Finance Committee accepts prior minutes, reviews Water, Health, and Planning budgets.
misc · Meeting of April 6, 2026
Chester Finance Committee unanimously approved prior minutes and heard departmental budgets. The Water Department, which operates as an enterprise fund, reported five consecutive quarters of clean inspections and seeks committee support at annual town meeting; its fiscal 2027 budget reflects an 11.2 percent increase over the prior year with a proposed rate increase for users. The Board of Health adjusted board member stipends and added a separate line item for state-required payments while transfer station lead attendant salaries were increased to reflect paperwork duties.
The fiscal 2027 regional school budget, serving 790 students across all member towns, anticipates a 2.44 percent increase, reducing Chester's assessment by approximately 68,000 dollars from the prior year, pending receipt of grant and state aid figures.
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Source: the misc meeting of April 6, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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