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The Select Board approved the Fiscal Year 2027 budget appropriation article for the May 18 Annual Town Meeting by a 3–1–1 vote. Katie Phelan, David Grishman, and Doug Thompson voted in favor; Mary Ellen Fletcher opposed, and Danielle Leonard abstained because of a conflict of interest.
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The Board’s vote supports placing the proposed Fiscal Year 2027 budget appropriation before Town Meeting, where further action is required. The Board also approved prior-year bills, a Community Preservation Committee appropriation, and a Hawthorne property lease. The Fiscal Year 2026 operating-budget amendment was approved subject to Finance Committee action.
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