books and filing with the state.
 
The result is the town will have $571,000 in free cash on hand as it begins budget deliberations. However, town meeting last year voted that any free cash be used to replenish the stabilization account
 
Some $231,000 in stabilization was used last year to reduce the tax rate — draining the account. The town's had minimal reserves for the past nine months.
 
Chairman Robert Norcross said he didn't want residents to think the town was suddenly flush with cash. 
 
"We have to keep in mind that we have no money in the stabilization fund and we now have a free cash, so we have now got to replenish that account," he said. "So it's not like we have this money to spend ... most of it will go into the stabilization fund." 
 
The account's been hit several times over the past few fiscal years in place of free cash, which has normally been used for capital spending, to offset the budget and to refill stabilization. Free cash was last used in fiscal 2020.
 
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