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Troy selectmen approve 2026 budgets; police spending rises to fund additional officer
Summary
The Troy Board of Selectmen approved several 2026 departmental budgets Nov. 6, including a Police Department budget increase of $32,200 to cover a full year for an additional officer; related line items and revenue offsets were adjusted. Votes were unanimous (3-0-0).
The Troy Board of Selectmen on Nov. 6 approved the town's proposed 2026 departmental budgets, including a $608,808 Police Department budget that chairman and selectmen said would increase $32,200 (about 5.5%) from 2025 primarily to fund an additional officer for a full year. Police Chief Dave Ellis presented the proposal to the board.
Chief Ellis said the 2025 police budget totaled $576,608 and the town's 2026 proposal is $608,808, with most of the increase attributable to the added officer’s full-year funding. The board discussed related line items: a proposed reduction in the detail-revenue offset from $29,525 to $24,050; Animal Control reduced from $3,340 to $3,090; Emergency Services Building increased from $14,829 to $15,736; and Emergency Management proposed at $4,554, with staff to check past warrant-article treatment of surplus emergency-management funds.
Selectman Richard H. Thackston, III moved to approve the Police Department and related budgets; Selectman TJ Chasse seconded. The motion passed, 3-0-0.
The board also approved small operating budgets for the Historical Society, Kimball Hall ($11,006), and the Cheshire Depot ($9,125) after presentations by Kim Chaffee. The Historical Society requested a $50 advertising increase; Kimball Hall and Cheshire Depot were level-funded at their 2025 totals.
Why it matters: The police budget change reflects a staffing decision that raises recurring personnel costs; the revenue-offset change means the town expects to collect less in detail revenue next year. The board's unanimous approvals set these appropriations for inclusion in the town’s 2026 warrant package or budget process.
What’s next: Approved budgets will be carried forward in the town’s 2026 budget cycle and appear in warrant materials or the town budget document as appropriate.
