SAUGUS-After a two-week hiatus, the special Town Meeting gets back on track tonight with nearly 26 articles left to tackle.Fifteen of the articles are aimed at making various streets into official roadways, which could increase the amount of money the town receives in state highway funding.There are a number of spending articles, however, that have not received widespread support. The Finance Committee voted to refer a request by the library for $23,575 needed to see it through the remainder of the fiscal year to the annual Town Meeting. It also voted to refer a request from the library to move expenditures around within its own budget to cover salaries to the annual meeting, despite the fact the library will likely run out of money before then.The committee also nixed a bid for $75,000 for Youth and Recreation and $25,000 for a Historical Commission survey.Town Manager Andrew Bisignani said the committee did support funding the Senior Center to the tune of $100,000. The Senior Center article will come up in a special Town Meeting within Monday’s Town Meeting. The need for the funding is tied to state aid cuts made by Gov. Deval Patrick earlier this fall. When Patrick trimmed the budget during the first quarter, he killed a grant that supplies half of the center’s budget.It’s unclear if the Commission on Disabilities will get the $150,000 it is requesting for handicap sidewalk work, but Bisignani said he did work out on deal regarding fines.Town Meeting member Al DiNardo, who also serves on the commission, said during a recent Finance Committee meeting that the commission planned to go after funds generated through handicap parking violations.Initially Bisignani balked at the idea because he made a deal with the Patrolmen’s Union that any money generated by the civilian parking clerk would go through the budget and back into the Police Department.”But we came up with a 60-40 split with 60 percent going to the Police Department and 40 pecent to the commission,” he said. “The police are OK with it – it’s a win/win for both sides.”Bisignani said he anticipates the remainder of the special Town Meeting to go smoothly but meeting member Raymond Lawrence is not convinced it will be wrapped up tonight.”There is an awful lot to get through,” he said. “I’m not sure we can do it all tonight.”The special Town Meeting opens at 7:30 p.m. in Town Hall auditorium.
