BRUNSWICK

After reducing spending and services to hold property tax increases to 6.6 percent, town councilors Thursday adopted municipal and school budgets for Fiscal Year 2014.

The approval of next year’s $57.4 million budget already includes more than $1.2 million in cuts from original proposed budgets, drafted by School Superintendent Paul Perzanoski and Town Manager

Gary Brown, to reduce the needed tax increase from 10.3 percent to 6.6 percent.

However, Brown and the councilors could find themselves with more work to do, if projected state revenue sharing is reduced or, worse, eliminated in Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed state budget.

If that happens, Brown warned councilors Thursday, they’ll either have to make more cuts or rely on property tax increases to cover the gap — which would push tax increases to more than 11 percent.

Despite the indecision in Augusta, four positions previously cut from the the school budget were restored May 22. Sale of the town’s Parks and Recreation building on 30 Federal St., announced by the council on May 20, reduced the School Department’s need for reductions by $200,000.

The restored positions:

— a full-time data compilation and processing position, with salary of $49,470;

— a full-time support teacher at Brunswick Junior High School, $60,756;

— a part-time elementary music teacher, at $36,924; and

— a part-time elementary resource assistant, $25,877.

With those four positions replaced, the final school budget for next year is just over $35 million; the overall municipal budget is $22.3 million.

A referendum to validate the school budget is scheduled for June 11.

jtleonard@timesrecord.com