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Kennebunk Select Board and Budget Board approve 2026–27 departmental budgets, including $1.5M for TIFs
Summary
At a Feb. 12 joint meeting, the Select Board and Budget Board approved the town's 2026–27 departmental budgets and a $1.5 million allocation for Tax Increment Financing (TIFs). Finance Director Kayla Tierney reviewed the proposed budget before roll-call motions and unanimous approvals.
Select Board Chair Miriam Whitehouse and Budget Board Chair Fred Weber presided over a joint meeting on Feb. 12, 2026, where both boards approved the town's proposed 2026–27 departmental budgets, including a $1,500,000 allocation for TIFs.
Finance Director Kayla Tierney reviewed a PowerPoint presentation and directed attendees to the 2026–27 Proposed Budget Book and meeting materials available on the town website. Department directors and staff were present to answer questions and support the review.
The Budget Board and Select Board recorded identical series of roll-call votes approving departmental budgets. On the Budget Board many motions were made by Thomas Wellman and seconded by Charles Auger; on the Select Board many motions were made by Lisa Pratt and seconded by Karen Plattes. Laura Sevigny of the Budget Board was noted as absent and unable to connect via Zoom; the minutes show the Budget Board tallies as 5–0 with one absent and the Select Board tallies as 7–0 on these items.
Votes at a glance: TIFs — $1,500,000; General Gov't & Admin. (11103) — $665,568; Select Board (11104) — $28,056; Town Manager (11105) — $302,306; Town Clerk (11106) — $225,597; Ballot Clerks (11107) — $30,625; Assessors (11108) — $384,222; Community Development (11110) — $794,299; Town Hall (11112) — $198,976; Computer/IT (11113) — $699,088; Human Resources (11114) — $215,774; Finance (11115) — $538,439; Police (12200) — $3,861,616; Communications (12205) — $528,784. All listed items were approved by both boards as presented in the meeting minutes.
The minutes list motions and seconders for each vote on both boards and record the vote tallies. The meeting record notes that it was held in Rooms 300/301 with remote participation via Zoom and that the session was recorded for future viewing at www.kennebunkmaine.us/tv.
The joint meeting served to record formal approval of departmental budgets; the minutes do not record any amendments, dissenting votes on the listed items, or further policy direction beyond the approvals.
