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Council begins planning multiyear funding request for FY27 amid calls for emergency reserve

5088954 · June 27, 2025
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Council members discussed preparing a multiyear funding request for fiscal 2027 to preserve level funding and address inflation, and considered creating an emergency fund to respond to sudden needs across island service providers.

The Council for Human Services is preparing a multiyear funding request to the town manager and finance director to preserve level funding for fiscal year 2027 and to seek additional resources to respond to inflation and growing service needs, Chair Veronica Bolchic said June 26.

Bolchic told members the current human-services allocation “at $650,001.75” has been in place for at least five years and that the council is discussing a multiyear approach that would lay out projected requests for FY27, FY28 and FY29. She…

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