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Waterford selectmen tentatively approve FY27 budgets, trim police fuel line after debate
Summary
At a Feb. 4 special meeting, the Waterford Board of Selectmen tentatively approved multiple FY27 departmental budget requests and forwarded them to the Board of Finance; members debated the police budget, rejecting a cut to Flock camera funding and approving a $13,919 reduction to police fuel, lowering that request to $7,307,124.
The Waterford Board of Selectmen on Feb. 4, 2026, held a special meeting to consider FY27 departmental budget requests and tentatively approved a slate of proposals to forward to the Board of Finance for its consideration.
The approvals covered a range of town services: Social Service Grants ($122,825), Public Health & Nursing Services (VNA) ($17,280), Conservation of Health (Ledge Light Health District) ($160,368), Waterford Public Library ($1,045,991), Youth & Family Services ($292,078), the Senior Citizens Commission ($528,682), Emergency Management ($1,270,180), Information Technology ($1,380,069), Contingency ($285,000), Board of Finance ($86,406), Representative Town Meeting ($17,802), and Town Clerk ($271,688). Each of these was moved by Selectman Rich Muckle, seconded by Selectman Greg Attanasio and recorded as tentatively approved by unanimous 3-0 votes.
The Police Department budget drew the most substantive discussion. The department's initial FY27 request was recorded as $7,321,043. Selectman Greg Attanasio moved, seconded by First Selectman Robert Brule, to reduce the proposal for Flock cameras by $12,000; that motion failed on a 1-2 vote, with Attanasio voting for and Selectmen Rich Muckle and Robert Brule voting against. After the failed amendment, Selectman Muckle moved, and Attanasio seconded, a $13,919 reduction to the police fuel line that lowered the department's requested total to $7,307,124; that amendment passed 3-0 and the Board subsequently tentatively approved the adjusted police total by vote 3-0.
Minutes show a standing motion at the start of the meeting to tentatively approve the FY27 requests where appropriate and forward them to the Board of Finance. The meeting was called to order at 4:06 p.m. and recessed at 6:44 p.m.
The approvals recorded in the minutes are tentative and subject to the Board of Finance's review and action; the minutes do not list final appropriations or a consolidated townwide total for FY27.
