Select Board, Finance Committee chart FY27 budget with $193,000 excess capacity
Select Board · Meeting of January 3, 2026
BOXBOROUGH — Select Board and Finance Committee jointly reviewed Boxborough's FY27 budget framework during a Saturday workshop. Assistant Town Administrator Rajon Hudson presented departmental budgets totaling $30,896,025 in expenses against $31,089,163 in revenues, producing a $193,000 excess capacity. Finance Committee Chair Antony Newton outlined a 2.5 percent levy increase of $683,000, with the overall operating budget rising 5.3 percent but the actual levy increase held to 1.9 percent through conservative revenue budgeting.
Notable increases included the Fire Department at 5.07 percent due to contractual salary changes and overtime pressures, the Board of Health at 22.5 percent following a 30 percent NABOH assessment hike, and Community Services at 34.35 percent after the Boxborough Emergency Assistance Program moved into the operating budget.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of January 3, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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