David C. wrote:

> The town only needs around ~$37M in property taxes to balance next year’s
> budget.
>
No - in FY24, our *actual expenditures were $41.3m.  *My *guess* is that
FY26 actual will come in around $43-$45m.

NOTE:  Our actuals are listed in the first column of "Table 1" in each
year's Financial Warrant:

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Source:
https://www.lincolntown.org/DocumentCenter/View/98197/20250329-Fincom-Report-FY26--FINAL-

If you want a ~$37m budget, then we've got to find ~$7m of operational
spending to cut, which means deep cuts in services.  What are town meeting
voters willing to give up?

One please-let's-use-the-correct-data resident's view,

-andy
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