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The Town Council unanimously approved the FY27 general fund budget and related appropriations, including $4.44 million in planned borrowing for capital improvement projects. It also approved a $916,138.03 end-of-year municipal transfer and authorized participation in the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission beginning January 1, 2027.
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The approved measures establish funding for FY27 municipal operations, water, sewer, solid waste, ambulance receipts, capital projects, and other town accounts. The meeting summary described the budget as having no cuts, layoffs, overrides, or losses, while noting that some part-time positions became full-time and that departments were reorganized. A capital-project measure funded through FY26 free cash was withdrawn; other capital measures were approved unanimously.
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