Finance Committee coordinates budget meeting schedule
Halifax Finance Committee coordinates budget meeting schedule ahead of superintendent transition. Chair James Walters reported that department budgets are loaded in SharePoint and the committee requested the school department provide both a 10 percent reduction scenario and a level-funded budget
Finance Committee · Meeting of January 20, 2026
Halifax Finance Committee coordinates budget meeting schedule ahead of superintendent transition. Chair James Walters reported that department budgets are loaded in SharePoint and the committee requested the school department provide both a 10 percent reduction scenario and a level-funded budget proposal. The committee awaits the state's Cherry Sheets for revenue projections and additional school budget documentation.
Town Accountant Lindsay Martinelli is coordinating meeting schedules with Interim Town Administrator Bob Fennessey. Schools Superintendent Sarah Hickey departs in the coming weeks.
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Source: the Finance Committee meeting of January 20, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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