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Falmouth officials say budget balanced after $2 million in departmental cuts; talks to resume April 27
Summary
Town Manager Mike Crenshaw told a Select Board broadcast the FY operating budget—just under $184 million and about a 5.7% increase—was balanced after staff removed slightly more than $2 million in departmental requests; officials cited the 2.5% levy limit as a constraint and scheduled follow‑up budget strategy talks for April 27.
Town Manager Mike Crenshaw said the town closed “a little over a $2,000,000” gap by removing proposed departmental requests, mostly new personnel, and presented a balanced operating budget just under $184,000,000 that represents about a 5.7% increase from last year.
“Budgets are about difficult choices,” Crenshaw said, explaining the cuts followed forecasting that staff judged made…
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