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Selectboard approves payroll, pay orders and sets 2026 municipal tax rate at 0.2476
Summary
The Selectboard approved three payrolls totaling roughly $16,000 across the listed pay periods, approved pay orders of $76,825.57 (including $64,260.50 for road salt), and set the 2026 municipal tax rate at 0.2476 to raise $1,521,457.47; all motions passed 4–0.
The board approved payroll for the week of July 25, 2026, in the amount of $5,628.31; payroll for the week ending Aug. 1, 2026, in the amount of $5,603.67; and payroll for the week ending Aug. 8, 2026, in the amount of $5,768.89. Each payroll motion was moved and seconded and carried with four members in favor and none opposed.
Selectboard Chair John Roleau moved to approve pay orders for the week ending Aug. 10, 2026, in the amount of $76,825.57; he noted $64,260.50 of that total was for road salt. The motion carried 4–0. The board then moved to set the 2026 municipal tax rate at 0.2476, raising $1,521,457.47 by taxes; that motion also passed 4–0. The board approved minutes from July 7, 2026, in a separate motion that carried unanimously.
