Finance Committee hears departmental budgets; discusses bonds and insurance rate pressure.
Finance Committee · Meeting of January 21, 2026
Charlton Finance Committee holds departmental hearings; faces sixteen to twenty percent health insurance increase. IT Director Jeff Sorel reported budget adjustments including replacement of ClearGov with Litex software and nine thousand dollars in anticipated Fire Sub Station expenses. Police Chief Dan Dowd noted that any School Resource Officer placement would require equal cost-sharing with schools and flagged increased body-worn camera cloud storage costs.
Town Administrator Andrew Golas reported that the landfill capping project has begun and the Fire Sub Station is forty percent complete, with the state governor's budget expected the following week to inform unrestricted aid estimates.
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Source: the Finance Committee meeting of January 21, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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