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Plaistow budget committee holds public hearing on $13.3 million proposed budget; many warrant articles read aloud

2128140 · January 14, 2025
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Summary

The committee held a public hearing on the proposed 2025 operating budget of $13,306,304 and read a series of warrant articles (capital reserve deposits, trust funds, a landfill solar lease authorization and more). Deliberative session was scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 1 at 9 a.m.

The Plaistow Budget Committee opened a public hearing Jan. 7 to review the town's proposed operating budget of $13,306,304 and to present a slate of warrant articles that will appear on the town warrant. The committee read departmental totals and then read each warrant article aloud for the public record.

The committee chair (on the record) summarized department budgets: the executive department at $282,684 (about a 3% increase), town clerk at $137,952 (nearly flat), finance up about 16% to $173,000, assessing at $130,420 (10% increase), police operations and contractual costs shown with a roughly 10% increase, the fire department up about 4%, and a total operating budget (before water) of $13,306,304. The separate…

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