Spending from surplus could offset some of the drop in tax revenue from the Sappi paper mill.

The proposed budget, which is $40,000 less than the current one for the current school year, includes the elimination of the town’s curbside recycling service.

The town’s senior center won $3,600 in additional funding from a floor amendment.

Voters at Town Meeting on Monday night debated and ultimately approved a plan to join a controversial Fiberight proposal to handle the town’s solid waste disposal by converting trash into industrial sugars and bio-fuels.

Residents’ budget votes generally were in line with the selectmen’s recommendations.

Kingfield residents on Saturday will decide whether to approve funding taken from a TIF district for the $450,000 project.

The public will get to weigh in Tuesday night on the Charter Commission’s recommendation that the May municipal budget vote be moved to coincide with the school budget referendum and primaries in June.