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time in repairing the meters. Another $300 is set aside for chlorination and testing of the water supply.
Payroll is the second-largest category of expenditure, consuming 30 percent of the proposed budget, with $20,000 reserved for salaries, including the mayor, treasurer and council members, as well as its full-time employee, Ray Pullen. Another $1,600 will pay the town’s share of the government-mandated FICA (Social Security) coverage for those employees.
An additional $10,000 has been proposed under the category “Fire Department.’’Capital improvements to lines and hydrants to improve fire protection receive a $6,000 line item, while another $4,000 is earmarked as an appropriation for the Washington ‘Volunteer Fire Department. n
“Streets” are allocated an additional $8,350 in the budget. Electric costs to keep the street lights burning will consume aiMirtkamd 75ft while another,
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on the streets themselves. Routine maintenance and general upkeep is projected at $1,600, while a contingency fund for emergency repairs receives an additional $2,000.
The “Administration” category is budgeted at $8,350, or seven percent of the total. Liability insurance for the town’s officials, employees and properties
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