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Select Board approves 2026–27 budget 4–1 after concern over school share
Summary
The Select Board approved the town’s 2026–27 budget by a 4–1 vote after a budget meeting in which Member Susan Sargent called the allocation of roughly 91% of local tax dollars to the school 'untenable.'
The Select Board approved the town’s 2026–27 budget by a 4–1 vote at a budget meeting March 17 after a brief review of expenditures.
Susan Sargent, a Select Board member, said roughly 91% of the budget ("$0.91 of every tax dollar" as recorded in the minutes) was being directed to the school and described that allocation as "untenable." The motion to approve the budget as presented passed with four members in favor and Sargent opposed.
Board members spent the meeting reviewing the proposed spending plan and did not amend the document before the vote. The regular meeting had adjourned at 7:22 p.m. to continue as a budget meeting, where the final vote was taken.
The approval completes the board-level action on the 2026–27 budget; the minutes do not record further procedural steps such as a required town meeting or referendum. The minutes do not specify the total dollar value of the budget or which line items compose the school allocation.
Next procedural steps and any public hearings or warrant article scheduling were not recorded in the minutes.
