Millis Finance Committee unanimously approves $355,500 in end-of-year budget transfers

Finance Committee · Meeting of July 8, 2026

Millis Finance Committee unanimously approves $355,500 in FY26 end-of-year interdepartmental transfers. Newly appointed Chair Michael Krohn presided over the July 8 meeting, at which Finance Director Jody Kersey outlined overruns in public safety ($245,000, driven by fire on-call wages and police overtime), public works ($49,000, covering salaries and retiree payouts), human services ($7,500), and cherry sheet state assessments ($41,000 above the original estimate, due to higher-than-expected school choice and charter tuition charges). The transfers were funded entirely from unspent employee benefits ($185,500) and debt service ($170,000).

The committee also approved a $6,376.01 annual payment to government software vendor ClearGov, due July 31, acting early because it does not expect to meet again until September. A separate DPW snow-clearing deficit was deliberately excluded from the package and will instead reduce certified free cash when the town files its tax rate recapitulation later this summer.

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Source: the Finance Committee meeting of July 8, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.