ATFC to hold Annual Meeting on Oct. 18

Local finance committee members are invited to the Association of Town Finance Committees’ Annual Meeting on Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Sharon Community Center.

The opening speaker will be Quentin Palfrey, director of Commonwealth’s Federal Funds and Infrastructure Office.

The meeting will feature four educational workshops, running concurrently during two time slots.

The first time slot will feature:
• “Finance Committee and Budgeting 101,” led by Ashburnham Town Administrator John Coderre, covering the basics for new members
• A session on managing health insurance costs led by Chris Bailey, director of the Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association’s Health Benefits Trust

The second time slot will feature:
• An in-depth look at Proposition 2½ overrides
• A session focused on revenue and expenditure forecasting

The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 2 p.m.

All local officials are welcome to attend. The cost is $65 for dues-paying ATFC finance committee members and $75 for nonmember finance committee members and other local officials.

Online registration and the detailed agenda are available on www.mma.org.

In conjunction with the meeting, the 2025 edition of the Finance Committee Handbook will be digitally published and made available to members. The handbook is free for all ATFC dues-paying members.