PARIS – Voters were quick to approve a $3.19 million budget Saturday, wrapping up the annual town meeting in one hour.

The municipal expenses are $22,539 less than last year.

One resident criticized the Fire Department budget of $221,181, saying it was only about half the amount of the Police Department budget and a higher allocation could allow the fire department to create a reserve account to hire full-time firefighters. Selectman David Ivey said the amount was based on recommendations from the fire chief and town manager.

Residents approved several amendments to the town’s agreement with the Norway-Paris Solid Waste agreement. Janet Jamison, a member of an ad-hoc committee that reviewed the agreement, said concerns arose last year over fee structures and the inability of the two towns’ boards of selectmen to have a say in such matters.

Changes include having fee changes go before the boards for approval; the expansion of the Solid Waste Board and elimination of alternate members; limiting directors and officers of the board to three consecutive terms; hiring a manager to oversee transfer station operations; and a review of the agreement every five years. The changes must also be approved at Norway’s annual town meeting on Monday to go into effect.

Voters approved closing the Colby Farm Road to winter maintenance for 10 years. The road was deemed a town road in a court decision last year, and the town will still plow up to a single residence there.

Voters also approved a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant for work on the town’s wastewater treatment plant, and waived foreclosure on the former A.C. Lawrence Leather Co. property on Oxford Street. The town has waived foreclosure since the tannery closed in 1985; a $4 million cleanup effort by the Environmental Protection Agency finished removing 33,000 tons of chromium waste from the site in 2007.

At the beginning of the meeting, Board of Selectmen Chairman Raymond Glover recognized former selectman Gerald Kilgore for 15 years of service on the board. Kilgore did not run for re-election this year.