Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Budget topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Select Board approves $128,006 year-end transfer to cover snow-and-ice deficit
Summary
Finance Director Jason Little told the board that FY26 had remaining deficits (notably snow-and-ice and employer FICA/Medicare) and proposed transfers; the board voted to transfer $128,006 from the health-insurance line to snow-and-ice under M.G.L. c.44 §33B pending Appropriations Committee concurrence.
The Select Board approved a year-end transfer of $128,006 from the town’s health-insurance line to cover a lawful FY26 snow-and-ice deficit. Finance Director Jason Little told the board the town’s FY26 transfers total roughly $243,000 and explained the largest remaining deficits were the employer portion of payroll taxes (other benefits) and snow-and-ice removal costs. Little said the snow-and-ice total net of state aid ($214,910) was $672,640 and recommended the $128,006 transfer as part of the year-end corrections.
Legal and procedural details: Jason Little explained these are year-end transfers pursuant to Massachusetts General Law chapter 44 section 33B and require a vote of the select board and concurrence from the Appropriations Committee; the Appropriations Committee had not yet met that evening, so a concurrent vote there is expected at its next posted meeting. A board member asked whether the governor’s FY27 actions provided snow-and-ice relief; Little said relief was available in the FY26 supplemental appropriation and that the calculations reflect that aid.
Vote: A motion to approve the transfer was moved and seconded; the board approved the request by roll call.
Attribution: Jason Little (finance director) presented the numbers and recommendation; the board’s vote is recorded in the meeting minutes.
