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Castle Hill board reduces revenue estimate, removes early‑payment discount and pauses paving for 2025
Summary
At a Jan. 14 special meeting, Castle Hill municipal officers cut the stumpage revenue estimate to $60,000, eliminated the 1% early‑payment discount, and voted to delay paving and stop appropriations to the Local Road Improvement account for 2025; all motions passed 4-0.
At a Jan. 14 special Select Board meeting, Castle Hill municipal officers moved to adjust the 2025 budget after receiving updated stumpage revenue information.
Maylen Kenney moved to eliminate the 1% discount for early tax payment in the 2025 budget; Herman Condon seconded the motion. The motion passed 4-0.
Herman Condon moved to perform no paving in 2025 and to make no appropriation to the Local Road Improvement account for 2025; Ryan Spooner seconded. The motion passed 4-0.
Shari Cheney moved to reduce the stumpage revenue estimate to $60,000 for the 2025 budget; Herman Condon seconded. The motion passed 4-0.
The minutes record the motions and unanimous votes; they do not include projected savings amounts, timelines for deferred paving, or how the reduced stumpage estimate will be replaced. The record does not show public comment at the special meeting. The board will consider these budget adjustments as part of the town’s 2025 budget process.
