MINUTES
Woodbury Select Board Special Budget Meeting
January 16, 2026, 5:00 P.M.
at the Woodbury Town Office
5:08 PM The meeting was called to order. Present were Select Board Members Chris Casey,
Diana Peduzzi, Lizzy Higgins, Treasurer Lillian Baron and Town Clerk Robin Durkee
1. Lilly provided updated copies of the latest 2027 budget and explained some changes since
the previous draft.
2. Final budgets for FY27 expenditures were adopted:
General Fund $639,081 (last year $570,426 was approved) 12% increase
Highway Fund $864,599 (Last year $775,882 was approved)
11 % increase
These amounts will be on the Town Meeting Warning as Articles
33 and 34.
3. Town Meeting Warning
Robin presented an email she received from Brandy Smith asking the Board to include an
article
in the warning, proposing a change to the Delinquent Tax Collection procedure.
Some
of the board members had not seen the proposed article prior to this meeting. Brandy
was not present to answer any questions and the proposal was confusing, asking for the
delinquent tax penalty to increase from 1 % to 2%. As the current penalty is ½% per month,
this did not make sense. It was not clear whether she was proposing 2% per month, which
would result in a total greater than the state-approved 8% maximum, or
just 2% one time, at
the first delinquency letter, which would result in much less return to the town. Lizzy
suggested a small change to wording in the current tax collection article, to make it a little
more clear.
The request to add an article was not granted.
The warning for 2026 Town Meeting was approved.
4. The meeting was adjourned at 6:59 PM.
Approved on
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Woodbury Select Board Special Budget Meeting
January 16, 2026, 5:00 P.M.
at the Woodbury Town Office
5:08 PM The meeting was called to order. Present were Select Board Members Chris Casey,
Diana Peduzzi, Lizzy Higgins, Treasurer Lillian Baron and Town Clerk Robin Durkee
1. Lilly provided updated copies of the latest 2027 budget and explained some changes since
the previous draft.
2. Final budgets for FY27 expenditures were adopted:
General Fund $639,081 (last year $570,426 was approved) 12% increase
Highway Fund $864,599 (Last year $775,882 was approved)
11 % increase
These amounts will be on the Town Meeting Warning as Articles
33 and 34.
3. Town Meeting Warning
Robin presented an email she received from Brandy Smith asking the Board to include an
article
in the warning, proposing a change to the Delinquent Tax Collection procedure.
Some
of the board members had not seen the proposed article prior to this meeting. Brandy
was not present to answer any questions and the proposal was confusing, asking for the
delinquent tax penalty to increase from 1 % to 2%. As the current penalty is ½% per month,
this did not make sense. It was not clear whether she was proposing 2% per month, which
would result in a total greater than the state-approved 8% maximum, or
just 2% one time, at
the first delinquency letter, which would result in much less return to the town. Lizzy
suggested a small change to wording in the current tax collection article, to make it a little
more clear.
The request to add an article was not granted.
The warning for 2026 Town Meeting was approved.
4. The meeting was adjourned at 6:59 PM.
Approved on
,t, /4cz ~
Chris Casey _ …… C ….. ~"—=-• Y—-
Euzabeth Higginsyr’::< ‘
Diana Peduzzi –1~+—‘"——+_,.~~~…..,,,._~""’+–=–%2/