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First draft of FY27 Middlebury town budget reflects 13.5% increase

Debt service on the $17 million Ilsley Library expansion and renovation project, contracted increases in town employee wages and benefits, ongoing maintenance and improvements to town infrastructure, and recommended tech investments at the town offices are among the cost drivers in the draft FY27 Middlebury town budget.

Selectboard members at their Tuesday meeting were gobsmacked to learn that the draft budget would require a substantial increase in the municipal property tax rate.

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