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Details for Civic News: RyeBudgetCteeNotes011415revBfinal<\/a><\/p>\n 1.<\/strong> Agreement has been reached with the teachers union. Improvements on health care costs, but wages went up 2.4 to 3.5 percent. More Detai<\/a>l<\/p>\n 2.  <\/strong>A $10,000 warrant article to provide funds for a deposit on land behind the Junior High School was approved unanimously.  The plan is to finance the acquisition entirely with donations and another 1.5 acres will be donated. More Detail<\/a><\/p>\n 3<\/strong>.  A $3000 petitioned warrant article to provide video streaming of School Board and other meetings at the Junior High was rejected 7-1 even after data on the actual $1200 and $800 costs of installing similar systems at the Library and Town Hall was deemed inconclusive to the likely cost at the Junior High School. More Detail<\/a><\/p>\n 4<\/strong>. Several Budget Committee members asserted that the budgeted $3.44 per gallon heating oil price and projected usage 30 percent above the 2010-2013 average needed no adjustment notwithstanding the current price of around $2.50 per gallon and a customary price lock in July of this year. More Detail<\/a><\/p>\n