Boxborough Finance Committee Votes Six FY27 Budget Lines 4-0

BOXBOROUGH — February 3, 2026 — Boxborough Finance Committee votes six FY27 department budgets 4-0 and eyes $250,000 stabilization deposit. Meeting Tuesday, Chair Tony Newton and members Joe Stulpin, Maria Neyland, and John Connor — a four-member quorum with John Greven and Michelle Ryan absent — approved line items for the Town Accountant ($248,156), Treasurer Collector ($180,505), Legal ($140,000), Dispatch ($84,569), Animal Control ($24,239), and Council on Aging ($96,347), all unanimously. Personnel Board Chair Alan MacLean recommended a 3 percent cost-of-living adjustment for non-union employees, estimated at $29,891, citing a three-year CPI rolling average of 3.34 percent for the Boston region and noting union workers are also set to receive 3 percent. The committee reached consensus to recommend a $250,000 transfer to the stabilization fund at Annual Town Meeting, drawing on a projected $4.2 million free-cash balance. School Committee Vice Chair Adam Klein warned the committee that the regional school district's capital subcommittee is developing a $7 million to $10 million excluded-debt package — anchored by a roughly $4 million HVAC project at the high school — likely headed to the spring 2027 Town Meeting, the same year Boxborough may face a Proposition 2½ override.