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Templeton select board to present tiered override options after contentious budget review
Summary
Facing a roughly $3.0M combined fiscal gap driven by a $2.0M school assessment increase and town-side shortfalls, the Templeton Select Board agreed March 26 to prepare both an override and a no-override budget and seek voter guidance with multiple tiered override questions.
The Templeton Select Board agreed on March 26 to prepare both an override and a no‑override FY27 budget and to present multiple, tiered override questions to voters, after a lengthy debate over steep cuts and the town’s share of a $2 million school assessment increase.
The board’s discussion centered on whether to ask residents for an override large enough to cover the projected shortfall or to present several options so voters could choose how much to add to the levy. The town administrator told the board he had prepared an exercise showing possible town-side cuts of about $910,000 to illustrate what reductions would look like.
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