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The Finance Committee voted 4-0 to change the free cash and stabilization-fund distribution from 40%/60% to 50%/50% for the FY2027 budget. It also voted 4-0 to recommend returning $300,000 in unspent health insurance funds to the stabilization fund, subject to a Town Meeting vote.
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The change would direct a larger share of available free cash toward the operating budget while continuing to repay the stabilization fund. The committee also supported restoring $80,000 to the operating budget after a reduced Pathfinder School assessment and backed exploring long-term borrowing with annual debt payments of about $250,000 to $255,000.
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