Finance Committee recommends warrant articles for May Town Meeting
Finance Committee recommended 11 warrant articles to the May 27 Annual Town Meeting. Led by Chairman John Allam, the committee endorsed FY27 budgets for water ($3,969,532), sewer ($2,171,570), trash ($2,308,450), stormwater ($1,065,699), gas ($240,000), and parks and recreation ($176,930).
Finance Committee · Meeting of April 27, 2026
BELLINGHAM — Finance Committee recommended 11 warrant articles to the May 27 Annual Town Meeting. Led by Chairman John Allam, the committee endorsed FY27 budgets for water ($3,969,532), sewer ($2,171,570), trash ($2,308,450), stormwater ($1,065,699), gas ($240,000), and parks and recreation ($176,930). The committee voted 4-2 to recommend Article 19 on the Community Preservation Act, its only split vote; all other recommendations passed unanimously.
It also approved a $500,000 Free Cash allocation for the snow and ice deficit and took no action on a proposed override-contingent budget alternative.
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Source: the Finance Committee meeting of April 27, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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