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Selectmen push for 0% budget target; finance and education boards caution over insurance and facilities costs
Summary
Boards of Selectmen, Finance and Education met Oct. 23 to discuss early budget guidance; selectmen signaled an aim for a 0% town-side increase while finance members warned of, and offered differing estimates for, rising insurance costs and school officials cited deferred maintenance and staffing pressures.
Boards of Selectmen, Finance and Education met in a joint session Oct. 23 to confer on the goals and objectives that will frame the 2025-26 budget process. The meeting produced competing signals about how aggressive the townshould be in holding overall spending.
A number of Selectmen said they will aim for a 0% increase in next years town-side budget and urged staff and boards to try to identify efficiencies. One selectman stated plainly that the board will "try everything in our power to get as low as possible" and said they were not targeting the 4.5% figure that had been circulated previously.
Members of the Board of Finance urged caution. Matt Wagner, a finance board member, told the assembled boards that the insurance renewal appears…
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