Town Budget: December 2008 Archives
By
eplummer@citizen.com
The Citizen Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The proposed town manager's budget for Meredith reflects a decrease of less than one percent as the budget was presented to the Board of Selectmen for the first time.
On Monday, Meredith selectmen reviewed the proposed budget compiled by co-interim town managers John Edgar and Brenda Vittner in the first of what will be a series of budget discussions by the selectmen leading up to town meeting.
The 2009 proposed municipal budget is $12,859,355, a decrease of $7,556 or 0.06 percent from 2008.
The departments' operating budget is $10,880,945, an $86,647 or 0.8 percent increase from 2008. Regional association and conservation contributions are $223,077, down $2,100 from 2008. Capital projects, debt service and CIP recommendations are $1,793,649, down $92,113.
Edgar and Vittner said during their presentation that highlights of the 2009 budget included fiscal restraint after selectmen gave direction in July that the budget should not have an increase of more than two percent from last year.
The amount also includes a cost-of-living adjustment of 2.5 percent, but merit step increases will be frozen for 2009…..
