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Mount Caesar Library seeks 6.95% budget increase driven by staffing, e-resources and energy costs
Board of Selectmen, Town of Swanzey · October 30, 2025
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Summary
Library trustees requested a 6.95% budget increase for the coming year to cover modest staff wage increases, rising electronic licensing (Libby) costs, higher insurance and electricity, and expanded youth programming.
Representatives of the Mount Caesar (West Swanzey) Library presented the trustees' budget request to the Selectboard. The library asked the town to fund an 11,016 increase (6.95%) over the current year, citing three main drivers: staffing wage increases for part-time librarians, rising costs…
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