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Yarmouth finance committee lays out accelerated budget schedule and presses departments on staffing shortages
Summary
The Finance Committee adopted a schedule for January–February budget reviews, asked departments to pre-submit questions and slides, and pressed town staff on workforce shortages and housing-driven recruitment challenges affecting several departments.
The Finance Committee for the Town of Yarmouth agreed on a schedule and process to review department budgets and the capital-improvement program, asking departments to pre-submit presentation slides and answers to a standard set of questions to speed hearings.
Finance staff and the town administrator walked the committee through a proposed sequence: community services on Jan. 5 (materials sent a week ahead), followed by grouped department blocks and larger presentations for police, fire and public works mid-process. Committee members asked…
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