2019 Town budget passes without surprises

The main item of business for the Town Council Dec. 11 was passing the 2019 budget and that happened without comment from residents: no one spoke, and the public hearing closed a minute after it opened. Council then unanimously passed the $5,781,986 budget.

It is a budget balanced by the $2,865,130 beginning fund balance carried over from 2018. Revenues are projected to lag expenses by almost one million dollars in 2019. Still, the end of year fund balance is projected at $1,892,531. Funds are allocated to repair Maple Hall’s elevator.

Council member MaryLee Chamberlain noted that the budget i...