Finance Committee

Government · Finance Committee

Finance Committee backs animal control bylaw, splits on field study

Natick Finance Committee unanimously approves animal control bylaw, splits on field study report. The committee voted 12-0 to recommend favorable action on Article 14, amending Town Bylaw Article 50, Section 16 to align animal control regulations with Massachusetts law, with Chief Hicks of the

Townbrief news summary · Apr 7

Government · Finance Committee

Finance Committee transcript yields no record of April 7 deliberations

NATICK -- April 7, 2026, Natick Finance Committee's April 7 meeting record is effectively missing from public access. The Natick Pegasus transcript supplied for the hybrid meeting noticed by Chair Todd Gillenwater contains

Townbrief reporting · Apr 7

Government · Finance Committee

Finance Committee scheduled budget, turf votes; no recording available

NATICK -- March 26, 2026, Natick Finance Committee's March 26 meeting record is effectively missing. The agenda, posted by Chair Todd Gillenwater, scheduled recommendation votes to spring Annual Town Meeting on Article 3,

Townbrief reporting · Mar 26

Government · Finance Committee

Finance Committee recommends four warrant articles for spring meeting

Finance Committee unanimously recommends four spring warrant articles, advancing them to Town Meeting for vote. The Personnel Board article updates job titles for 85 employees without new funding. Two revolving-funds articles passed: one reorganizes bylaw language; the other sets spending limits,

Townbrief news summary · Mar 19

Government · Finance Committee

Finance Committee recommends six-month extension for Hybrid Town Meeting study

NATICK -- March 19, 2026, Natick Finance Committee backs six-month extension for Hybrid Town Meeting study panel. The committee voted 9-0-2 on Thursday to recommend positive action on Article 16, both to

Townbrief reporting · Mar 19

Government · Finance Committee

Natick Finance Committee Unanimously Approves Capital Borrowing, Deadlocks on Police Chief Extension

Natick Finance Committee deadlocks on Police Chief James Hicks's retirement-age extension while clearing $6.25 million in capital spending.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 12

Government · Finance Committee

Finance subcommittee approves $1.4M general government budgets

Natick Finance subcommittee backs general government budgets totaling $1.4 million. The General Government Subcommittee unanimously recommended approval for the Town Clerk's office ($438,200), Board of Registrars ($189,600), and Legal Services ($771,400). The Town Clerk's budget, presented by

Townbrief news summary · Mar 3

Government · Finance Committee

IT budget receives 10 percent increase; subcommittee approves five departmental budgets

Natick Finance Committee General Government Subcommittee approves five departmental budgets with IT increase. The subcommittee unanimously recommended approval of an Information Technology budget of $2.27 million, a 10 percent increase driven by higher LAN/WAN maintenance and Hosted applications

Townbrief news summary · Feb 26

Government · Finance Committee

Finance Committee General Government Subcommittee approves budgets totaling $2.85 million.

Finance Committee General Government Subcommittee approves budgets for Health and Community Services. The subcommittee unanimously recommended a Health Department budget of $733,488 and a Community Services budget of $2,120,463 after hearing presentations from Michael Boudreau and Angela Snell.

Townbrief news summary · Feb 24

Government · Finance Committee

Natick Finance subcommittee backs four public safety budgets

Natick Finance subcommittee backs four public safety budgets. The General Government Subcommittee unanimously recommended Fire Department spending of $11,329,111, Police Department funding of $9,278,618, Parking Enforcement at $213,800, and Emergency Management at $45,820. Chief Ferschke noted the

Townbrief news summary · Feb 19