Voters at Saturday’s annual town meeting approved a budget that will result in a tax rate decrease and also implements a mandatory recycling program.

Town Manager Dana Lee said the town’s property tax rate should decrease by about $1.60 from the current rate of $24.50 per $1,000 of a property’s valuation.

Lee said the town voted to adopt a mandatory recycling program effective July 1. He said the town will require residents to place recyclables in a single stream bin at the town transfer station, a move he predicts could save as much as $25,000 in waste disposal costs.

In the town election Friday, Peter Bolduc Jr., who ran unopposed, was elected to the Board of Selectmen. Norm Davis and Martha Stone, who ran as a write-in candidate, were elected to the School Committee.

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