Warrant Committee backs $1M Atherton Fire Station design request
Warrant Committee · Meeting of February 26, 2026
MILTON — Warrant Committee receives fire station and budget updates for spring town meeting. Chair Jay Fundling introduced Brian Walsh of the Fire Station Building Committee, who presented the case for a $1 million design-completion request for Atherton Station, citing pandemic-driven increases that made simultaneous three-station renovation infeasible and the health need to isolate diesel exhaust from firefighters. Town Administrator Nicholas Milano reported a projected FY27 deficit of $2.5 million, subsequently reduced through debt service deferrals and health insurance cost shifts; the School Department faces a $1 million budget reduction.
School Subcommittee member Elaine Craghead reported the school adopted a four-year circuit breaker reimbursement plan rather than Interim Superintendent Phelan's more aggressive approach, with staff reductions tied to unsustainable 5.2 percent yearly increases and salary comprising 80 percent of the school budget.
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Source: the Warrant Committee meeting of February 26, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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