Briefing
Finance Committee holds FY 2026/27 budget work session; reviews departmental budgets and CIP requests
On March 12, 2026 the Ledyard Finance Committee met in a hybrid Budget Work Session at the Town Hall Annex Building to review the Mayor’s proposed FY 2026/2027 departmental budgets and Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) requests. Departments heard included Town Clerk, Registrars/Elections, Historic District Commission, Parks & Recreation/Senior Citizens, Social Services, Library, School Nurses, and Management Information Systems (MIS). Noted CIP items included a $25,000 Sawmill Dam remediation request (Historic District), $92,000 total Parks & Rec requests, and MIS requests totaling $139,675 (including a $77,175 computer/server sinking fund and meeting-room technology replacements with $62,500 allocated by the Mayor). Registrars reported no state funding for Early Voting and discussed reducing days. The Committee asked the Library for a breakdown of consortium discounts/fees, agreed to leave detailed CIP wrap-up for later, and noted they may reconvene if proposed State revenues change. The session adjourned at 5:16 p.m.
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