LIVERMORE FALLS Selectmen on Tuesday reviewed proposed library, summer recreation and Fire Rescue Department budgets for 2021-22.
Pat Allen, president of the Livermore Falls Library Association, presented a proposed overall budget of $96.229.49. Of that amount, $92,929.49 comes from town subsidies, including $70,647.49 for wages and associated taxes, and 16,000 for books. The proposed spending plan also reflects a raise for employees, she said.
The proposed budget that is paid for by the town is up $4,564. The rest of the budget will come from fundraisers, donations, fines, membership dues, interest on Memorial Trust accounts.
Library association Treasurer Clayton Putnam said the library served about 150 people per month during COVID-19, compared to the more than 600 people a month served in before the pandemic. The library was closed mostly for the past year but offered programs online, curbside service for library book pickup and offered other services, Allen said.