Residents approved a $757,863 budget at Saturday's annual town meeting, a 3 percent reduction from last year's budget.

About 63 people attended the meeting at the Leeds Central School, according to Town Clerk Jane Wheeler. Every part of the proposed budget was approved, she said.

The budget decreased in part because the town made its final payment on some outstanding debt last year, Wheeler said.

In elections Friday, Dwight Buckley was elected to an open seat on the Board of Selectman, defeating Michael Burgess Jr. The vote was 108-13.

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.

Voters elected a new selectman and eliminated funding for the Turner Center for the Arts at their annual election and town meeting.

In Friday’s election, Richard Keene defeated challengers Jeffrey Timberlake and Calvin Rose Sr. for the only available selectman’s seat. He replaces Joan Bryant Deschenes, who decided to run for a seat in the state House of Representatives.

Town Manager Eva Leavitt said residents at Saturday’s town meeting voted to dissolve the Turner Center for the Arts Board and withhold $12,825 in funding for the center.

Leavitt said the board was having difficulty raising funds to pay for its overhead expenses. The 3-year-old center occupied space in the Leavitt Institute building, which also houses the town library and a town history museum.

GREENE — Residents at Saturday’s town meeting approved an estimated $2.1 million municipal budget and voted to spend $85,000 to buy a 1.5-ton truck.

The budget increased about $82,000 over last year, said Town Manager Charles Noonan, who estimated that fewer than 80 people turned out to vote. He said voters approved the 58 warrant articles as they were written.

Residents voted to raise $85,000 for a 1.5-ton truck for the Public Works Department, equipped with a plow and sander.

“We have been using our highway foreman’s personal vehicle and reimbursed him for mileage,” Noonan said.

Residents voted to raise $80,000 for the fire department, an increase of roughly $25,000 from last year. Voters also decided to raise an additional $25,000 for the capital reserve account to purchase a new fire truck.

Residents voted to raise $5,000 to purchase new books and $37,456 to operate the Julia Adams Morse Library.

Other budget items that were approved include $12,760 for the Parks and Recreation Department; $255,850 for the transfer station; $7,750 to help local charities, and $15,000 to make repairs to the old town hall building.

About 100 residents at Saturday’s town meeting approved an estimated $3.1 million municipal and school budget and voted to purchase a 17-acre parcel of land for a new cemetery.

Selectman Eda Tripp said nearly all the warrant items passed except for donations to local organizations. Some of the items approved included a plow truck for the highway department; raising $8,000 to make repairs to the fire department’s Engine 8 truck; $185,000 for the maintenance of roads, culverts, bridges and bushes; and $165,000 to maintain winter roads.

Tripp said the meeting went smoothly and the turnout was good despite the continuing snowstorm that was making travel difficult.

“The road manager-commissioner, Arlan Saunders, did a really good job. He got out and plowed all the roads before town meeting time,” Tripp said.

Residents voted to purchase 17 acres adjacent to Center Hill Cemetery, and to accept Riverside Cemetery and Center Hill. Tripp said it brings the total of cemeteries in Minot to 28.

“A portion of the land will be ready to offer to people for burials in a year or two,” said Tripp, who was on the committee that promoted the land purchase. “We had no more spaces (in the cemeteries in Minot). I am quite happy that people approved this.”

Residents also voted to raise $15,000 to join the Auburn Library. Residents previously had to pay to become members of the library. Now all residents can benefit from the services offered by the library, Tripp said.