LIVERMORE — The Budget Committee and selectpersons have finalized a $3.88 million budget to present to voters June 13.

The 2018-19 fiscal year budget is $200,491 more than this fiscal year, which ends June 30. 

The two groups could not agree on an amount for capital improvements for roads. Selectpersons Mark Chretien and Scott Richmond voted to approve $525,000, an increase of $175,000. Selectperson Megan Dion was opposed.

The Budget Committee recommended $350,000.

Administrative Assistant Amy Byron said many people want better roads but don’t agree on the best way to pay for them.

“It is not enough to rebuild a road and then not maintain it,” she said, according to the minutes of Wednesday’s meeting.

Amounts the two groups did agree on include:

• $137,838 for office administration, including an increase of $5,000 for a deputy treasurer’s stipend and $896 for increases in minimum wages for temporary office workers;

• $58,575 for town charges, an increase of $7,160 over last year;

• $53,057 for building maintenance, up $12,201, to pay for internet services of $80 a month, a new roof on the town office and a concrete apron in front of the fire station;

• $108,838 for the transfer station, up $8,587 for wages, equipment maintenance and disposal and hauling;

• $8,500 for the Livermore Public Library, the same as in 2017-18;

• $5,575 for Spruce Mountain Ski Area, an increase of $500; and

• $62,850 for the Fire Department, an increase of $13,000.

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