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Finance committee approves fiscal-year spending items, including $843,000 capital outlay
Summary
The Town of Danvers Finance Committee approved a series of FY26 budget items during its Budget Review Day 3, including a $843,000 general-fund capital outlay that includes a $100,000 share for a new street sweeper; police, fire, public works, sewer and water budgets were also approved.
The Town of Danvers Finance Committee on Budget Review Day 3 approved a package of fiscal-year 2026 spending measures, including a $843,000 general-fund capital outlay and individual departmental budgets for police, fire, public works, sewer and water.
The committee voted to approve the general-fund capital outlay, which covers a set of routine vehicle and equipment replacements and includes one-third of the cost of a new street sweeper (see separate article). The same meeting recorded motions to move and approve the police, fire, public works tax-supported, sewer and water budgets; the electric division presented its calendar-year budget but that item was scheduled for a separate warrant article later in April.
Why it matters: these votes set the town’s near-term operating and capital priorities and determine which projects appear on the annual warrant and town meeting agendas. Several items approved at the meeting…
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