Bolton Advisory Committee Reorganizes, Reviews FY26 Budget Gaps

Other Committee · Meeting of September 15, 2026

Bolton Advisory Committee reorganizes and opens FY28 budget planning with a hard look at snow and ice costs. Members reelected Greg Meyers as vice chair and secretary by unanimous vote. A budget-to-actual review found fiscal 2026 spending of about $33.8 million came within $600,000, or 1.8 percent, of the $34.4 million budget, with police wages $227,000 under budget due to staffing shortages.

Snow and ice removal cost roughly $649,000 against a $180,000 appropriation, leaving the town carrying a deficit forward for the first time in years even after a $162,000 one-time state reimbursement. A staff presenter, Marie, projected the tax levy will grow at least $738,000 under the 2.5 percent cap, cited a roughly $120,000 pension-assessment increase and a possible 10 percent health insurance hike as fiscal 2028 pressures, and warned that a $100,000 overlay-reserve offset used in recent years "is gone, in effect."

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Source: the Other Committee meeting of September 15, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.