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Northborough presents balanced FY27 budget that uses free cash to limit tax increase
Summary
Town staff and school leaders presented FY27 operating and capital budgets that rely on $1.2 million of free cash to avoid an override. Education and special education costs drove most of the increase; the town projects an average residential tax-bill increase in the neighborhood of 4–4.8%.
The Select Board and Appropriations Committee heard a joint presentation March 23 on Northborough’s proposed FY27 operating and capital budgets, which rely on one-time free cash and spending trade-offs to avoid a property-tax override.
Superintendent Martin opened for the school district and said the combined proposed School Committee budgets total about $63.5 million for FY27, with the K–8 budget at $32,076,841 (a 6.96% increase) and the Algonquin Regional assessment at $31,416,287 (a 5.81% increase). Becky Pellegrino, assistant superintendent for finance, said the major drivers are special education tuition and transportation, collaborative tuition and salaries; the K–8 plan also includes a reduction of 7.4…
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