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Cemetery and facilities director asks for modest maintenance funding, presses for permanent facilities
Summary
Cemetery and facilities director James Burlingame told the Select Board the department’s operating budget is level‑funded for FY26 but flagged capital needs — paving in several town cemeteries, replacement equipment and a potential new facilities home at the old Station 2 location near the main cemetery.
James Burlingame, the town’s cemetery and facilities director, presented a level-funded FY26 operating budget and a five‑year capital plan at the Select Board’s March 26 budget hearing.
Burlingame said salaries are level‑funded under the Select Board’s directive and that overtime for after‑hours burials is covered by a revolving fund sourced from additional burial fees. He noted the department purchased a cemetery tent last year to support graveside services when families opt to forgo funeral directors, and the department charges a $100 fee for services where no funeral director is present to offset labor costs.
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