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The committee approved FY27 Police and Fire Department budgets totaling $21,611,622, along with $360,000 in ambulance-revenue funding for the Fire Department. It also approved $94,000 for a fire command vehicle and $181,000 for cardiac monitors and defibrillators.
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Burlington's proposed Police budget increases 2.42% to $11,114,087, while the Fire budget increases 1.69% to $10,497,535. The committee also approved funding for emergency-management planning, fire equipment, public-building access improvements, schools, revolving accounts, and the Cable Access Enterprise Fund. The Shawsheen Technical School operating budget was tabled because members wanted more assurance about the accuracy of its financial records, but a separate $165,737 feasibility-study request was approved.
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