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Board of Finance finalizes preliminary budget, schedules April hearings amid debate over school request

Board of Finance · March 30, 2026
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Summary

The board approved several adjustments to the towns preliminary budget, set a public budget hearing for April 9 and a final workshop on April 8, and left the disputed school (AES) recommendation to be resolved after the public hearing. Officials estimated a roughly 9% tax increase in the proposed budget and urged the public to attend.

The Board of Finance met March 25 to finalize its preliminary budget and set the calendar for public review, voting to hold a public budget hearing on April 9 and a board workshop on April 8 to finalize presentation materials.

Chair Rob opened the meeting and walked members through the year-to-date budget-to-actual report, noting several items remain to be reconciled in QuickBooks and the auditors reports. Staff told the board they would correct mismatches between bank balances and QuickBooks figures for specific…

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