Chelsea Town Meeting will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 5, at Town Hall. The First Branch Unified School District Annual Meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 4, at the Tunbridge Central School.
CHELSEA — Voters will be asked to approve a $1.28 million town budget, a $43,000 increase over 2018 spending.
Elections are from the floor, including three Selectboard seats.
On the school side, the proposed $6.7 million budget for the First Branch Unified School District would result in education spending of $17,317 per equalized pupil, a 3 percent increase.
The budget marks a 1 percent increase over the current school year, and includes a 3 percent increase in salaries.
The proposed tax rate for Chelsea could drop by 2 cents per $100 of valuation to $1.59, according to the School Board report, a reduction of $50 on a home assessed at $250,000.