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RiverCOG adopts FY26 budget and accepts $550,145 regional service grant; approves digitization renewal
Summary
RiverCOG adopted a $3.137 million FY26 budget with a 3.5% staff COLA, authorized execution of a $550,145.71 regional services grant, and approved a $12,000 renewal for document-digitization services.
RiverCOG staff presented the FY26 draft budget and the board voted to approve a $3,137,496 operating budget that includes a proposed 3.5% cost-of-living adjustment for staff and funding for one additional hire. Staff noted the draft had included a placeholder for $400,000 tied to House Bill 5002 (recently vetoed) but that the adopted budget does not depend on those funds.
The board also authorized execution of a regional services grant award totaling $550,145.71 that will fund comprehensive planning, regional services, and technical support, and approved a resolution to allow the executive director to sign the grant award and related documents.
Separately, the board approved a $12,000 renewal with Accelerated Information Systems to continue a document-digitization program that has helped towns make building and zoning files publicly available online. The program was cited as having helped Deep River upload its building-department files.
Board members asked clarifying questions about contingency planning and the budget's reliance on potential special-session funding; staff emphasized the budget is balanced without assuming the vetoed monies and will be amended only if new funding arrives.
