Precise amounts were not immediately available, but minor adjustments were made at the annual town meeting that slightly lowered the $2.9 million proposed municipal budget.
Preliminary results show county voters want the register of deeds to remain an elected role. Voters in Fayette, Richmond and elsewhere weighed in on their own referendum questions.
Richmond will vote Tuesday on its $2,912,556 budget, a $182,634 increase from last year that uses $621,156 in the town's undesignated funds to offset the burden on taxpayers.
The funds would pay for a superintendent, business manager and other directors to begin before the first budget year takes effect and smooth the transition during the town's separation from Regional School Unit 2.
“The financial consequences of not being ready are far more serious than the fact you might be short," consultant Jack Turcott told the committee overseeing the town's transition out of Regional School Unit 2.
The relocation of the statue of T.J. Southard, considered one of the founders of Richmond, brings a slice of the town's history into view during its bicentennial year.
The relocation of the statue of T.J. Southard, considered one of the founders of Richmond, brings a slice of the town's history into view during its bicentennial year.