Approved 2026 Operating Budget

Table of Contents

Resolution 2025-22      
Town Administrators Message 1 Public Works Department 106
2025-2026 Budget Comparisons 5   Transmittal Message  
Personnel Comparisons 7   Organizational Chart  
Vehicle Comparisons 11   District Court Building  
General Fund Fiscal Forecast 14   Parks & Grounds Maintenance  
General Fund Revenue 19   Library Building  
General Fund Expense Summary 23   Police Station Building  
Accounting, Assessing & Welfare 29   Public Works Building  
  Accounting     Town Cemeteries  
  Assessing     Town Hall Building  
  Direct Assistance     Trusted Graveyard  
Boards Committees & Commissions 33   Wagon Hill  
  Agricultural Commission     Public Works Administration  
  Land Stewardship Full Time Proposal     Drainage & Vegetation   
  Conservation Commission     Engineer  
  Energy Committee     Equipment Maintenance  
  Historic District Commission     Roadway Maintenance  
  Integrated Waste Management Committee     Snow & Ice Removal  
  Joint Loss Committee     Stormwater II Permitting  
  Parks & Recreation Committee     Superintendent Bridge & Dam  
  Planning Board     Traffic Control  
  Zoning Board     Sanitation Administration  
Building Inspection - Health 50   Curbside Collection  
  Building Inspection     Litter Removal  
  Health Administrator     Recycling  
DCAT 53   Roll Off Vehicle  
Debt Principal & Interest 54   Transfer Station  
  Debt Principal   Recreation 145
  Debt Interest     Transmittal Message  
  Other Debt Service Charges     Department Budget  
Elected Positions 57   Patriotic Purposes  
  Moderator   Social Service Agencies 149
  Supervisors of the Checklist     Community Action Partnerships  
  Town Clerk/Tax Collector     Easter Seals of NH  
  Town Council     Greater Seacoast Comm. Health  
  Treasurer     CASA  
Fire Department 63   HAVEN  
  Transmittal Message     Big Brothers Big Sister of the Greater Seacoast  
  Organizational Chart

 

  Ready Rides  
  Administration     Strafford Nutrition Meals on Wheels  
  EMS     Cornerstone VNA  
  Equipment Maintenance     Twenty-One Senses  
  Fire Prevention   Town Administrator 150
  Special Events   Transfer Out 151
  Suppression   Water Fund Fiscal Forecast 154
  Training & Safety   Water Fund Revenues 156
General Government 80 Water Fund Expenses 157
  Emergency Management   Wastewater Fund Fiscal Forecast 167
  Legal   Wastewater Fund Revenues 170
  Other General Government   Wastewater Fund Expenses 171
GIS 83 Parking Fund Revenues & Expenses 183
Information Technology 84 Approved 2026 Capital Fund 187
  Message   Depot Road Fund Revenues/Expenses 191
  Budget   Churchill Rink Fund Revenues/Expenses 193
Outside Agencies 87 Library Revenues/Expenses 196
  Ambulance     Transmittal Message  
  Other Public Safety     Organizational Chart  
  Advertising & Regional Associations     Budget  
Planning Department 90 Dowtown TIF District Fund 202
Police Department 93    
  Transmittal Message      
  CALEA      
  Organizational Chart      
  Budget      
  Special Details