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Select Board debates trimming library request and program coordinator post
Summary
Library asked for about $54,094 and a new program coordinator (~$9,400); the Select Board discussed trimming the request to a lower figure for voters to decide and suggested fundraising or phasing to reduce town impact.
The library submitted a budget proposal that included a salary increase for the director and a new program coordinator position. A member noted the library’s spreadsheet entry of roughly $54,094 and the board discussed whether the town should fund the full request or present a reduced appropriation for voters. "They lowered it," a select board member said of the library’s second submission, which followed board questions.
Members discussed options for the library to phase hiring or to fund a coordinator through fundraising, and one select board member suggested placing a lower figure in the warning (for example, reducing the request toward $44,800) and letting townspeople decide at Town Meeting. The board agreed that the select board sets the available appropriation level and that the town could present a lower number while the library pursues supplemental fundraising.
