Proctor
Town budget
Proposed $769,537, $20,547 or a 2.6 percent reduction from this year’s $790,084 budget.The budget includes a $13,144 decrease in solid waste disposal spending and an $8,147 drop in parks expenditures.
Highway budget
Proposed $403,957, 20,009 or a 5.2 percent increase over the current $383,948 budget. The proposed budget includes increases for fuel costs and a $7,875 expense to pay the state Department of Corrections for mowing services.
School budget
Proposed $5,107,316, a $202,821 or 4.1 percent increase over this year’s $4,904,495 budget. The majority of the budget increases come from the additions of a behavioral specialist, a full-time teacher and a half-time teacher at the elementary school. At the high school, the budget was reduced by one full-time teacher.
Special articlesShall the Proctor School District transfer $250,000 of surplus funds to the capital improvement fund?
Contested races
Appointed Select Board member Bruce Baccei and challenger Ted Schaft are competing for a two year seat on the board.
Meeting location
Proctor residents will gather for a floor meeting at the Proctor High School gymnasium at 7 p.m. March 5. Voting by Austrailian ballot will be 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 6 at PHS.
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