2015 YEAR END REVIEW

FEB 8
http://www.capenews.net/falmouth/news/falmouth-finance-committee-begins-annual-budget-work/article_72859d38-ae2a-11e4-8f2d-6724180a1b18.html?_dc=261837522033.602
Falmouth Finance Committee Begins Annual Budget Work

“Ms. Petit said the special counsel budget has not been funded realistically, having exceeded its appropriations because of… paying for wind turbine litigation the last few years. “As long as the windmills are alive and well, that line item is not going to decrease,” she said.

The FY2015 budget included $125,000 to special counsel. In November[2014], the town appropriated $278,000 MORE to cover wind turbine litigation projected to cost $175,000. To date, $154,000 has been spent. Ms. Petit said this year’s line item was increased by $25,000.”

Mar 4
http://capecodtimes.com/article/20150304/NEWS/150309749
Falmouth selectmen have two weeks to appeal turbine ruling
The Town of Falmouth has been found by the Massachusetts Court of Appeals to have exceeded its ‘by-right’ authority in permitting the town’s Wind Energy Project. The Court has upheld the appeal citing that the project’s permitting…