BETHEL — The proposed operating budget of $2.49 million is up 3.9% from the budget voters approved last year.
If voters approve all municipal spending, including separate money articles for social service agencies and the White River Valley Ambulance, the tax rate is expected to increase 3 cents per $100 of valuation.
Another article seeks voters’ approval of a new ordinance regulating garbage in town.
Two Selectboard seats, currently held by Paul Vallee and Lindley Brainard, will be chosen by ballot.
Bethel’s Town Meeting will be held in the gymnasium of the White River Unified Middle School at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 3.