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Methuen city clerk seeks higher election and printing budgets amid recent busy cycle
Summary
The city clerk presented a modestly larger 2026 budget driven by election services and ballot printing costs, and requested reclassification of several clerk positions to reflect increased workload.
City Clerk Anne told councilors at the June 2 budget workshop that the clerk's office proposed modest changes for fiscal 2026, with the largest increases tied to election services and ballot printing. The office requested $75,000 for election services in the coming year to cover printing, staffing and other election costs; the clerk said last year's cycle's multiple primaries and special elections drove higher-than-expected costs.
Anne explained the office…
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