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Woodstock board reviews budgets, schedules joint meeting with Lincoln and approves small firefighter fund expenditures
Summary
The select board scheduled a joint budget meeting with Lincoln, discussed solid‑waste and recreation budgets (flagging missing year‑to‑date detail) and approved firefighter fund check requests and a $1,440 private donation to the fund.
The select board set a tentative joint budget meeting with Lincoln for the 20th and asked the ambulance service to attend to answer budget questions. Members discussed solid‑waste projections (noting the town's portion appeared down about 22 percent in one estimate) and asked staff to provide missing year‑to‑date expenditure detail to the budget committee before formal votes.
On recreation, members reviewed proposed staffing and program changes tied to planned facility renovations and questioned line items such as seasonal pay and a new referee/officials line. Members also discussed whether to establish dedicated reserves for recreation or capital repairs but noted many trust and reserve rules are regulated by the Department of Revenue.
The board approved three routine financial items from the Woodstock Firefighters Fund: a motion to accept a check request for wreath supplies, a motion to issue $531.18 for T‑shirts, and a motion to accept an unanticipated private donation of $1,440 received from REIT sales; each motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
Board members scheduled a preparatory meeting for 01/20 at 8:00 a.m. to review joint budget materials and asked staff to request ambulance actuals from Tim ahead of the joint meeting. No major appropriations were adopted at this session; the board asked for clearer supporting documentation before the next budget votes.
The board adjourned at 09:43 a.m.
