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Brookline staff outline FY2027 budget, present two-budget approach and preview possible override
Summary
Town staff told the Select Board they will publish FY2027 budget materials showing two scenarios — with and without a possible operating override — and flagged a roughly $2.8–2.9 million gap that could be reduced to about $2.1–2.2 million by modest CIP and OPEB assumption changes; school-side shortfall is estimated near $6.5 million.
Brookline officials presented the FY2027 budget timeline and a two-scenario approach at the Jan. 27 Select Board meeting, saying the administration will publish a budget book showing both a no-override plan and a plan that assumes an operating override.
Town staff member Chaz, who is coordinating the budget work, said the budget book will be published after the governor's budget and the cherry sheets are released and that the town will prepare both a baseline budget and an alternate that reflects an override. He said the town's headline budget gap remains in the roughly $2.8 million to $2.9 million range. By reducing…
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