Analysis: Town and Schools
Finance Committee
Posted since 2010: 434 agendas, 344 sets of minutes, 243 recordings, 113 meetings with our minutes and 1,185 votes on the record.
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Next meeting
Nothing on the calendar yet.
Meets Thursdays, 7:00 pm · Bilotta Meeting Room · hybrid, Zoom link on each agenda · broadcast live on public access
Schedule check · the town’s page and the record differ
The town’s page says it meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. In the last year, 5 of its 20 Thursday meetings fell on dates that wording rules out.
Most recently Thu, Feb 19, 2026, Thu, Mar 5, 2026, Thu, Mar 19, 2026, Thu, Apr 2, 2026. The town’s page
Its record
1 of 3 meetings · FY26 25 of 28
4 of 6 meetings · FY26 28 of 28
Annual report filed in 8 of the 15 years the town asked.
compared with every board →Transfers
every one, by fiscal year →FY2027: 0 approved in the town’s minutes. 21 in all.
What it is deciding
Open matters, tracked across every board, that have come up at this one.
- The track and turf fieldhere last Oct 22 2026
- The stormwater feehere last Oct 22 2026
- Special Town Meeting, November 17, 2026here last Oct 8 2026
- The veterans property tax exemptionhere last Oct 8 2026
- Trust fund administration during a vacancyhere last Oct 8 2026
- TC Passios: the site's futurehere last Oct 8 2026
- The FY26 school surplushere last Aug 27 2026
- Town offices: the municipal building planhere last Aug 13 2026
- Turkey Hill: rebuild or renovatehere last Aug 13 2026
- Turkey Hill: the ADA bathroomshere last Jul 23 2026
- Trash and recycling: the enterprise fundhere last Apr 6 2026
- The Monty Tech assessmenthere last Mar 26 2026
Lately
| date | our minutes | recording | agenda | official minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22 2026 | Finance Committee heard the stormwater utility, library, special education reserve and track articles; no article votes. · 0 votes | video | agenda | not available |
| Oct 8 2026 | Finance Committee skeptical of funding the special ed reserve with free cash before a use policy exists; Collins review scope sent back. · 0 votes | video | — | not available |
| Sep 24 2026 | FinCom will likely fund an outside review of the school department's FY26 budget overruns from its reserve · 0 votes | video | agenda | not available |
Latest votes
| date | motion | outcome | record | check it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 2026 | Recommend approval of Article 1 as written in the warrant, amount requested $418,056. — moved by Ana Lockwood“there was a motion to recommend approval of article 1 by ana lockwood, seconded by peter beardmore.” | passed | minutes + recording | the minutes · video 95:26 · ours |
| Aug 27 2026 | Defer Article 2 to Town Meeting. — moved by Tom Gray“there was a motion to defer this article to town meeting by tom gray, seconded by peter beardmore.” | passed | minutes + recording | the minutes · video 103:03 · ours |
| Aug 27 2026 | Defer Article 3 to Town Meeting. — moved by Ana Lockwood“there was a motion to defer this article to town meeting by ana lockwood, seconded by tanya dall.” | passed | minutes + recording | the minutes · video 110:05 · ours |
| Aug 13 2026 | Appoint Tom Gray as the Finance Committee's representative to the capital plan committee for a three-year term. | passed | the recording only | video 179:19 · ours |
| Jul 23 2026 | Elect Chris Manard as chairman of the Finance Committee | passed | the recording only | video 5:13 · ours |
Where its time goes
The top topics across the 114 recorded meetings we have minutes for.
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As of 2026-10-24. All boards.