Acton Finance Committee schedules joint schools meeting, hears insurance and DPW updates and adjourns

The Town of Acton Finance Committee set a joint meeting with the school committee and select board and heard brief operational updates before adjourning by unanimous roll call.

Committee chair Scott confirmed a joint meeting (the “scribe board” meeting) with the Acton‑Boxborough School Committee and the Select Board for September 3 at 7 p.m. in the Administration Building on Charter Road. The meeting was described as an opportunity for “where the schools are now” with all parties present.

Town Manager John Manjari and other committee members reported several near‑term items: the health insurance trust has signaled a material increase in retiree insurance costs (discussed at the Select Board meeting), with a figure cited in committee discussion of about a 40% increase for retirees; broker Gallagher is working to mitigate the impact and the town expects some offsetting inflows. The DPW building committee is preparing four scenarios and cost estimates, with those estimates expected this week and presentation planned for early September.

Committee business also included scheduling and procedural items: the committee deferred approval of meeting minutes to the next meeting and decided to begin a point‑of‑view discussion at the next session. Scott asked members to assume they will attend unless they notified him otherwise for quorum planning.

A motion to adjourn was made, seconded and approved by roll call. The recorded votes were: Greg — aye; Steve — aye; Alex — aye; Jason — aye; Chrissy — aye; Roland — aye; Durant — aye. The chair declared the finance committee adjourned.