Pomfret Select Board approves budget with 8% increase
Summary
After adjusting line items, the Select Board approved a budget representing an 8% increase; the motion passed 4-1 with one abstention, and staff were assigned to prepare public summaries.
The Pomfret Select Board approved the proposed budget for fiscal year operations during its Jan. 5 meeting; members recorded the final package as an 8% increase over the prior budget. Steve Chamberlin moved the motion and John Peters seconded; the vote was 4 ayes and 1 abstention.
Board discussion included correcting an overstated cybersecurity line item. Ben Brickner was assigned to prepare a budget summary and Chuck Gundersen will prepare a Select Board summary for public distribution. The board did not specify a final tax rate at the meeting; additional financial details were to be prepared for the public summaries requested of staff.
The approved budget will proceed through the town's usual posting and notification steps; board members flagged no supplemental motions regarding amendments at the meeting.
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