2023 Budget

2023 Budget Calendar

July 2021

• Issue Capital and Operating Budget Guidelines

September 2021

• Fall Fiscal Guideline Summit reviews new fiscal framework for Capital Stabilization Fund

October 2021

• Summit I - Financial Indicators and Projections - October 14
• Town Manager Review of Capital Budget Requests

November 2021

• Town Manager Review of Operating Budget Requests
• Fall Special Town Meeting approves budget amendments and capital authorizations

December 2021

• Summit II - Revenue Projections and Revenue Allocation - December 2
• Municipal Budget Hearings with Select Board - November 30, December 1 and 7

January 2022

• Submittal of 2023 Superintendent's Recommended Budget to School Committee
• School Committee Hearings on Budget
• Submittal of 2023 Town Manager's Preliminary Budget to Select Board - January 10
• Summit III - Review of 2023 Town Manager's Preliminary Budget - January 13

February 2022

• Select Board Votes on the 2023 Recommended Budget
• Budget Decisions and Deliberations Concluded
• 2023 Recommended Budget submitted to Town Meeting - February 28

March 2022

• Municipal Election - March 7
• Town Meeting Commences - March 28
• Town Meeting Begins Budget Deliberations - March 28
• Budget Presentations by Town Manager and Superintendent