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Coats budget includes a mini excavator and patrol vehicle; manager suggests fund‑balance purchase to free budget dollars
Summary
The draft budget proposes a mini excavator and trailer for Public Works and a patrol vehicle for the Police Department; Town Manager Barbara Hollerand suggested purchasing the excavator from fund balance to relieve operating budget pressure.
Town Manager Barbara Hollerand highlighted one‑time capital items included in the draft budget: a mini excavator and trailer for Public Works and a patrol vehicle for the Police Department. She suggested the town could purchase the mini excavator and trailer using fund balance to free up budget dollars for other items.
Commissioners discussed reallocating placeholder patrol vehicle funds to one‑time bonus pay for employees if they chose; Hollerand also emphasized likely cost increases across vendors that led departments to request larger line‑item budgets.
