2021 Budget

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