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Committee debates staffing cuts and midyear hires as part of budget trimming
Summary
The committee discussed removing one police officer from the budget with a possible midyear hire, reducing Planning Board and groundskeeper lines, increasing the Deputy Clerk to full-time hours, and whether new trash trucks justify cutting Public Works hires.
Finance staff presented several personnel line changes to lower operating costs. Mrs. Ehret said salaries are budgeted at "3 1/2% for everyone" and that she removed one police officer from the personnel plan; she added that "One will probably be hired sometime in late June or July SO that is only an increase for half the year." She also reported decreases in the Planning Board salaries and the groundskeeper line and proposed increasing the Deputy Clerk to 33'35 hours to make the position full time.
Committee members debated whether departmental requests should remain. Mr. Brown argued that new trash trucks will reduce labor needs in Public Works and urged removing proposed hires, saying the equipment will mean "they will only need one person to get trash." The committee left the final staffing decisions for further review alongside auditor input.
