In a show of smooth governance, every article on the Greenville town meeting warrant is recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Ten of those articles have to do with raising and allocating money from taxes in addition to the amount that needs to be raised to help cover the proposed budget.
This year’s budget proposal for the town of Greenville is $2,132,182. That is up 3.07 percent from 2016’s approved budget. This is partially from salaries and partially other expenses, like the first year of payments toward new highway department equipment. Not all of the budget was spent in 2016, yielding a $167,503 surplus. The police department also had a surplus totaling $68,475.62, $41,770.13 belonging to Greenville, which will be placed in a reserve.
In addition to the budget, there are monetary articles on the warrant to ask for the town funds for the wastewater department, preparing for wastewater facility work, and other fund reserves and buildings projects. The town is asking for $20,000 for a police cruiser.
Greenville employees received a 3 percent salary increase, including police officers, after an exploration by the town administrator found they were slightly underpaid.
Greenville voters will decide one of the region’s few contested board of selectman seat elections, as well as vote on school district matters, including another open Greenville seat.