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Finance Committee Reviews Preliminary Five-Year Budget Outlook
Finance Committee reviewed five-year forecast as budget pressure loomed.
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Finance Committee backs five town meeting articles unanimously
Finance Committee unanimously backs five town meeting articles, including $5.4M Sesuit Harbor project. The committee voted to recommend $5.484 million in borrowing for the Sesuit Harbor West design and construction project, funded through the Waterways Improvement Fund with a $1.5 million grant
Government · Finance Committee
Finance Committee backs $2.8 million bond for Portside Community Park
Dennis Finance Committee unanimously backs $2.8 million Portside Community Park bond authorization. Vice Chair Bob Mezzadri led the committee in approving the waterfront redesign project, which seeks flood-zone compliance and improved resilience after 12 years of planning and design. The committee
Government · Finance Committee
Finance Committee fills vacancy with appointment of Creedon
Dennis Finance Committee appoints Patricia Creedon to fill one open Finance Committee seat. Creedon, a West Dennis resident with 30 years of experience in insurance and annuities, holds a law degree from the University of Connecticut and has served as treasurer of the Greater Nashua YMCA and the
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Dennis approves wastewater rate structure and flow allocation fees for Phase 1 service area.
Dennis Select Board approves Phase 1 wastewater rates and fees. Acting as Sewer Commission, the Board unanimously accepted a tiered user rate structure with a $40 quarterly base charge and usage fees, projecting typical annual costs of $778 at 16,000-gallon quarterly consumption. Flow allocation
Government · Finance Committee
Finance Committee appoints Mason, proposes bylaw change
Dennis Finance Committee names Mason to fill vacancy, seeks bylaw shift. The committee unanimously appointed Josh Mason, a construction supervisor with 20 years of executive leadership experience, to a Finance Committee vacancy through May 2027. In a separate unanimous vote, the committee
Government · Finance Committee
Finance Committee reorganizes with McMahon as chair
Dennis Finance Committee reorganizes with McMahon as chair, Mezzadri as vice chair. The committee, which welcomed new members this term, unanimously elected Sheryl McMahon, a former Finance Committee member from 2002 to 2004, as chair, with Bob Mezzadri taking the role of vice chair. Finance
Government · Finance Committee
Finance Committee unanimously approves four labor contracts
Dennis Finance approves $485K in collective bargaining agreements. The Finance Committee unanimously recommended four labor contracts for the May 5, 2026 Annual Town Meeting, totaling $485,133 in transfers from the Town Administrator Settlements Line. The contracts cover ASFCME Council 93 Local
Government · Finance Committee
Finance Committee recommends $1.7 million override, multiple school budgets
Dennis Finance Committee unanimously backs fiscal 2027 budget with $1.7 million override. Town Administrator Elizabeth Sullivan presented the override after identifying $768,454 in cuts including $300,000 in OPEB reductions. The Committee also recommended the $51.3 million operating budget, a $22
Government · Finance Committee
Finance Committee recommends $52.66M operating budget for fiscal 2027.
Dennis Finance Committee approves $52.66 million fiscal 2027 operating budget. The committee unanimously recommended the spending plan, which includes $68,927 added by the Select Board for a School Resource Officer at Ezra Baker School and $570,800 in Fire Department contract increases completed
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