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The Finance Committee voted 6-0 to recommend raising and appropriating $78,948,009 by taxation for operating expenses and salaries at the May 27 Town Meeting. It also unanimously recommended several FY2027 department and enterprise budgets, including $4,010,015 for water, $2,190,930 for sewer, and $1,081,306 for stormwater.
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These are recommendations for Town Meeting, not final approvals. The committee also recommended $577,000 for Chestnut Street standpipe rehabilitation, $155,862.66 to replace two police cruisers, and transfers totaling $930,200 from Free Cash to health insurance, pension reserves, stabilization, and unpaid bills. The committee did not recommend the proposed Freeman Street land donation and deferred recommendations on the Snow and Ice deficit and certain sewage, fuel-tank, and deleading funds.
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