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Falmouth officials flag a $2 million operating-gap and begin FY28 budget planning

Town of Falmouth Town Meeting discussion (selectboard/town meeting program) · April 10, 2026
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Summary

Town presenters said they trimmed just over $2 million from departmental requests to balance the current operating budget and warned that FY28 will require difficult choices to constrain spending or raise revenues under property tax levy limits.

At town meeting, the town’s budget presenter described a fiscal picture that required removing just over $2,000,000 in departmental requests to balance the current operating budget, which totals about $184 million. The presenter said the operating budget increase for the year was roughly 5.7 percent (about a $9 million increase) and noted that ongoing cost drivers — especially rising health-care costs…

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