Select Board, Finance Committee amend FY27 budget ahead of override vote.
Topsfield Finance Committee and Select Board advance amended $28.5 million FY27 budget for special town meeting. Finance Committee Chair Che Elwell won unanimous approval for clarifying language to Article Second, with the committee voting 7-0 to recommend the adjusted motion ahead of the June 17
Select Board's Office · Meeting of June 16, 2026
Topsfield Finance Committee and Select Board advance amended $28.5 million FY27 budget for special town meeting. Finance Committee Chair Che Elwell won unanimous approval for clarifying language to Article Second, with the committee voting 7-0 to recommend the adjusted motion ahead of the June 17 Special Election. The budget requests three override questions totaling $356,788, down from earlier proposals, with the Town override at $123,000 and regional school assessments at $233,788 combined.
The minutes emphasize that state law requires Topsfield to fully fund Masconomet and Essex Tech assessments regardless of override passage, a mandate triggered when peer municipalities funded their own allocations first.
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Source: the Select Board's Office meeting of June 16, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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