FY 2026-2027 Final Budget Adoption
Summary
The proposed FY 2027 budget grows departments just 1.6% — under inflation — with no new full-time employees. Council members debated a proposal to move an administrative position from the Town Attorney's Office to the Town Manager's Office, asking for a job description, and requested a technology strategy briefing.
At a glance
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Last discussed May 14, 2026.
Impact analysis
Total departmental budgets would rise 1.6% (3.3% if the comp study's $470,000 market adjustment is added on top).
Residents get maintained services without new staffing costs; employees get proposed market and merit raises.
Mentions & discussions (3)
Town Council — May 14, 2026
The town locked in a $68.8 million budget with no property tax, including $15.9 million for capital projects, a 5% merit/market increase, and a 3% one-time salary adjustment pushed to January 2027. The Council also cut one transferred administrative position to save roughly $97,000.
Town Council — April 9, 2026
The proposed FY2027 general fund budget is $27.5 million, up just 3.1%, with a contingency fund growing $2.1 million thanks to investment income. Council members want a more detailed, event-based stress test — especially around legislative threats to construction sales tax — plus quarterly budget-to-actual reports before the April 23 tentative budget vote.
Town Council — March 26, 2026
The proposed FY 2027 budget grows departments just 1.6% — under inflation — with no new full-time employees. Council members debated a proposal to move an administrative position from the Town Attorney's Office to the Town Manager's Office, asking for a job description, and requested a technology strategy briefing.
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