@MaryAnnBraggCCT ORLEANS — Voters easily approved a 6 percent increase for next year’s operating budget, to $33.5 million, at the annual town meeting Monday.
“It’s time to identify other sources of revenue” and other ways to complete capital projects without increasing property taxes, Bruneau said.
“This project has been brought in under budget,” DPW facilities building committee member Peter Coneen said of the spending proposed.
One voter asked for more building maintenance in the future.
This, too, will need voter approval at the town election.
The actual cost for Orleans is $158,000, a Nauset Regional School Committee member said.
A $300,000 ambulance replacement passed, but the Finance Committee opposed it.
As the town moves toward becoming a green community under state guidelines, there are requirements that some town vehicles be energy-efficient, a voter said.
The resident sticker is not “free” right now because beach operations are supported from the town’s general fund, a member of the town Revenue Committee said.
The selectmen agree that fees should be reviewed more often, and that costs should be considered, Dunford said.