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Buckfield manager proposes roughly 8.9% municipal spending increase as revenue sharing drops
Summary
Town Manager presented a draft municipal budget that increases municipal spending primarily for public safety wages, solid-waste costs and infrastructure, while state municipal revenue sharing is projected to fall by about $100,000.
Town Manager (presenter) outlined a draft 2025 municipal budget proposal that would raise municipal spending by about 8.9 percent, driven by pay adjustments for public safety, higher transfer-station costs and ongoing road and facility work. The manager said state municipal revenue sharing is projected to fall by roughly $100,000, a shortfall that increases pressure on the town’s tax rate.
The manager told the Select Board that the town had kept its budget flat in recent years despite rising regional costs but that maintaining essential services has become increasingly difficult amid inflation and higher vendor charges. “If we left everything exactly the same, we’re already $100,000 in the hole from the loss,” the Town Manager said,…
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