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Budget committee recommends $3,500 abatement budget for FY27
Summary
Committee recommended keeping the abatement appropriation at $3,500 for FY27 after staff described prior use for hardship, error and one large uncollectible debt; the recommendation passed unanimously.
The Budget Committee voted to recommend an abatement appropriation of $3,500 for fiscal year 2027, continuing the practice of budgeting a modest annual amount and using an overage article if needed for larger cases. The Town Administrator explained the types of abatements typically granted (poverty/hardship, error, or uncollectible debt) and noted a recent large, long‑running uncollectible debt of $12,008.50 that had been rolled over; committee members said that practice had worked historically and recommended maintaining the same appropriation.
The committee made a formal recommendation to the Select Board to set the abatement line at $3,500 for FY27; the motion passed unanimously. Staff noted that overage articles had been used previously to cover larger abatements and that surplus funds could be redirected if necessary.
