STAM holds webinar to explore one-twelfth budget process

The Small Town of Administrators of Massachusetts held a meeting via Zoom on May 29 to discuss the one-twelfth budget process.

Hadley Town Administrator David Nixon discussed his process – from development to Board of Selectmen approval – for the town’s first one-twelfth budget.

The Division of Local Services will begin accepting these budget proposals on June 1.

Questions included how to address free cash, contract and union obligations, cost-of-living adjustments, regional school spending, capital projects and pension payments.

More than 100 members participated in the meeting.

• Hadley’s 1/12th Budget presentation (530K PDF)
• Hadley – Letter of Transmittal of Proposed Budget Fiscal Year 2021: Amended for COVID-19 (220K PDF)
• Hadley – Fiscal 2021 Expenditures (1/12th Budget) Spreadsheet (318K PDF)