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Mayor's office requests modest FY26 increase; economic development manager funded by multi-year grant
Summary
Chief of Staff Kara Nyman summarized the mayor's FY26 office budget (a 1% increase) and noted that the towneconomic-development manager position is funded through a state grant that runs through FY26 and totals roughly $500,000 over multiple years.
Chief of Staff Kara Nyman presented the mayor's office FY26 budget to the council on May 5, describing a roughly 1% increase from FY25 and emphasizing staffing and communications work. The FY26 mayor's-office request covers four full-time positions including the chief of staff and a communications coordinator; 88% of the office's budget is salaries.
Nyman noted that the town's economic development manager,…
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