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Candia budget hearing: fire department payroll shift drives roughly 21% budget rise
Summary
At the Sept. 13 budget hearing the Candia Board of Selectmen approved fire and ambulance budgets after fire leadership said federal payroll rules forced conversion of a stipend system to hourly pay, pushing the fire department budget up about 21% and adding training costs.
Dean, speaking for the town’s fire and forestry operations, told the Board of Selectmen during the Sept. 13 budget hearing that a change required by federal payroll rules forced the department to abandon a longstanding stipend system and pay firefighters an hourly wage and biweekly, regardless of whether they work one hour or many. Dean said that legal requirement, and an anticipated schedule of trainings, produced an estimated 21% increase in next year’s fire budget.
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