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Finance Committee charts override strategy for May ballot vote

Finance Committee charts two-column FY27 budget strategy tied to May override vote. Chair Gabriele Voelker and the committee reviewed FY27 requests against available resources, proposing to use $100,000 from free cash for the general budget, $65,000 for a steeple capital project, and debt for

Finance Committee lays out budget timeline, awaits regional school input

New Salem Finance Committee outlines spring budget calendar, awaits regional school review. Chair Gabriele Voelker and members Claire McGinnis and Dara LaPlante advanced no formal votes but charted the FY27 budget timeline in a remote meeting, noting that budget decisions will involve the Select

Council on Aging approves routine matters, declines flu clinic

New Salem Council on Aging approves routine business and rejects flu clinic bid. The board, led by Chair Sue Arnold, with Clerk Betsy Pelz and Treasurer Tim White, approved prior minutes and the treasurer's report from a meeting of seven voting members. The council voted by consensus to decline a

Selectboard approves 3.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment

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

Finance Committee backs 3.5 percent COLA as budget review begins

New Salem Finance Committee backs 3.5 percent COLA, approves reserve fund transfer. The committee unanimously recommended the cost-of-living adjustment to the Select Board and Annual Town Meeting while beginning review of fiscal 2027 budget requests. Members voted unanimously to approve a $19,100