Boxborough Finance Committee Recommends Dozens of Warrant Articles, Holds Fire Station Funding

BOXBOROUGH -- February 25, 2025, Boxborough Finance Committee recommends more than 20 Annual Town Meeting warrant articles and hears an override warning from the regional school superintendent. At its February 25 meeting, the five-member committee voted to recommend articles totaling more than $2 million in spending, including a $1 million fire truck replacement, $300,000 for road maintenance, and $20,000 for the Boxborough Emergency Assistance Program, while holding others pending language or legal review. Superintendent Peter Light of the Acton-Boxborough Regional School District told the committee that maintaining current service levels in FY27 would require a district budget increase of 5.25 to 5.5 percent, with Boxborough's assessment likely scaling significantly higher, and warned that "we're kind of at our breaking point as a school district here with making reductions." The committee voted 0-5 against a supplemental OPEB article that would have retroactively addressed a $100,000 prior-year funding gap. The committee also held without vote the contested Taylor Farm parcel acceptance article, seeking a legal opinion before proceeding, and noted the $116.8 million FY26 district budget already reflects the elimination of more than a dozen teaching and support positions.