Finance Committee recommends FY27 budget with $32,685 in adjustments.
Finance Committee · Meeting of April 1, 2026
WEST NEWBURY — Finance Committee unanimously backs revised FY27 budget. The panel, with Daniel Innes presiding, recommended $32,685 in adjustments including a $30,000 increase to the Finance Committee Reserve Fund, $2,000 to library books and periodicals, and $685 to the veterans fund. The Select Board budget maintains a non-education increase of approximately 2.5 percent and a 3 percent cost-of-living adjustment for town staff.
The Committee also voted unanimously to recommend warrant articles establishing a new Fees Bylaw and accepting state authorization for fee-setting, and revised Article 47 to retain a $50,000 unfunded positions allocation as a financial safeguard.
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Source: the Finance Committee meeting of April 1, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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