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Select Board reviews proposed 2025–26 budget as state revenue sharing falls in estimates
Summary
Town staff presented a proposed 2025–26 municipal budget that reflects wage adjustments, health insurance changes, rising solid-waste costs and an estimated $100,000 drop in state municipal revenue sharing; board members debated service-level tradeoffs, road funding and setting aside funds for rescue vehicle replacement.
Town Manager Cameron presented the proposed Town of Buckfield municipal budget for fiscal year 2025–26 at the March 11 Select Board meeting and described the principal drivers: wage adjustments, proposed health insurance cost-share changes, rising solid-waste fees and a projected drop in state municipal revenue sharing that staff estimated at about $100,000 compared with the prior year.
Cameron said the proposed municipal expense budget represented “an 8.9% increase over last year before accounting for revenues,” noting the proposal included a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment for administration, public works, solid waste and library employees and a health-insurance structure change intended to make town benefits more competitive for…
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