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Francestown chair proposes halving police part-time hours in draft 2026 budget
Summary
Chair Charles M. Pyle III proposed cutting police part-time hours from 10 to 5 hours per week per officer in the draft 2026 budget, reducing total weekly coverage from 120 to 100 hours and lowering part-time pay in the budget from $60,840 to $23,400; the change will be considered at Town Meeting on March 10.
Chair Charles M. Pyle III proposed reducing police part-time hours in the town's draft 2026 budget, asking the board to cut scheduled part-time time from 10 hours to 5 hours per week per officer. The board was told that change would lower combined full- and part-time weekly coverage from 120 to 100 hours and would reduce the line-item for part-time pay from $60,840 to $23,400 in the draft budget.
The Budget & Advisory Committee presented its 2026 budget report earlier in the meeting; Jamie Pike, the town administrator, confirmed the BAC report is posted online under "All Things Town Meeting ' 2026" and that printed copies will be available at Town Hall on voting day, March 10. Board members and BAC representatives discussed who will speak to specific warrant articles at Town Meeting.
The proposal from Chair Pyle as recorded in the minutes is a board-level adjustment to the draft budget; it was discussed at the March 2 meeting but not recorded as a formal vote in the minutes. Any final decision on the budget and warrant articles will occur at Town Meeting on March 10, where voters will consider the proposed warrant articles and budget figures.
