About 60 residents voted Saturday to approve a $1.2 million municipal budget at their annual town meeting.

The budget reflects an estimated $48,000 increase over last year, said John Bell, chairman of the Board of Selectman.

Residents voted to raise $130,000 for repairing highway roads and bridges; $175,000 to maintain roads in the winter; and $6,000 to hire a part-time librarian.

“It was a pretty good turnout for a snowy day,” Bell said. “The meeting went quite well.”

An item that generated some healthy discussion was to raise $43,000 to transition to a single-stream recycling method and purchase a new compactor. Voters decided to accept the change.

Bell said residents also voted to raise $24,000 to purchase a backhoe and $22,000 to pave the last section of Mill Hill Road.

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