Finance Committee Reviews Water, Sewer Rate Increases for FY27
Finance Committee reviews water and sewer rate increases for fiscal 2027. The committee unanimously accepted the minutes of its July 14 meeting and voted unanimously to pay the annual membership invoice for the Massachusetts Municipal Association of Town Finance Committees. Chairman Shaun Galliher
Finance Committee · Meeting of August 6, 2026
HINSDALE — Finance Committee reviews water and sewer rate increases for fiscal 2027. The committee unanimously accepted the minutes of its July 14 meeting and voted unanimously to pay the annual membership invoice for the Massachusetts Municipal Association of Town Finance Committees. Chairman Shaun Galliher reported that the final FY26 expense report shows approximately $295,000 in Free Cash and Department Heads kept spending to roughly 97 percent of budgeted amounts.
The Water Sewer Commissioners approved rate increases for fiscal 2027 only: water rates rising 13 percent from $6.65 to $7.52 per hundred cubic feet and sewer rates increasing between 6 and 9 percent, with both subject to review before FY28.
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Source: the Finance Committee meeting of August 6, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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