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Simsbury commission approves FY26 police, dispatch, animal control and emergency preparedness budgets amid staffing and overtime concerns
Summary
The Simsbury Police Commission voted to adopt four FY26 operating budgets after discussing a 7% increase in the police budget driven by salary costs, a roughly 30% rise in overtime, a pending grant for dispatch software, and plans to purchase three new cruisers.
The Simsbury Police Commission approved proposed fiscal year 2026 operating budgets covering the police department, dispatch, animal control and civil preparedness after a discussion of staffing, overtime and technology costs.
The presenter, identified only in the transcript as Speaker 8, told the commission that "the whole police budget shows a 7% increase" and that full‑time salaries were the primary driver, citing "303,000, $304,000" in related costs. Speaker 8 also flagged overtime and an added contractual holiday (moving from 11 to 12) as contributors to the increase.
Why it matters: the commission was asked to approve budgets while the town's board of finance signaled constrained fiscal parameters, including a shrinking grand list that will…
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