Ossipee selectmen review 2026 budget, approve several petition warrant articles including body cameras and Schools Out program

Ossipee Town selectmen reviewed a proposed 2026 operating budget and approved several warrant articles at a meeting that included line-by-line budget review and debate over petitioned items. Speaker 2 presented the MS-37 operating budget and noted the document’s bottom-line totals and recent line-item adjustments.

The board discussed the proposed operating budget for the ensuing year and the related MS-37 packet. Speaker 2 read major line items, including selectmen salary ($32,200), town clerk/tax collector ($371,575), police department ($1,495,700), highway ($1,667,070) and outside-agency grants totaling $153,147. Speaker 2 said the MS-37 subtotal was $7,791,526 and, after warrant articles, the grand total reached $9,634,611. The amount to be raised by taxation on the MS-37 was listed as $5,622,026, with an estimated amount…