The Barre Finance Committee adopted the town's first written finance policy and approved a fiscal 2028 budget calendar at its October 27 meeting. Chair Zachary Macutkiewicz was reelected unanimously, and Don Markowski was elected the committee's clerk.
The Barre Finance Committee recommended a borrowing-funded $450,000 dump truck and a divided plan to abolish the town's elected water and sewer commissions ahead of annual town meeting.
Barre's Finance Committee pressed the town administrator for backup on a sewer and water services fee that jumped from $7,500 to $51,000 over several years.
Barre Finance Committee reviewed budgets showing Quabbin's assessment to the town rising $624,850 and several town accounts already over budget.
Barre's Monty Tech assessment falls slightly as Finance Committee hears $35.5 million FY27 budget.
Barre's Finance Committee began drafting a fiscal 2027 budget with no certified free cash available, citing unresolved fiscal 2024 audit discrepancies.
Barre's Finance Committee reviewed fiscal 2027 budget requests from the assessors, library and police without taking any budget votes. Assessor Jesse asked for a flat 2.5 percent increase, citing a roughly $12,700 valuation software license and new state-mandated decade-cycle property inspections.
Barre's Finance Committee reviewed budget requests that could raise the fire budget 31 percent and health permit fees for the first time since 2019.
Barre Finance Committee endorses local meals tax and defers vote on contested DPW reorganization plan.
Barre Finance Committee sets preliminary FY2022 general fund budget at $11.9 million, a 2 percent drop from last year.
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