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Select Board weighs staffing priorities as FY26 gap remains
Summary
During a budget hearing, board members and staff reviewed a prioritized list of proposed new or expanded town positions and discussed tradeoffs — building department admin, police dispatch, EMS/fire staffing and a council on aging hours increase — as the draft budget shows a roughly $250,000 gap between requests and projected revenues.
The Town of Charlton Select Board discussed competing personnel requests and priorities on March 26 as department heads presented their FY26 budgets.
Town finance staff told board members the cumulative personnel and expense requests exceed projected revenues by about $250,000. To help the board prioritize, staff circulated a proposed ranking of positions. After discussion, the board prioritized converting a part‑time Building Department administrative assistant to full time first, then adding a police dispatcher position, followed by an EMS officer (fire), and next the Council on Aging hours increase; the police administrative sergeant and a deputy Emergency Management Director…
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