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Town clerk, tax collector, assessor and library present budgets; library seeks Monday openings

Board of Select Persons · February 18, 2026
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Summary

Department heads presented operating budgets with modest increases: town clerk and tax offices reported contract-driven salary adjustments; the assessor sought a 5.61% departmental increase; the library requested two part‑time hires to reopen Mondays and expand Saturday programming, projecting an 11.63% increase.

Multiple town departments presented their proposed operating budgets at the workshop.

Town Clerk Lyanna McMurray reviewed a line‑by‑line budget and said salary lines for the director and assistant reflect contractual adjustments while vital‑statistics spending remains unchanged. McMurray said printing and binding costs rose by $1,000 to cover a turnkey land‑records management system (IQS), film storage for land records and online code hosting. “Education meetings is the same as last year to include additional classes towards obtaining the master’s clerk…

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