Budget Committee

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Email Budget Committee
2023 Budget Committee Meeting Schedule
2023-24 Proposed Budget (f/y '24)
Board Members Meeting Agendas Meeting Minutes
Committee Application Form
Waterboro now has a Budget Committee per Town Charter.
Finance Committee is no longer active.
Waterboro Town Charter: Section 602 – Budget Committee
There shall be a Budget Committee composed of five (5) members who shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen. No other official or employee of the Town may be a member. The Budget Committee shall aid the Town Administrator in the creation of proposed budgets before submittal of the proposed budget to the Board of Selectmen. The Budget committee shall review and make recommendations on the annual operating budget and on the annual capital expenditures as proposed by the Board of Selectmen, Town Administrator, Town Officers and Department heads in determining recommended expenditures. Additional duties include to review and to make recommendations on supplemental appropriations and expenditures and other budgetary action whenever proposed by the Town Administrator and/or Board of Selectmen; and to make such other recommendations on fiscal matters as it may from time to time be deemed advisable by the Town Administrator and/or Board of Selectmen. The committee‟s authority shall be advisory only. Any recommendation on a matter requiring Town meeting shall be printed with the article in the warrant and on the ballot, if any, along with such other recommendations as may be included by the municipal officers or required by law. The Town Administrator and/or Board of Selectmen shall cooperate with and provide the Committee with such information as may be reasonably necessary and available to enable it to carry out its functions. The Committee will hold meetings on an as needed basis.