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Andover selectmen adjust budget lines, add part-time admin assistant and raise treasurer's pay
Summary
On March 9 the Board of Selectmen approved a set of budget-line changes including a $30,000 administrative assistant line, a $40,000 treasurer salary, and several program adjustments and grant-funded offsets. Several motions passed unanimously; the open-space increase passed 3'to'2.
The Board of Selectmen voted March 9 to revise multiple lines in the town's 2026-27 preliminary budget, approving a new $30,000 line for a part-time administrative assistant and increasing the treasurer's salary to $40,000.
The changes came during a multi-hour budget review in which the board moved several items by recorded motion. Chair (the meeting moderator) framed the discussion around payroll pressures — noting that employee salaries, benefits and retirement account for about 60% of town spending — and urged members to prioritize staffing that would keep operations running while projects proceed.
Why it matters: the approved adjustments shift near-term dollars to town-office capacity and to an employee who handles fiduciary work, while other changes reflect efforts to avoid taxing residents for grant-funded projects.
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