Finance Committee approves prior minutes, reviews override strategy
Westhampton Finance Committee reviews midyear student placement and override strategy. The Selectboard authorized a 40,000 dollar midyear out-of-district placement covered through Extraordinary Relief, with no FY27 impact when the student moves to Hampshire Regional High School. The committee
Finance Committee · Meeting of March 24, 2026
Westhampton Finance Committee reviews midyear student placement and override strategy. The Selectboard authorized a 40,000 dollar midyear out-of-district placement covered through Extraordinary Relief, with no FY27 impact when the student moves to Hampshire Regional High School. The committee approved the WES School Committee's FY27 budget of 2,513,086 dollars, with the town-charged portion at 2,193,873 dollars, level-funded from FY26.
The Selectboard deferred consideration of changing the 75/25 insurance contribution split until after the override vote and determined that switching health insurance providers would not yield significant savings.
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Source: the Finance Committee meeting of March 24, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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