2022 Budget

2022 Budget Calendar

June 2020

• Delayed Annual Town Meeting approves 2021 budget as proposed in Brown Book, pre-pandemic

August 2020

• Issue Capital and Operating Budget Guidelines

September 2020

• Fall Fiscal Summit meets to revisit 2021 budget in light of updated revenue projections due to the pandemic

• Fall Special Town Meeting adopts changes discussed at Fiscal Summit

October 2020

• Summit I - Financial Indicators and Projections - October 8
• Town Manager Review of Capital Budget Requests

November 2020

• Town Manager Review of Operating Budget Requests
• Summit II - Revenue Projections and Revenue Allocation - November 5

December 2020

• Municipal Budget Hearings with Select Board - December 2, 3 and 8

January 2021

• Submittal of 2022 Superintendent's Recommended Budget to School Committee
• School Committee Hearings on Budget
• Submittal of 2022 Town Manager's Preliminary Budget to Select Board - January 11
• Summit III - Review of 2022 Town Manager's Preliminary Budget - January 14

February 2021

• Summit IV - If Necessary. Comment and Budget Deliberations
• Select Board Votes on the 2022 Recommended Budget
• Budget Decisions and Deliberations Concluded
• 2022 Recommended Budget submitted to Town Meeting - February 22

March 2021

• Municipal Election - March 1
• Town Meeting Commences - March 22
• Town Meeting Begins Budget Deliberations - March 22
• Budget Presentations by Town Manager and Superintendent