LITTLETON – Two side-by-side towns made short work of their annual town meetings on Monday evening, passing their respective budgets as proposed and electing municipal and school board representatives.

In Littleton, Town Manager Jennifer Gogan said Tuesday that 26 residents attended the brief meeting. Attendance was higher this year than in the past, and 53 people voted in the elections.

Voters made no changes to the $349,190 municipal budget that was presented to them, according to Gogan. The fiscal forecast had increased $917 from last year.

Gogan said the town needed to budget more money for solid waste and insurance costs. It also needed to furnish an additional $300 for the recreation department.

On Monday evening, residents saw that the budget included decreases in costs for town officers and ambulance services.

There were no surprises at the ballot box, as there were only two candidates vying for a total of two open seats on the Board of Selectmen and the SAD 29 board of directors.

Incumbent Rae Johnston snagged another three-year term on the selectman’s panel, while Angela Wotton secured a three-year seat on the school board.

Twenty-five minutes after the meeting started, Littleton residents wrapped up business for another year and walked out the door of the Meduxnekeag Ramblers Clubhouse.

Just a short distance away in Monticello, town business was settled just as expediently.

Town Manager Ginger Pryor said Tuesday that the 49 voters present at the yearly meeting gave the nod to the $495,378 municipal budget without making any revisions.

That figure grew approximately $87,000 since last year, which Pryor attributed to a spike in the cost of road salt and fuel oil.

The town also put aside more money for local road repair.

A higher number of 167 residents cast ballots during the municipal election. Incumbent Jimmy Burpee held his seat on the Board of Selectmen and will be joined on the panel by Marjorie Peterson, who secured the other three-year term on the panel.

Lisa Harvey did not have to fend off any candidates in her quest for a three-year slot on the SAD 29 school board and placidly seized victory.

Pryor said Tuesday she was “really impressed” with this year’s meeting.

“Everything went very well,” she said.