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Select Board approves $1,500 stipends for town clerk and treasurer
Summary
Board voted to allocate $1,500 each from the current fiscal-year line item to recognize extra duties performed by the town clerk and town treasurer; the motion passed after brief discussion of tracking hours versus stipend.
The Select Board approved stipends of $1,500 each to the town clerk and the town treasurer for extra duties performed this fiscal year. The board discussed whether to track hours or use a stipend and concluded that a stipend would be fair, noting that tracking hourly interruptions can be administratively burdensome.
A motion was made, seconded and carried. Board members asked staff to record the stipend payments as a one-time allocation from the clerical/administrative line for the fiscal year ending June 30, and to revisit the approach in next year’s budget.
A board member moved that the town use a stipend structure rather than hourly time sheets for the select-board assistant and treasurer responsibilities; the motion passed with all in favor.
