DETROIT — Voters trimmed nearly $3,000 out of the budget proposed Saturday at the annual Town Meeting, rejecting requests from outside agencies seeking donations and membership dues.
About 24 people attended the meeting at Town Hall and adopted a $320,367 budget, which is up about $4,000 from last year’s, said Town Clerk Kathy Walston.
To get the budget to that amount, voters changed some of the municipal spending suggestions made by selectmen, she said.
The selectmen’s budget proposal asked the town to raise $1,118 to pay for its membership in the Kennebec Valley Council of Governments. Voters denied the request and cut the remaining nearly $2,000 difference from other outside agency appeals, she said.
The spending plan approved Saturday is still higher than last year’s because of a $4,000 spike in the town’s solid waste removal contract. Voters passed all town departments’ requests for funding, which maintained last year’s municipal spending levels, except for the Parks and Recreation Department getting an extra $5,000 to buy a new lawn mower, Walston said.
The budget, passed Saturday during a two-hour meeting, is not expected to have a significant effect on the tax rate for the coming year. The current tax rate is $13.23 per $1,000 of valuation.
David Robinson — 861-9287
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