Deerfield approves $20.3M budget; rejects two overrides
Deerfield approves $20.3M budget, defeats tax overrides. The annual meeting on May 11 approved the FY2027 omnibus budget of $20,332,069 and rejected two Proposition 2½ overrides totaling $503,253 for Senior Center operations and emergency medical services. Moderator Daniel Graves presided over 631
DocumentCenter · Meeting of May 11, 2026
Deerfield approves $20.3M budget, defeats tax overrides. The annual meeting on May 11 approved the FY2027 omnibus budget of $20,332,069 and rejected two Proposition 2½ overrides totaling $503,253 for Senior Center operations and emergency medical services. Moderator Daniel Graves presided over 631 voters at Frontier Regional School.
The EMS override fell by seven votes on a recount, while the town voted to expand its Selectboard to five members and authorize 450 electronic voting tabulators for future meetings.
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Source: the DocumentCenter meeting of May 11, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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