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Select Board approves $1,037,655 budget after cuts to bring municipal tax increase to about 6%
Summary
On Jan. 22, 2026, Mount Holly—ocus Select Board approved a general fund of $452,755 and a highway fund of $584,900, totaling $1,037,655, after motions by Jeff Chase and Diana Garrow. Changes including reducing the early-payment discount to 3% and trimming highway costs cut the municipal portion of the tax increase from 11% to about 6%.
On Jan. 22, 2026, the Mount Holly Select Board approved a fiscal proposal totaling $1,037,655: a general fund budget of $452,755 and a highway fund budget of $584,900. Jeff Chase, committee member, moved to approve those figures and Diana Garrow, committee member, seconded; the motion carried unanimously.
Chase told the board the municipal portion of the tax increase was running about 11% after initial projections. He proposed reducing the town's early-payment discount to 3% and trimming specific highway line items, including highway labor and road retreatment, to lower the municipal tax impact. Those changes were incorporated into the final motion, which reduced the municipal portion of the overall increase to roughly 6% after the applied surplus.
The board recorded the budgets as approved for the town fiscal year; the minutes note the action was unanimous. The Select Board did not record individual roll-call tallies in the meeting minutes provided. The budgets will be reflected on the warning and in the town's official budget materials in advance of Town Meeting.
Ending: The board approved the budgets and adjourned; the minutes remain draft until approved at the next regular meeting.
