Halifax Finance Committee Orders GATRA Billing Review and Budget Line-Item Reform
Halifax Finance Committee scrutinizes GATRA billing and calls for performance budgeting.
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Finance Committee
A collection of 25 issues
Halifax Finance Committee rejects $100,000 fire department transfer, 2-3
Halifax Finance Committee rejects fire department's $100,000 reserve fund request, 2-3. Chair James Walters and member Frank Johnston voted yes; Vice Chair Cheryll Zarrella-Burke, Clerk Michael Bennett and member Rodney Hemingway voted no, citing timing so soon after May's town meeting.
Halifax Finance Committee Approves FY26 Transfers, Holds Library Items for Correction
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 flags dormant appropriations, eyes special town meeting warrant
Halifax Finance Committee reviews year-end budget gaps and eyes special town meeting warrant for dormant funds.
Halifax Finance Committee Votes 6-0 to Approve $2,200 Wage Transfer, Probes Housing Authority Deal
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