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Selectboard reviews highway payroll, paving and special-project reserves
Summary
The Selectboard reviewed highway payroll assumptions (two full-time, one part-time plus overtime), discussed adding projected labor to special-project line items (~$6,000–$12,000), and debated showing reserve-funded special projects as revenue offsets for transparency.
The board reviewed the highway budget in detail, confirming payroll assumptions to cover two full-time employees and one part-time position, plus projected overtime (about $26,000). Members discussed special projects (material and hauling costs) and a proposal to reflect reserve-funded projects as revenue offsets so expenditures remain visible on line items instead of being hidden in bottom-line adjustments.
One member described a text change that moves the highway surplus used for special projects up into the revenue lines and showed how that changes the appearance of the highway total but not the tax ask. Members asked staff to move specific special-project amounts into identified line items so voters and the public could see both the planned expenditures and the reserve offsets that fund them. The board also touched on equipment reliability (truck vibration) and replacement planning for heavy equipment.
