HANOVER – Residents will vote on a $525,926 municipal budget at the annual town meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at the Town House on Howard Pond Road.

The proposed 2015-16 fiscal year budget is $21,763 more than the previous year, with a majority of the increases coming from office expenses, the county tax and solid waste disposal.

Salaries of Town Office employees are proposed to drop from $37,850 to $31,550.

The pay for town clerk, treasurer, tax collector and registrar of voters was lowered from $12,730 to $11,000; for the Planning Board members and alternates from $3,650 to $1,600.

The proposed 2015-16 budget also shows a decrease in the town roads and bridges line, from $35,000 to $30,000.

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