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Town-clerk budget, mortgage-search line and record‑preservation needs draw questions; election coding and new voting‑machine costs reviewed
Summary
The board reviewed the town clerk’s proposed budget — including a $500 mortgage‑search line to be paid by residents — and discussed persistent records‑digitization backlogs (one vendor visit previously cost ~$45,000; annual digitization budget is $5,000). The elections budget also moved a $10,000 line for a new voting machine.
The Board of Selectmen reviewed the town clerk’s proposed budget and spent significant time on records preservation and election‑related costs.
Town clerk S3 (newly in the role; transcript identifies the speaker as Amy in the discussion) explained a new mortgage‑search line of $500 that would be charged to residents who need liens or deeds researched; S3 said the cost will be paid by the resident and not by the town.…
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