Finance Committee

New Salem Finance Committee unanimously approves $61,000 Free Cash for Article 4. At its Monday meeting, the committee set the Free Cash allocation at $61,000 for the annual town meeting Article 4, positioning the budget under the levy by $32,102. Chair Gabriele Voelker moved the approval; members

New Salem Finance Committee reviews proposed override ahead of May 4 ballot. Chair Gabriele Voelker, Dara LaPlante, and Claire McGinnis of the Finance Committee held an informational hearing Tuesday with the Select Board and School Committee members. The committee reviewed a five-page memo on town

New Salem and Wendell Finance Committees agree to allow Swift River School to seek state petition for E&D use. The school's excess and deficiency was certified at $669,539; state law caps carry-forward at approximately 5% of operating, or $173,880. The finance committees agreed to let the school

Finance Committee prepares FY27 budget override materials as Municipal Light Plant increases debt service contribution. The MLP agreed to add $15,000 to its contribution, bringing the total to $90,000 and reducing the taxation funding requirement to $60,000. The committee added $1,000 for animal

Finance Committee charts two-column FY27 budget strategy tied to May override vote. Chair Gabriele Voelker and the committee reviewed FY27 requests against available resources, proposing to use $100,000 from free cash for the general budget, $65,000 for a steeple capital project, and debt for