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Town clerk proposes modest election-clerk pay increase; board approves
Summary
The town clerk proposed raising election-clerk pay rates for the first time in about six years, citing minimum-wage changes; the board moved and seconded the amendment and was told the estimated budget impact is about $1,000, depending on election size.
The Select Board approved an amendment to election-clerk pay rates after the town clerk (S6) presented a memo recommending the change.
"I wrote a memo...it's been about almost 6 years since we amended their pay rates," S6 said, adding that an increase was prompted in part by an upcoming minimum-wage change. The clerk acknowledged that the total impact depends on the number and size of elections and the number of workers, and said she was "ballparking about 1000 dollars overall increase in the budget."
A motion to approve the pay-rate amendment was moved by Committee member (S1) and seconded by Committee member (S7). The board indicated assent when asked "All in favor?"; no detailed roll-call tally of votes by name was recorded in the transcript.
The board did not provide a line-item cost breakdown at the meeting and the clerk’s estimate remains a ballpark figure. The clerk and board treated the change as a local payroll adjustment tied to staffing and election needs; the board did not attach a separate funding vote or a formal appropriation beyond the regular payroll motions.
