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Select Board sets 2026 budget schedule and Feb. 10 public hearings; schedules department review sessions
Summary
The Select Board set departmental submission deadlines and scheduled budget/bond hearings for Feb. 10, 2026, with department-head review sessions in December and a fuller board review in mid-January.
The Waterville Valley Select Board agreed a timetable to prepare the 2026 operating and capital budgets. Department heads and managers were given a deadline (Friday the 5th) to submit recommendations into the finance system with footnotes, and the board penciled department review sessions for Dec. 9–10 (or Dec. 9–10 as staff availability allows) and a more complete review during the week of Jan. 15, 2026.
The board confirmed its traditional scheduling practice: the SAU school budget hearing is the evening of Feb. 9 and the town’s budget and bond hearing will be the evening of Feb. 10. Members discussed logistics (multipurpose room vs. gym) and audio-visual needs and asked staff to coordinate AV and room set-up with school officials.
The board also blocked time for personnel and Capital Improvement Program (CIP) discussions and agreed to a mix of morning and afternoon sessions to accommodate member availability.
Quotes
"We usually do our budget and bond hearing on Tuesday the 10th, the day after school holds their budget and bond hearing," the chair said.
What happens next
Staff will confirm department submissions are uploaded by the stated deadline and will post meeting logistics, AV arrangements and hearing notices. The board will take up department budgets during December and mid-January review sessions ahead of the Feb. 10 public hearings.
