GILFORD — The town's Selectboard is recommending a budget total of $23.6 million, to be reviewed on Thursday by the town’s Budget Committee. Their oversight starts the process leading up to Town Meeting in March.

The proposal is higher than last year’s operating budget total of $20.9 million, voted on at the 2025 Town Meeting. Town Administrator Scott Dunn said the proposal is actually a significant decrease, because the 2025 budget included $11.2 million for the new public works building. According to information provided by Dunn, the gross budget amount for the proposed 2026 budget is a 30.23% decrease.

“All of that was completely offset by a bond, so it didn’t have an impact on the ’25 budget. But in 2026, we begin making our bond payments, so it is a significant decrease in the botto

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