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Selectboard approves 5% pay increase for highway crew, orders retroactive pay
Summary
The Sandgate Selectboard voted unanimously to raise the highway foreman and worker cost‑of‑living adjustment from 3% to 5%, and authorized retroactive separate checks covering July 1 to the present.
The Sandgate Selectboard voted on July 20 to increase the highway foreman’s and road worker’s ongoing cost‑of‑living adjustment from the budgeted 3% to 5%.
Jessica Lewis, the meeting’s minute taker, presented three years of spending in the road foreman and road worker budget lines showing consistent underspending that the board agreed provided capacity for a higher ongoing percentage. Selectboard member John Phelps moved to approve the 5% increase; Linda Schmidt seconded and the board voted "all in favor." The board also directed that a separate retroactive check be issued to cover the difference from July 1 to the meeting date.
The action will be implemented administratively through payroll adjustments and a separate retroactive payment to the two road crew members. The board recorded no other changes to the highway budget at the meeting.
