Finance Committee

Winchendon Finance Committee reviews fire ambulance expansion proposal. Chair Thomas J. Kane Jr. and the committee heard Fire Chief Tom Smith present a plan to hire two additional firefighters to handle ambulance calls from Clearbrook treatment center, currently covered by Templeton. The proposal

Winchendon's boards weigh ambulance service expansion to offset budget gap. Fire Chief Tom Smith proposed hiring two additional firefighters to establish 24-hour ambulance staffing and secure contracts with neighboring towns, projecting $175,000 to $180,000 in additional annual revenue. Health

Finance Committee reviews state revenue trends and budget methodology. The committee examined Chapter 70 state education aid of $14,486,386 and overall state aid increases of roughly $100,000, while noting school choice sending tuition dropped from $960,000 to $891,000. Chair Thomas Kane raised

Finance Committee reviews three-year trends, identifies fixed-cost pressures. Chair Thomas J. Kane Jr. presented analysis of FY23 through FY26 spending, identifying health insurance and retirement as fixed costs representing 55 percent of the operating budget in FY23 at $9.215 million against a

Finance Committee hears FY25 close update and discusses tax bill spike. Accountant Anna Noyes reported fiscal 2025 books closing by month's end with no department-spending concerns, while Treasurer Katie Medina and Town Manager Bill McKinney attributed the recent jump in real estate tax bills to