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Cemetery trustees ask for higher maintenance line to care for newly accepted Brentwood Poor Farm site
Summary
Cemetery trustees requested a $2,000 maintenance appropriation to fund upkeep and initial delineation of the recently-declared Brentwood Poor Farm Cemetery; the Select Board approved a reduced request that preserved core wages and operations.
Jim Hasier, chair of the Cemetery Trustees, presented the trustees’ requested fiscal year 2026 budget and explained two primary adjustments: a modest increase to electricity and a restoration of the land maintenance line to reflect historical spending and an upcoming new responsibility.
Hasier told the Select Board the trustees propose raising the land maintenance appropriation from $1,000 to $2,000 because the trustees expect to add the Brentwood Poor Farm Cemetery — an abandoned burial site off Deer Hill…
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