Dave Watkins

Boxborough Finance Committee and Select Board pressed town officials Tuesday on eight recurring audit findings, including a $176,638 police detail receivable deficit and a $200,000 cash reconciliation error, in a joint session that ran more than an hour.

Boxborough Finance Committee unanimously recommends $31.1 million FY27 town budget and authorizes up to $38,000 for fire truck repairs.

Boxborough Finance Committee splits 3-3 on police and public works budgets over a $20,000 single-year salary increase for the police chief.