Groveland Finance Committee elects Haywood chair, approves $2,500 building department transfer
Groveland Finance Committee reorganized, approved a $2,500 transfer, and set September as its next meeting date.
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Groveland Finance Committee Unanimously Approves $147,400 in Year-End Budget Transfers
GROVELAND — June 3, 2026 — Groveland Finance Committee approves $147,400 in year-end transfers and loses two members to resignation. The committee voted unanimously Wednesday to shift fiscal year 2026 surplus balances — led by a $104,000 communications wages overage stemming from the town's December 2025 transition to
Newbury Finance Committee Unanimously Approves $134,733 Snow and Ice Reserve Transfer
NEWBURY — June 2, 2026 — Newbury Finance Committee approves $134,733 reserve fund transfer to cover FY2026 snow and ice deficit. The committee voted unanimously Tuesday to transfer $134,733.15 from the town's reserve fund to the snow and ice removal account, wiping the fund down to less
Manchester Finance Committee Sets July 8 Meeting for Year-End Budget Transfers
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA — May 28, 2026 — Manchester-by-the-Sea Finance Committee previews year-end transfers and an uncertain trash contract transition. Finance Director Andrea Romania told the committee at the May 28 working session that she has identified $855,000 in spending turnbacks across the operating budget, making
Swampscott Finance Committee Backs Free Cash to Buy $375,000 Recycling Bins
SWAMPSCOTT — May 14, 2026 — Swampscott's Finance Committee leaned toward using $375,000 in free cash to purchase automated recycling bins ahead of Town Meeting, while awaiting final numbers on a new five-year trash-hauling contract. In a non-binding straw poll, all responding members — including Chair Eric
Concord Finance Committee Assigns Liaisons, Tables Subcommittee Vote Until June
SWAMPSCOTT — May 7, 2026 — Concord Finance Committee holds organizational meeting, receives bond sale news. The committee convened May 7 for its first post-town meeting session, welcoming two new members — Rita Rich, a former Bank of Boston investment banker, and Don Parker, a Harvard public policy lecturer and former school
Swampscott Finance Committee Defers $3.5 Million Sewer Project, Backs Solar Canopy Design
SWAMPSCOTT — April 30, 2026 — Swampscott's Finance Committee deferred a $3.5 million sewer main rehabilitation project to December Town Meeting and reversed an earlier vote to recommend a $300,000 solar canopy design article at its April 30 meeting. Town Accountant Patrick Cunningham walked the committee through a
Danvers Finance Committee Votes to Ban Crypto ATM Kiosks Linked to $249,000 in Losses
DANVERS — April 28, 2026 — Danvers Finance Committee recommends crypto ATM kiosk ban and $1 million school transfer at warrant review night two. The committee voted unanimously to forward a proposed bylaw banning cryptocurrency ATM kiosks to Town Meeting, after Police Chief Jamie Lovell reported that two remaining kiosks in town
Swampscott Finance Committee Recommends Budgets, Cuts Excess Levy Use to $1.49 Million
SWAMPSCOTT — April 23, 2026 — Swampscott Finance Committee votes to recommend operating, enterprise, and capital budgets for Town Meeting. The committee, meeting April 23, voted unanimously on all three budget categories after a session focused on trimming projected excess levy use — the amount of unused property tax capacity the town plans
Swampscott Finance Committee Clears Recreation Fund Spending Hike, Hands Budget to Select Board
SWAMPSCOTT — April 16, 2026 — Swampscott Finance Committee releases a nearly $88.6 million FY27 operating budget to the Select Board and votes to expand recreation spending authority. The committee reached informal consensus Thursday to hand off the fiscal year 2027 general fund budget — up $3.1 million from the current