Proposed budget for New Ipswich reflects rising salaries and insurance costs

By: ASHLEY SAARI

Outlets: Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

Published: January 14, 2026

Words: 591

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago


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The proposed budget for New Ipswich is $4.02 million, an overall increase of about $400,000, or 11%.

During Tuesday’s hearing, Finance Advisory Committee Chair Joe Woodworth laid out most of the largest increases from the previous year’s budget, most of which related either to salaries or a rise in insurance costs.

Some of the salary increases are attributed to the way unfilled positions were budgeted in the 2025 budget. Some positions were only …

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