Deerfield Finance Committee and Selectboard approve South County EMS and Senior Center budgets totaling over $2.5 million in joint votes, with the town landing within $1,000 of its Proposition 2 1/2 levy ceiling.
Deerfield school budgets approved for fiscal 2027. Finance Committee Chair Julie Chalfant and Selectboard Chair Trevor McDaniel led approval of the FY2027 school budgets in a joint meeting. The Deerfield Elementary School budget rose 3.81 percent to $5,711,097 due to increased special needs
Three towns jointly reviewed EMS and Senior Center 2027 budgets. South County EMS assessments jumped 20 percent, with expenses up roughly $90,000 and revenue down approximately $100,000, driven by payroll and cost-of-living adjustments. The South County Senior Center's proposed 2027 budget hit
Three Franklin County towns review proposed Senior Center budget nearly doubling in cost. Representatives from Deerfield, Sunderland, and Whately met jointly Monday to examine fiscal year 2027 budgets for South County EMS and the South County Senior Center, with no votes taken at the session.
Deerfield Finance Committee recommends 2027 budget with substantial cost increases in health insurance and retirement contributions. The committee recommended Group Insurance-Town at $613,255, a 13.13 percent increase; Group Insurance-School at $1,102,846, an 8.23 percent increase; and Franklin
Deerfield Finance Committee and Selectboard jointly approve 15 FY2027 budget lines totaling more than $4 million, with a late reversal on Town Clerk staffing.
Deerfield Finance Committee approves $557,000 in FY2027 budget items. Finance Committee Chair Julie Chalfant and members voted unanimously on Summer Swim Program at $3,338 (down 44.4 percent) and Tri-Town Beach at $39,078 (up 3.29 percent). The committee amended Tilton Library from $291,474 to
Finance Committee recommends 2027 budgets for two new positions. Julie Chalfant's committee voted unanimously to approve $108,899 for Assessors Office administrative salary, a 25.22 percent increase to fund a new Principal Assessor replacing the retiring Administrative Assistant, with Christopher