Christmas is a costly affair for the Cromwell Community Board, which spends about $7000 each year to put up and take down decorations in the town's mall.
At a meeting on Monday, community board members allocated $21,500 to the town's promotions group for costs associated with the decorations.
The board set aside $10,000 to partly reimburse the promotions group, which spent $21,710 buying, installing, and packing away new Christmas decorations.
The board had already put $10,000 towards the purchase of new decorations, after people complained about the lack of decorations in the Cromwell Mall during December 2007 and 2008.
A $10,000 Pub Charity grant also helped pay for new decorations.
Cromwell's previous Christmas decorations were at least 22 years old and had not been installed some years due to their poor condition.
Storage of the decorations had been inadequate, and $4500 of the board's allocation went towards the cost of buying vermin-proof containers.
The remaining $7000 was allocated for the installation and taking down of decorations before and after Christmas this year.
Board members also agreed to provide funding for the annual cost in future budgets.