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West Bridgewater School Committee revotes, approves FY27 budget 4–1 after member recusal
Summary
The West Bridgewater School Committee approved a corrected bottom-line FY27 budget on March 12, 2026, voting 4–1 after a member recused themself from part of the vote tied to a spouse’s salary. The appropriation request was $19,526,865 with a total budget of $22,566,341.
The West Bridgewater School Committee on March 12 voted 4–1 to ratify the FY27 school budget’s bottom line after holding a corrective roll-call vote.
The motion "to revote on the bottom line for the fiscal year 27 school budget" was made and seconded; the committee was told the appropriation request is $19,526,865 and the total school budget is $22,566,341. The meeting packet and discussion did not reopen the budget’s programmatic details; the chair said the goal of the session was to correct the record on the final tally.
The chair said the earlier confusion concerned how to record votes when a member has a conflict in a cost center, and that the town attorney and guidance from MASC had confirmed the procedure applied previously to cost centers was correct. The chair framed the meeting as a procedural correction rather than a re-debate of the budget.
During the roll call one member announced a partial recusal. The member stated, "I'm going to recuse myself from $45,341 ... because that's my wife's salary as Robin mentioned and I am a no." That recusal contributed to a 4–1 outcome on the bottom-line revote; the chair announced the motion had passed 4–1.
The roll-call readout as spoken at the meeting recorded the yes votes and no vote by name in the readout: the transcript records the roll call responses as (read aloud) "Robin is a yes; Lazardi is a yes; Christine Masposki yes; John Walla no; and Paragrin Lynch yes." The meeting closed with no further committee questions, and the chair confirmed the committee’s next regular meeting is scheduled for April 6, 2026, at 6 p.m. at the Middle-Senior High School before adjourning.
The action was strictly procedural: the committee corrected the official tally for the FY27 bottom line and did not reopen debate on individual line items during this session. The committee did not state any further follow-up tasks or conditions tied to the vote during the meeting.
