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North Kingstown council adopts fiscal 2026–27 budget; residential rate unchanged
Summary
After line-by-line review and public hearing, the council adopted the town and school budgets for fiscal 2026–27, keeping residential property taxes flat and authorizing a 1% increase in the commercial tax rate.
Following extensive review and a public hearing, the North Kingstown Town Council adopted its final budgets for fiscal 2026–27 at the April 27 meeting, including town, school, water, sewer and enterprise funds.
Town Manager Ralph Morris summarized adjustments made since the preliminary budget: higher-than-expected health-care insurance costs (17% vs. the 10% assumed) prompted the school department to trim $400,000 in expenses; other shifts included reallocating net energy metering revenue. The council approved a final general fund, school and other fund totals and adopted a 1% commercial tax-rate increase while maintaining no residential property-tax increase for homeowners.
Councilors asked questions during the line-item vote and recorded a few opposed votes on specific items. The budget adoption concluded the council’s multi-meeting review process ahead of the fiscal year.
