Selectboard approves 3.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment
Board of Selectmen · Meeting of March 16, 2026
New Salem approves 3.5 percent cost-of-living increase for fiscal 2027. Chair Susan Cloutier and members Richard Taupier and Mailande DeWitt voted unanimously on the Finance Committee recommendation while residents pressed for a tax override to maintain school staffing. The board also unanimously approved relocating the Town Coordinator to the Annex with new security measures and backed a watershed resolution for the annual town meeting warrant.
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Source: the Board of Selectmen meeting of March 16, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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