POWNAL – The Pownal Select Board is going directly to townspeople for input as the board heads into its annual budget preparation season.

The next town general fund and road budgets will ultimately go to the voters during town meeting in March 2026.

"The Select Board is seeking public input on the [fiscal 2027] budget and future priorities,” town Executive Assistant Tara Parks said.

A link to the survey can be found on the Pownal website under the heading: Town of Pownal Budget/Planning Public Input Survey.

The survey isn’t in paper form, only online, Parks said, but she would provide a paper survey if someone asks for one.

“I will leave [the survey] up until budget season is over at least,” she said of the online survey.

She added that board member Jeannie Alexander “suggested d

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