Library Board approves $1,001,603.86 budget with COLA provision
Goffstown Library Board approves $1 million budget with full COLA adjustment. The trustees voted unanimously to adopt a 2027 operating budget of $1,001,603.86, incorporating the town's projected 2.8 percent personnel cost-of-living increase and raising the budget from an initial proposal of
Library Board of Trustees · Meeting of September 16, 2026
NH GOFFSTOWN — Goffstown Library Board approves $1 million budget with full COLA adjustment. The trustees voted unanimously to adopt a 2027 operating budget of $1,001,603.86, incorporating the town's projected 2.8 percent personnel cost-of-living increase and raising the budget from an initial proposal of $984,058 through salary adjustments totaling $17,545.86. The board also authorized Library Director Patti Penick to work with DPW to reconfigure parking lot greenspace, adding six spaces at no additional cost while bringing the lot into code.
Summer youth participation exceeded prior year attendance by 20 percent, with 3,019 children and 527 teens attending programs.
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Source: the Library Board of Trustees meeting of September 16, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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