Select Board Holds Joint Budget Summit; Schools Seek 8.98 Percent Increase
Southborough Select Board and Advisory Committee held a joint budget summit Saturday. Superintendent Greg Martineau presented a regional school preliminary budget of 8.98 percent over FY2026, driven by special education, transportation, and health insurance, targeting a final 5-7 percent increase.
Select Board · Meeting of January 24, 2026
Southborough Select Board and Advisory Committee held a joint budget summit Saturday. Superintendent Greg Martineau presented a regional school preliminary budget of 8.98 percent over FY2026, driven by special education, transportation, and health insurance, targeting a final 5-7 percent increase. Southborough School Committee Chair Chelsea Malinowski's K-8 budget showed a 3.99 percent increase at level services.
Fire Chief Andrew Puntini and Police Chief Ryan Newell presented departmental requests. The FY2027 budget totals $74.8 million in expenditures against $73.6 million in available revenues, leaving a $1.16 million shortfall.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of January 24, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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