2021 Budget

2021 Recommended Budget & Financing Plan

View the 2021 Recommended Budget and Financing Plan.

2021 Budget Calendar

May 2019

  • Fiscal Policy Summit to Review Established Town Fiscal Policies - May 15

August 2019

  • Issue Capital and Operating Budget Guidelines

October 2019

  • Fiscal Policy Summit to Establish Guidelines for Upcoming Budget Season - October 16
  • Summit I - Financial Indicators and Projections - October 30
  • Town Manager Review of Capital Budget Requests

November 2019

  • Town Manager Review of Operating Budget Requests
  • Summit II - Revenue Projections and Initial Revenue Allocation - November 21

December 2019

  • Municipal Budget Hearings with Select Board - December 3, 4 and 9
  • Summit IIa - Final Revenue Allocation - December 19

January 2020

  • Submittal of 2021 Superintendent's Recommended Budget to School Committee
  • School Committee Hearings on Budget
  • Submittal of 2021 Town Manager's Preliminary Budget to Select Board - January 13
  • Summit III - Review of 2021 Town Manager's Preliminary Budget - January 16

February 2020

  • Summit IV - If Necessary. Comment and Budget Deliberations
  • Select Board Votes on the 2021 Recommended Budget
  • Budget Decisions and Deliberations Concluded
  • 2021 Recommended Budget submitted to Town Meeting - February 21

March 2020

  • Municipal Election - March 3
  • Town Meeting Commences - March 23
  • Town Meeting Begins Budget Deliberations - March 23
  • Budget Presentations by Town Manager and Superintendent