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The Select Board unanimously approved the sale of bonds and bond anticipation notes for the WMS Building Project, with debt service scheduled through 2055. The FY27 budget remains under review, with a projected deficit just under $500,000 and a 10.5% increase in active-employee health insurance costs.
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The borrowing will finance the WMS Building Project, with payments extending through 2055. The Board also advanced a May 16 ballot question allowing Whitman to exclude its share of South Shore Regional Vocational Technical School District bond costs from Proposition 2½ limits. Budget decisions remain unresolved, and officials are considering options including an override, free cash, and staffing reductions.
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