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Town manager reports $66,537 reduction to proposed fire department budget after chief revises per‑diem and overtime
Summary
Town Manager Matt presented a reworking of the fire department FY26 budget that cuts roughly $66,537 from the previously proposed increase, driven mostly by a reduction in per‑diem and a smaller cut to overtime.
Town Manager Matt told the Finance Committee on April 14 that he and Fire Chief Small reworked the department’s FY26 request and reduced the overall proposed increase from about 11.4% to about 8%.
“The lion’s share of it came in the per diem line. And that was a reduction from, of $65,000 just under $65,100,” Matt said, and he later summarized the net effect: “what we're looking at now is a reduction for the overall budget for the fire department…
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