Finance Committee approves FY27 budgets totaling $5.9 million across town operations
Finance Committee approves $5.9 million in FY27 operating budgets across all town departments. Chair Sarah Mellish and the seven-member committee voted unanimously on eight departmental budgets, including $240,788 for the Assessor's Office and $2,498,122 for benefits and insurance. Town
Finance Committee · Meeting of February 19, 2026
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA — Finance Committee approves $5.9 million in FY27 operating budgets across all town departments. Chair Sarah Mellish and the seven-member committee voted unanimously on eight departmental budgets, including $240,788 for the Assessor's Office and $2,498,122 for benefits and insurance. Town Administrator Tony Barletta proposed splitting the consolidated Administrative Assistant position into two roles, funded by permit fee increases; regional data showed Manchester's $6-per-thousand-dollar building permit fee significantly below the regional average of $11.07.
The committee also approved a $420,000 OPEB trust contribution intended to fully fund unfunded liability and enable direct retiree health insurance payments from the trust beginning in FY28.
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Source: the Finance Committee meeting of February 19, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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