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Budget committee advances FY27 warrant: key article votes and funding totals
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Summary
The budget review committee moved and recorded votes on a sequence of FY27 warrant articles — including revenue, salary and CIP items — and forwarded the certified warrant for the annual town meeting with multiple motions recorded as carried at the table.
The budget review committee recorded motions and votes on a slate of FY27 warrant articles and moved the package forward for certification to appear on the annual town meeting warrant.
Among the items the committee moved and recorded votes on were: - Article 3: Motion to collect and appropriate estimated town-generated and state revenue in the amount discussed in the warrant (transcript reference cites $8,205,218); committee recorded approval at the table. - Article 4: Past-due accounts, estimated at $1,610,500, was moved and approved. - Salary and benefit adjustments (a motion to raise and appropriate amounts that resulted in a total cited of $15,915,558 to cover municipal wages and benefits) were moved and approved. - Article 9 (capital improvement plan): Motion to fund the CIP by raising and appropriating amounts from taxation and undesignated fund balance; committee moved and approved funding into CIP reserve accounts. - Article 12 (general assistance): Motion to appropriate up to $45,000 from undesignated fund balance for the general assistance program; approved.
Most motions were moved, seconded and recorded with a unanimous table tally (commonly recorded as 5–0 during the meeting). The committee then voted to move the fiscal-year-27 initial budget and financial warrant articles to the certification and warrant-signing phase for the scheduled June 9, 2026 annual meeting.
