BELLINGHAM -- April 28, 2026, Bellingham's Finance Committee voted 3-2 to recommend placing a Community Preservation Act surcharge on the November ballot while declining to weigh in on a separate $3 million
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).
Bellingham Finance Committee narrowly recommends Community Preservation Act proposal ahead of May 27 town meeting.
Finance Committee backs nearly $79M FY27 budget and capital requests. The Finance Committee unanimously recommended the town's $78,948,009 FY27 operating budget and $763,656 in capital spending at Monday's April 13 meeting, with all six members present. Enterprise budgets totaling approximately
BELLINGHAM -- April 7, 2026, Bellingham Finance Committee recommends more than $2.4 million in departmental budgets for fiscal year 2027. The six-member panel voted 6-0 on each of twelve individual budget lines
Bellingham Finance Committee unanimously recommends approximately $3.36 million in FY2027 departmental budgets. The committee voted 6-0 to recommend individual budgets for ten departments, including Library at $739,485, Public Buildings Maintenance at $446,337, and Council on Aging at $353,377, as
Bellingham Finance Committee clears 31 department budgets in unanimous votes, advancing over $2.5 million toward May 27 Annual Town Meeting. The committee voted 6-0 on each item Monday, including a block motion covering 20 accounts of $60,000 or less, led by member K.
BELLINGHAM -- March 31, 2026, Bellingham Finance Committee opens FY27 public-safety budget hearings with warnings of thinner service margins. The committee heard Monday from IT Director Karen Dutille, whose $827,000 IT budget the
Finance Committee advances $14.3 million in FY27 municipal budgets to Annual Town Meeting. The committee voted unanimously Monday to recommend all departmental spending plans, with presentations from Interim Chief Financial Officer C. Correia, Town Administrator J. Laydon, and department chiefs.
Bellingham Finance Committee votes 5-0 to recommend more than $14 million in FY27 departmental budgets, including $5.7 million for police and $5.2 million for fire. Chairman J.
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