Finance Committee

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 operating override. Presenters Daryl Martin, a parks commissioner and Open Space Committee chair, and a co-

Bellingham Finance Committee narrowly recommends Community Preservation Act proposal ahead of May 27 town meeting.

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 at its April 7 public hearing, including a $739,485 library appropriation tied to succession planning

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 town's insurer has certified as meeting cybersecurity standards; a fire chief presenting a $5,

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.

BELLINGHAM — March 26, 2026 — Bellingham Finance Committee recommends a reduced $35.8 million school budget that eliminates 37 positions. The committee voted 5-0 at its March 26 public hearing to recommend the Bellingham School Department's fiscal year 2027 budget of $35,842,585 — a figure that cuts

Bellingham Finance Committee unanimously recommended six FY27 budget lines totaling more than $57.4 million at its March 23 public hearing. The largest item, a $35,842,585 school department budget, was presented by Superintendent Peter Marano and E.

Bellingham Finance Committee unanimously approves $22,500 emergency asbestos remediation at a school building, with a state-mandated April 30 deadline.