Finance Committee approves prior minutes; joint boards discuss failed override
Westhampton's Finance Committee and Selectboard chart deficit response after failed override. The joint meeting on April 15 came after voters rejected a Proposition 2-1/2 override, 314 to 373, leaving a remaining budget gap of $389,893 after recent adjustments. Finance Committee Chair Weiss
Finance Committee · Meeting of April 15, 2026
Westhampton's Finance Committee and Selectboard chart deficit response after failed override. The joint meeting on April 15 came after voters rejected a Proposition 2-1/2 override, 314 to 373, leaving a remaining budget gap of $389,893 after recent adjustments. Finance Committee Chair Weiss outlined three options, reserves and free cash, cuts, or a second override, and conducted a straw poll showing roughly equal division among Finance Committee members on approach.
The boards reached general consensus that a comprehensive review of all budget lines would be required to identify savings, with final budget approval needed by May 6.
In the full story:
- The complete report — 373 words
Source: the Finance Committee meeting of April 15, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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