Selectboard plans dual FY27 budget scenarios for town meeting
Sunderland prepares dual FY27 budget scenarios to bridge $1.5 million shortfall. The Selectboard and Finance Committee directed all departments to submit budgets reflecting either 5 percent reductions paired with a possible tax override or 20 percent cuts with no override, both for town-meeting
Selectboard or Town Administrator · Meeting of March 9, 2026
Sunderland prepares dual FY27 budget scenarios to bridge $1.5 million shortfall. The Selectboard and Finance Committee directed all departments to submit budgets reflecting either 5 percent reductions paired with a possible tax override or 20 percent cuts with no override, both for town-meeting consideration. The property tax levy limit increases only $242,236 from FY26 against department budget requests totaling $1.5 million above current spending.
The Selectboard voted unanimously to support an MVP grant application for a floodplain-resilience study in south Sunderland.
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Source: the Selectboard or Town Administrator meeting of March 9, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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