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The Select Board recommended a $69.81 million Fiscal Year 2027 general fund budget by a 4-1 vote, including approximately $226,391 more for the school department based on updated state aid projections. The Board withheld a recommendation on about $300,000 in Fiscal Year 2026 utility budget transfers pending final invoices and figures.
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The Fiscal Year 2027 budget recommendation will go to the May 18 Annual Town Meeting, but the final state budget could still affect the numbers. The Board also recommended a local rental assistance pilot program and unanimously approved updated 2026 affordable housing rents for Bell Shrewsbury and Audubon Shrewsbury; the specific rent amounts were not provided. The Board recommended most of the 37 Town Meeting warrant articles, including easements needed for the Route 20 widening project.
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