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Finance Committee

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Granby Finance Committee Finds $340,000 Gap in School Department Budget

GRANBY -- May 5, 2026, Granby Finance Committee finds $340,000 omitted from school department's level-service budget. The committee spent most of its May 5 meeting piecing together why the school department's original level-service budget and its later public-meeting budget differed by roughly $340,

Granby Finance Committee Warns Town Is Nearing Fiscal Breaking Point

GRANBY -- April 29, 2026, Granby Finance Committee flags fiscal crisis, depleted reserves, and Forge Pond Dam costs in annual overview. The committee met April 29 to finalize its budget overview report for Town Meeting, reconciling school spending figures that trace a corrected total state aid increase of 1.9 percent

Granby Finance Committee Warns Town Must Choose Between Tax Hikes and Service Cuts

GRANBY -- April 21, 2026, Granby Finance Committee prepares its bluntest fiscal warning yet for May town meeting. Meeting in budget-preparation session on April 21, the committee told two invited guests that the town faces a structural deficit driven by a combined 50 percent increase in health insurance premiums over

Belchertown Finance Committee Approves All FY27 Budget Warrant Articles 4-0

BELCHERTOWN -- April 17, 2026, Belchertown Finance Committee unanimously approved all financial warrant articles for the town's $69,389,027 fiscal year 2027 budget at its April 17 meeting. The committee, voting 4-0 on every article, cleared more than 20 separate appropriations for both a Special Town Meeting

Hadley IAC Chooses Formal PEC Process for Health Insurance Negotiations

HADLEY -- April 2, 2026, Hadley's Insurance Advisory Committee launched formal Public Employee Committee bargaining Thursday over a revised health insurance rate proposal that lowers a projected 16.08 percent increase to 12.48 percent, with higher deductibles absorbing the difference. IAC Chair Ken Richards led the committee to