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provides fire and rescue services to the town. The decision by the council to take an increased role in funding the department was made by the council earlier this year in recognition of the protection and service offered by the volunteers to the residents of the town.
The proposed budget allocates: $4,650 for utilities, including tele-; t phone, fuel oil and electricity for the !fire department’s building, and another $4,000 for vehicle fuel, oil, maintenance and repair parts.
Last year, the council contrib-: uted about $7,000 to the fire department, according to Treasurer Brad Fisher, the first time the town had made a such a donation to the volunteer fire and rescue department. That donation, however, was a nonspecific grant given to the department to spend as it saw fit.
On the income side of the budget, the treasurer is projecting a total of $105,920 in revenue for the proposed budget.
Of that figure, 74 percent, $78,000, will come from the town’s 2 1/2 percent meals and lodging tax.
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