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Aberdeen staff present budget priorities as fund balance tops 49%; town eyes 6% COLA and retention bonuses
Summary
At a March 7 budget retreat, town staff outlined a schedule leading to a May budget hearing and proposed a 6% cost-of-living increase plus a $320,634 retention-bonus plan funded from current-year savings; departments presented capital requests including a $2 million water line and SCADA upgrades.
The Aberdeen Town Board met March 7, 2025, at the Aberdeen Police Department for a budget retreat where Town Manager Paul Sabiston and department heads outlined the fiscal calendar and major spending priorities for FY 2025–26.
Sabiston told the board the retreat schedule calls for department heads to submit first drafts to management by March 19, a staff draft to be presented to the board April 14, a recommended budget to be issued May 22 and a public hearing to be scheduled for May 27. "We will hear from each department today on their requests," Sabiston said.
Finance Director Butch Watson said the town's available fund balance is currently above 49 percent and noted higher-than-budgeted…
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