Finance Committee approves December minutes, launches FY2027 budget review.
Finance Committee opens FY2027 budget review with new CFO Katie McKenna. Town Manager Karyn Clark presented a first draft holding departmental increases to 2.5 percent while warning of steep cost pressures: health insurance rising 20 percent for active employees and 15 percent for retirees,
Finance Committee · Meeting of January 10, 2026
MILLBURY — Finance Committee opens FY2027 budget review with new CFO Katie McKenna. Town Manager Karyn Clark presented a first draft holding departmental increases to 2.5 percent while warning of steep cost pressures: health insurance rising 20 percent for active employees and 15 percent for retirees, Worcester County Retirement assessment up 10.4 percent, and a new $40,000 HR Benefits Coordinator position to replace retiring administrator Rick Bedard. The committee approved the minutes of its prior meeting unanimously and will convene again Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at 6:30 p.m.
School roof debt service has not yet been fully budgeted and will impact the tax levy in 2027.
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Source: the Finance Committee meeting of January 10, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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