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The Finance Committee voted 6-0-0 to authorize its chair to submit the FY27 omnibus budget article for inclusion in the 2026 Annual Town Meeting warrant. Members also set goals to reduce the warrant from 139 pages in 2025 to 105 pages in 2026 and discussed future excluded-debt financing for water infrastructure.
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The vote moves the committee’s FY27 operating budget article into the process for the 2026 Annual Town Meeting. The committee is also planning a shorter, more standardized warrant, with a goal of reducing its own report from 15 pages to 8–10 pages. Members discussed funding for a permanent connection to the MWRA and upgrades to the Happy Hollow well through excluded debt, with the expense described as being placed into water rates.
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