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Tuesday, November 3, 2026 Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts · Change town
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Finance Committee

Members: Sarah Mellish, Andy Oldeman, Mory Creighton, John Croft, Dean Nahatis, Peter Twining

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Government · Finance Committee

Finance Committee approves eight FY27 operating budgets

Finance Committee approves $4.9M in FY27 operating budgets. Chair Sarah Mellish led the committee to unanimous approval of eight operating budgets including the DPW Highway Budget ($1,548,377), Enterprise Water ($1,395,359), Enterprise Sewer ($1,229,588), Land Management ($277,680), Facilities

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Government · Finance Committee

Finance Committee approves Fire, Parks budgets totaling $2.71 million

Finance Committee approves $2.71 million in department budgets. The Committee unanimously approved the Fire Department's $2.185 million FY27 budget, which includes SAFER Grant-funded staffing increases to ensure minimum staffing of four personnel 83 percent of the time, up from 66 percent under

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Finance Committee approves FY27 harbor and municipal budgets

Manchester-by-the-Sea Finance Committee unanimously approves FY27 operational budgets for harbor and finance departments. The committee approved $317,838 for harbor operations on January 29 at Town Administrator Tony Barletta's recommendation, a 1.54 percent increase that addresses Harbormaster

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Government · Finance Committee

Finance Committee approves three FY27 budgets unanimously

Finance Committee approves three FY27 municipal budgets totaling over one million dollars. The Council on Aging received $234,068, the Board of Health $214,013, and the Library $584,162, all approved unanimously. Committee members supported the Library's requested $8,656 increase for extended hours

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Government · Finance Committee

Finance Committee approves FY27 budgets for police and town operations

Manchester Finance Committee approves $2.2M police budget amid recruitment crisis. The Finance Committee unanimously approved the Police Department's FY27 budget of $2,241,755 (salaries $2,109,655, expenses $132,100) alongside budgets for town clerk ($167,752), election and registration ($47,843),

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