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Select Board split over override timing as finance committee urges early vote; CPA withdrawal proposed as one option
Summary
Grafton Select Board members debated whether to set an override figure now and begin outreach or wait for scrubbed budget numbers; finance committee members urged the board to commit to a ballot question soon, while a board member proposed temporarily withdrawing from the Community Preservation Act to lower an override ask.
GRAFTON — The Select Board and School Committee split Tuesday over how quickly to commit to a Proposition 2½ override to make up a projected $1.484 million FY27 shortfall, with finance committee members urging the board to place a question on the ballot soon and some select board members asking for more detailed, scrubbed budget numbers before pledging to a figure.
Finance committee members pressed the board to act early so voters have time for public hearings and outreach. "We know today that we are going to need an override, or we will have extreme cuts," Dan Kushner, a finance committee member speaking for himself, said…
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