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The committee endorsed several Town Meeting warrant articles and reviewed a revised Fiscal Year 2027 School Department budget of $81,513,472, representing a 2.4% overall increase; no vote was taken on the school budget.
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The proposed school budget was reduced from an original $86,486,120 by cutting Level Service and Priority 1 items and eliminating Priority 2 and 3 initiatives. The committee unanimously supported several warrant articles, including a 3% cost-of-living adjustment, $860,000 for snow and ice costs, and $10,000 for Vernon Grove Cemetery lot buybacks. Several other articles were deferred for discussion on April 29, including a proposed $150,000 labor counsel appropriation and the final amount of special-article funds to be closed out.
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