1) Mandate immediately that NO OVERTIME be allocated or approved to be  spent by ANY town department - this applies to all departments unless there is a certifiable state of emergency. For example, police overtime especially for traffic oriented details, town conducted snowplowing, no special details of any kind.

2) Four Day work week for all hourly employees at Town Hall (or its equivalent in real dollars); the need does not exist for the current amount of hourly staff.

3) Form an independent citizens advocacy/advisory group, whose initial purpose is to explore and offer a written opinion as to the expenditures and values related to administrative purposes in the school department.

4) More participation by all those who voted in this past election. Don't vote NO because you see only the small problem that faces you i.e. like your pothole needs filling. To those who voted whether YES ore NO, I hope all our intent was to start making our Town better and that is why we voted! Attend a meeting, offer a constructive opinion . You'll be happy to find out both sides of what often appears as a battle have a lot in common. Be ashamed of yourself if you don't. More than 4,000 voted yesterday. Usually less than a handful of people attend Town committee meetings. No one is a mind reader and I've seen where citizen input is appreciated and helps.

5) Stay positive and work things out. This is going to be a challenging mission for all.