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Council approves $81,550 budget reduction; amends salary ordinance for staffing and pay scales
Summary
The town council approved Resolution 2025-11 to reduce $81,550.80 in the general maintenance fund and moved to amend the salary ordinance to adjust part-time pay scales and add a part-time sanitation clerk; the salary ordinance amendment was moved and discussed but no recorded final vote appears in the transcript.
The Town Council adopted Resolution 2025-11 on July 23, 2025, reducing $81,550.80 from the General Maintenance fund and directing staff to reallocate that money for department needs later this fiscal year. The move followed council discussion of changes to compensation and departmental budgets.
Resolution 2025-11 reduces the 2025 budgeted amount in fund General Maintenance (1101003) by $81,550.80, according to documents presented at the meeting. Council members said the reduction reflects reallocation tied to a salary ordinance change approved for notice and re-advertising prior to some related appropriations.
Council members and staff also discussed an amendment to the town salary ordinance (presented as Resolution 2025-13). The amendment as presented would: raise the part-time pay scale for police officers to improve recruitment flexibility; add a part-time sanitation clerk classification so a current shared employee (noted as working 50/50 between departments) could be reassigned; and adjust pay for the building commissioner and street/sanitation positions to align with comparable roles. The council moved to accept Resolution 2025-13 and debated several details, including statutory limits on board member pay and the timing needed to post and hire a part-time sanitation clerk. The transcript does not record a final roll-call vote on the salary-ordinance amendment during this meeting.
Why it matters: council members said the changes are intended to address staffing shortages and to make the town’s pay scales more competitive while aligning budgets to cover those costs for the remainder of 2025. Staff said some additional appropriations tied to these moves will require separate public notice and probable action at a special meeting.
Next steps: council members discussed scheduling a special meeting in late August to consider additional appropriations and to finalize where the reduced $81,550.80 will be placed for the current year. Staff said they will re-notice any items that require publication before final adoption.
