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Kennebunk Select Board and Budget Board approve 2026–27 departmental budgets and $1.5M in TIF allocations
Summary
At a joint Feb. 12 meeting the Town of Kennebunk Select Board and Budget Board reviewed the 2026–27 proposed budget and voted to approve a series of departmental budget lines and a $1,500,000 TIF allocation; votes were recorded as unanimous among present members with one Budget Board absence.
Select Board Chair Miriam Whitehouse and Budget Board Chair Fred Weber presided over a joint meeting on Feb. 12, 2026, in Rooms 300/301 at Kennebunk Town Hall where both boards reviewed the town’s 2026–27 proposed budget and recorded votes on individual departmental budgets and a $1.5 million tax increment financing (TIF) allocation.
Finance Director Kayla Tierney reviewed the meeting’s PowerPoint presentation and the boards moved through expenditures line by line. The minutes record that the TIF allocation of $1,500,000 and each departmental line shown in the proposed budget were approved by both boards; the Budget Board recorded votes as 5 in favor, 0 opposed, 1 absent, 0 abstained where noted, and the Select Board recorded 7 in favor, 0 opposed, 0 absent, 0 abstained. Budget Board member Laura Sevigny was listed as absent and watched via livestream but could not vote.
Votes at a glance: TIFs — $1,500,000 (BB 5/0/1/0; SB 7/0/0/0). General Gov’t & Admin. — $665,568 (BB 5/0/1/0; SB 7/0/0/0). Select Board — $28,056 (BB 5/0/1/0; SB 7/0/0/0). Town Manager — $302,306 (BB 5/0/1/0; SB 7/0/0/0). Town Clerk — $225,597 (BB 5/0/1/0; SB 7/0/0/0). Ballot Clerks — $30,625 (BB 5/0/1/0; SB 7/0/0/0). Assessors — $384,222 (BB 5/0/1/0; SB 7/0/0/0). Community Development — $794,299 (BB 5/0/1/0; SB 7/0/0/0). Town Hall — $198,976 (BB 5/0/1/0; SB 7/0/0/0). Computer (IT) — $699,088 (BB 5/0/1/0; SB 7/0/0/0). Human Resources — $215,774 (BB 5/0/1/0; SB 7/0/0/0). Finance — $538,439 (BB 5/0/1/0; SB 7/0/0/0). Police — $3,861,616 (BB 5/0/1/0; SB 7/0/0/0). Communications — $528,784 (BB 5/0/1/0; SB 7/0/0/0).
Motions and seconds were recorded in the minutes for each item. For the Budget Board motions, entries show T. Wellman as mover and C. Auger as seconder; for the Select Board motions, entries show L. Pratt as mover and K. Plattes as seconder. The minutes do not report individual roll-call votes by member name; they record board-level tallies and absences as noted above.
The meeting record references the full proposed budget book and the presentation slides, which are available on the town’s budget webpage. The minutes do not record extended debate or amendments to the amounts shown; each line item and the TIF allocation were recorded as approved during this session.
