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Public Works presents FY27 operating plan; sewer anomaly clouds headline change

Board of Selectmen, Town of New Canaan · February 12, 2026
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Summary

DPW told the Board that excluding wastewater, the department’s FY27 operating increase is about 0.88%; capital asks total roughly $18M before cuts, with large pavement-management and sidewalk programs and an intersection grant contingent on outside funding.

A DPW presentation to the Board of Selectmen laid out the department’s FY27 request, showing a near-flat operating budget once wastewater is excluded and a substantial capital plan that the department said can be pared back.

The presenter summarized the operating picture: “Looking at it overall, including the sewer, we're at a minus 1.11, but if I take the sewer budget out, we're at 0.88 overall,” the presenter said, noting that a sewer accounting anomaly and contingency lines drive the headline change.

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