Finance Committee defers action on regional school budget, capital articles.
Finance Committee · Meeting of May 4, 2026
Westhampton Finance Committee backs revolving-fund articles, defers regional-school recommendation. The seven-member committee voted unanimously to approve Articles 2, 3, and 5 and to recommend the municipal budget 6-0-1 on May 4. However, Chair Tad Weiss's committee voted 7-0-0 to take no action on the Hampshire Regional High School budget (Article 7), citing the school district's 9.5 percent year-over-year increase against negative growth in town departments and uncertainty about final municipal revenue before Town Meeting.
The committee also voted unanimously to defer capital articles 8 through 11, though members discussed potential police cruiser replacement and agreed the Stabilization Fund would be the appropriate funding source if the purchase advances.
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Source: the Finance Committee meeting of May 4, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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