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FY26 Budget
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Projects
Fiscal Year '26 Budget
The Town of Brattleboro has launched its budgeting process for Fiscal Year 2026. The budget will be discussed during Selectboard meetings throughout calendar year 2024 and into 2025.
Get Involved
Selectboard meetings are held on the first and third Tuesday of the month. Meetings are held in the Selectboard Room at the Municipal Center (230 Main Street) and on Zoom. You can view Selectboard agendas and meeting materials on the Selectboard page, by following our blog, or by viewing the calendar.
A Budget Open House, in which the public can discuss ideas directly with town staff, is planned for later this fall.
Timeline
The following chart outlines the FY26 Budget Development Process. Please note that dates listed below are subject to change.
| April 25, 2024 | Budget process after-action review — Memo, Watch, Minutes |
| August 7, 2024 | Review draft budget process |
| August 20, 2024 | Proposed FY26 budget process — Memo |
| September 4, 2024 | Inform the RTM Finance Committee of the new budget process |
| September 4, 2024 | Departments revise budget |
| September 25, 2024 | Departments to meet with TMO/FiR/Finance |
| October 15, 2024 | Finalize numbers and enter budget into OpenGov |
| October 22, 2024 | Review, complete, compile budget package |
| November 5, 2024 | Selectboard consider base budget and alternates |
| November 12, 2024 | Budget Open House |
| November 19, 2024 | Selectboard review of Open House feedback and alternates |
| December 3, 2024 | Staff to further develop Selectboard selected alternates |
| December 12, 2024 | Focus groups with RTM members |
| January 7, 2025 | Selectboard consider budget and alternates |
| January 21, 2025 | Selectboard adopt budget |
| January 22, 2025 | RTM Finance Committee |
| March 22, 2025 | RTM adopts budget |
| July 1, 2025 | FY26 budget begins |