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Southborough Board of Health reviews FY27 draft budget, delays vote until November
Summary
Health department staff presented a FY27 draft that assumes a 4% salary increase and otherwise mirrors the current year; board members agreed to defer formal approval to the November meeting and asked staff to check with the personnel board and department head schedule.
The Southborough Board of Health on Oct. 7 reviewed a draft FY27 departmental budget that largely mirrors the current year but assumes a 4% overall salary increase and modest total growth; the board did not take a vote and expects to revisit the budget at its November meeting.
Taylor (health department staff) told the board the FY27 draft assumes a 4% salary increase pending the personnel board’s determination, which staff described as most likely splitting into a roughly 2% cost‑of‑living adjustment and a 2% merit component. Staff also noted longevity adjustments for two employees and said there were no planned operational budget changes beyond a 3.3% overall increase in the draft. Taylor reminded the board that Northborough reimburses Southborough for half of the shared health‑agent line item.
Board members asked whether contracted services included any shared services; Taylor said the contracted services line was Dennis’s item and that shared services employees and operations are budgeted in Northborough’s accounts. Chelsea (meeting chair) said a department‑heads meeting is scheduled in the coming weeks and staff will have more detail after that meeting; Taylor said no formal submission to the town administrator (Brian) had been made yet. Board members agreed there was no need to vote at the Oct. 7 meeting and to postpone formal approval until November to allow time for personnel‑board decisions and any changes.
Separately at the start of the meeting, the board approved the minutes of its Sept. 9, 2025 meeting. The minutes motion was seconded and recorded as passed with member votes recorded in the transcript (Dulak, aye; Malinowski, aye). The meeting adjourned at 9:34 a.m.
The board set its next regular meetings for Nov. 18 and Dec. 9, and staff reminded attendees that the fall town meeting is Oct. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at Trottier.
