Town voters will be asked to approve a $600,000 override at the annual election this spring. The town town budget is $25.7 million.

Town treasurer Tim McLean said he estimates the override to be between $1.2 and $1.3 million, although not all department budgets have been fixed yet. The forthcoming deficit was first noted in November, when the town began to prepare for the upcoming fiscal year.

A plan to reconfigure the town beachfront at Squibnocket could be a model for future coastal restoration projects, concludes a report by Greg Berman, a coastal scientist with the Woods Hole Sea Grant Cooperative Extension. But he advised a go-slow approach and said more study is needed.

The town is taking steps to clarify procedures for outside donations to the town. Meanwhile, council director Roger Wey remains on paid administrative leave after the discovery of a fund affiliated with the town that was being handled outside the town treasury.