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Employee benefits grew 12.7% a year, the most dollars past the cap of any group; group health is 71% of it.
1 · The facts
$4,293,123
voted, FY2025
9.8%
of the voted budget, FY2025
12.7%
a year, FY2023 to FY2025
$438,870
a year above what 2.5% growth carries (ours)
our estimate
$2,455,675
Group Health Insurance, FY2023
$3,059,912
Group Health Insurance, FY2025
71%
of the group, group health, FY2025
$200,000
Reserve Fund, FY2025
$185,000
Salary Reserve Fund, FY2025
—
whose insurance the group health line pays
not published
2 · What it shows
1
Group Health Insurance rose $604,237, 66% of the group’s whole rise.
2
The two reserve funds went from $169,000 to $385,000 together, FY2023 to FY2025.
3
Which employees and retirees the group health line covers is not printed in the omnibus.
The benefits group’s lines
FY2023
FY2025
Change
Group Health Insurance
$2,455,675
$3,059,912
+$604,237
Reserve Fund
$75,000
$200,000
+$125,000
Salary Reserve Fund
$94,000
$185,000
+$91,000
Medicare - Town's Share
$320,560
$375,177
+$54,617
Liability Insurance
$225,644
$249,189
+$23,545
Workers Compensation
$154,174
$169,976
+$15,803
Mont Reg Planning Assess
$4,158
$4,369
+$211
Group Life Insurance
$15,000
$15,000
+$0
Physicals
$3,500
$3,500
+$0
Print Town Reports
$12,000
$12,000
+$0
Historical Commission
$3,000
$3,000
+$0
Band Concerts
$6,000
$6,000
+$0
Unemployment Expense
$10,000
$10,000
+$0
Lines that appear in both omnibus budgets under the same printed label. A line whose label changed is not joined.