Finance Committee Debates How to Prioritize Budget Cuts
Following sobering assessments of Amherst’s budget challenges given to the Budget Coordinating Group (BCG) and...
Finance Committee
Amherst Faces $1M Budget Shortfall Year After Year, Council Learns
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Budget Coordinating Group Kicks Off FY28 Budget Season
The Town of Amherst officially launched its Fiscal Year 2028 budget development process on Wednesday,...
Library Project’s Failure to Repay Town Discussed at Finance Committee
This meeting was held over Zoom and was recorded. Money Coming To the Town Town...
Finance Committee Pursues Budget Book Overhaul
For years, Amherst’s 200-plus-page municipal budget book has often functioned more like a heavy paperweight...
What Is the Future of the Wildwood School Building?
Report on the Meeting of the Town Council and Special Meeting of the Finance Committee,...
Council Approves FY27 Budget with Additional Money for Elementary Schools
Report on the Meeting of the Town Council, June 15, 2026, Part 1 This was...
School Supporters Voice Concerns About FY27 Budget
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Finance Committee, May 11, 2026 This meeting was...
Letter: Some Recommendations for Review of the CRESS Budget
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Finance Committee on April 15, 2026. Town...
Controversy over Additional CPA Funding for Jones Library Continues
Report of the Public Forum of the Amherst Town Council on 2027 CPA Grants, April...
Fact Check: Did Only One Councilor Promise ‘Not a Penny More’ for the Jones Expansion Project?
At their April 7 meeting, the Finance Committee spent time debating whether the Jones Library...
Finance Committee Wants More Information about Jones Library CPA Request
Report on the Meeting of the Finance Committee, April 7, 2026 This meeting was held...