Finance Committee

Townsend Finance Committee approves $76,000 in year-end budget transfers on final day of fiscal year 2026.

TOWNSEND — April 30, 2026 — Townsend Finance Committee unanimously recommended the fiscal year 2027 operating budget and two other warrant articles at its April 30 work session, clearing the way for the May 5 annual town meeting. The five-member committee, chaired by Carol Haas, voted 5-0 on each major

TOWNSEND — April 28, 2026 — Townsend Finance Committee unanimously voted against recommending the sale of the West Townsend Reading Room, citing unresolved deed and legal title questions. At the April 28 meeting, all seven members were present as the panel worked through roughly 15 annual and special town meeting warrant articles,

TOWNSEND — April 16, 2026 — Townsend Finance Committee approves $28.8 million fiscal 2027 budget unanimously. The committee voted at its April 16 meeting to accept the omnibus spending plan presented by interim Town Administrator Karen, with a single adjustment moving $3,500 from the snow and ice account to highway

TOWNSEND — April 14, 2026 — Townsend Finance Committee unanimously approves hiring freeze exception for a part-time transit coordinator. The five-member committee, chaired by Carol Knox, voted to allow hiring of a five-hour-per-week transportation coordinator to work Tuesdays, with the position funded entirely through the Lowell Regional

TOWNSEND — April 9, 2026 — Townsend Finance Committee scrutinizes a $9,050 band concert budget and presses coordinator to pursue outside fundraising. At the April 9 meeting, longtime band coordinator Betty May told the four-member committee that the band services budget has dropped from $14,900 to $9,050 for

TOWNSEND — April 7, 2026 — Townsend Finance Committee unanimously backed a Board of Health hiring exception and raised alarms over a $50,000 jump in the legal services budget. Meeting on April 7, the committee approved filling hours at the recycling center's revolving-fund-supported operation while a current

TOWNSEND — March 30, 2026 — Townsend Finance Committee unanimously approved a hiring freeze exemption Monday to allow the town to advertise for a permanent town administrator, while also clearing a second exemption for up to four Water Department summer interns on a 3-0-1 vote. The five-member panel debated

Townsend Finance Committee approved a Recreation summer staffing exemption and flagged a tightening free cash position at its March 10 budget work session.

Townsend Finance Committee defers recreation hiring decision and eyes March 10 for key budget work.