Finance Committee

West Brookfield Finance Committee rescinded and re-voted more than a dozen department salary lines, landing a FY2026 operating budget roughly $30,000 under the levy limit without drawing on free cash.

West Brookfield's Finance Committee rescinded and re-approved more than two dozen department budgets at its May 20 session, still needing to find roughly $50,000 in cuts before the Annual Town Meeting.

West Brookfield Finance Committee recommends sweeping departmental budget cuts after voters reject a Proposition 2½ override.

West Brookfield's Finance Committee mapped a $717,323 budget gap Wednesday that officials say cannot be closed without a Proposition 2½ override on the May 5 ballot.

West Brookfield's Finance Committee approved roughly 15 department budgets for fiscal year 2027 at its April 8 meeting, with a 73 percent increase in vocational school costs emerging as the sharpest line item.

West Brookfield Finance Committee votes through a dozen budgets and hears three school closure scenarios as town faces structural deficit.

West Brookfield Finance Committee approves a string of lean municipal budgets while warning the town is more than $700,000 in deficit.