Department budgets

Town staff counts

8 town departments print a staff count, in 7 different forms that cannot be added up.

Schools
FY2011–FY2025 · 232 now · every member of staff, named
FY2011FY2013FY2015FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2025170200230272
Fire Department
FY2011–FY2025 · 40 now · career staff plus the low end of the on-call range
FY2011FY2013FY2015FY2017FY2019FY2021FY20253639424548
Police Department
FY2012–FY2025 · 29 now · every member of staff, named on its roster
FY2012FY2015FY2017FY2019FY2021FY20251318232833
Department of Public Works
FY2023–FY2025 · 14 now · an establishment, post by post
FY2023FY2024FY202514
Council on Aging
FY2011–FY2025 · 11 now · a named staff list
FY2011FY2015FY2017FY2019FY2021FY20257891011
Building Department
FY2019–FY2022 · 4 now · a named staff list
FY2019FY2020FY2021FY20224
Board of Assessors
FY2023–FY2025 · 3 now · an establishment, one post at a time
FY2023FY202522.252.52.753
Information Technology
FY2016–FY2020 · 3 now · a named roster, one biography per person
FY2016FY2017FY2018FY202033.253.53.754

1 · The facts

  • 40

    Fire, people, FY2025

  • 29

    Police, people, FY2025

  • 14

    Public Works, posts, FY2025

  • 11

    Council on Aging, people, FY2025

  • 10

    Library, people, FY2019

  • 4

    Building, people, FY2022

  • 3

    Board of Assessors, posts, FY2025

  • 3

    Information Technology, people, FY2020

  • —

    one town-wide headcount by department

    not published

2 · What it shows

  1. 1

    The 8 counts come in 7 forms: named rosters, posts, ranges and a stated number.

  2. 2

    3 of the 8 last printed a count before FY2023.

Each department’s own count
CountYearWhat it counts
Fire Department40FY2025career staff plus the low end of the on-call range
Police Department29FY2025every member of staff, named on its roster
Department of Public Works14FY2025an establishment, post by post
Council on Aging11FY2025a named staff list
Library10FY2019a stated headcount
Building Department4FY2022a named staff list
Board of Assessors3FY2025an establishment, one post at a time
Information Technology3FY2020a named roster, one biography per person

As each department prints it in its own annual report. School staff are on the School staffing shelf.

Sources

What changed

Version 15 — updated September 20, 2026