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West Warwick school leaders present preliminary FY26 budget; council approves Tecton contract for Stage 2 submission
Summary
School officials told the joint meeting the FY26 school budget is preliminary and may require one-time use of fund balance if state aid projections are flat. The council approved an approximately $856,000 AIA-template contract with architect/consultant Tecton to prepare a Stage 2 submission; supplemental studies would be added if required.
School and town officials met Dec. 17 for the annual statutory pre-budget consultation to review early FY26 revenue and expenditure estimates and a school building consultant contract.
Krista, a town finance staff member, told the joint meeting the revenue estimates are preliminary and that prior-year tax revenue and penalty/interest collections are down because motor vehicle collections have declined. “I always factor a 2% on the levy for now to be conservative,” Krista said.
The superintendent said the district’s…
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