Finance Committee

Halifax Finance Committee approves more than $30,000 in year-end transfers and a $48,762 reserve fund draw as a $730,000 school turnback complicates fall capital planning.

Halifax Finance Committee reviews year-end budget gaps and eyes special town meeting warrant for dormant funds.

HALIFAX — June 15, 2026 — Halifax Finance Committee questions long-standing housing maintenance deal with neighboring Pembroke. Meeting virtually on June 15, the six-member committee — chaired by Jim Walters — directed Town Administrator Steve to investigate why the Halifax Housing Authority's maintenance and repair work is being handled by

Halifax Finance Committee approves $19,000 reserve transfer and reorganizes leadership after chaotic spring Town Meeting.

Halifax Finance Committee conducts post-mortem on override defeat, blames school number errors and lack of plan.

HALIFAX — May 11, 2026 — Halifax Finance Committee backs employee raises but pulls support for PFAS fund article over oversight concerns. The committee voted unanimously at its May 11 meeting to recommend a 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment for the town's 12 to 13 non-union employees at

HALIFAX — May 4, 2026 — Halifax Finance Committee debates free cash versus operating override ahead of annual town meeting. Meeting Monday with Chair Jim Walters and six other members present in-person or remotely, the committee reviewed a supplemental budget document showing available free cash of $1,390,489 and a

HALIFAX — April 21, 2026 — Halifax Finance Committee debates school budget formula, library cuts, and a $160,000 snow deficit ahead of May 16 override vote. Meeting virtually on April 21, the seven-member committee heard Town Administrator Steve detail the town's net school spending calculation — a DESE-set

HALIFAX — April 6, 2026 — Halifax Finance Committee unanimously recommends 2% cost-of-living raise for non-union town workers, holds PFAS fund on scope dispute. The seven-member committee reversed a proposed zero-percent increase for the town's 14 non-union employees, voting 7-0 to recommend a

HALIFAX — March 30, 2026 — Halifax Finance Committee approves $30.9 million austerity budget, warning of public safety gaps if override fails. The seven-member committee voted on department-by-department groupings Monday night, endorsing Town Administrator Steve Hayward's proposed $1,494,065 in cuts for fiscal year 2027