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Town Meeting put $350,000 into the two town funds in May 2024, and passed over both articles in May 2025.
Deposits into the two town funds
General Stabilization FundSpecial purpose fund
General Stabilization Fund
Special purpose fund
FY2014
$74,729
not published
FY2015
$105,367
not published
FY2016
$99,851
not published
FY2017
not published
not published
FY2018
$87,000
$399,227
FY2019
$100,000
$200,000
FY2020
$422,252
$250,000
FY2021
$100,000
$250,000
FY2022
$100,000
$450,000
FY2023
$100,000
$250,000
FY2024
$100,000
$250,000
FY2025
$0
$0
Passed votes only. FY2025 is a true zero: both articles were passed over. A missing bar is a year with no passed deposit in the votes read.
1 · The facts
$100,000
into the general fund, May 2024
$250,000
into the special purpose fund, May 2024
2
for the same two funds, passed over, May 2025
$350,000
planned for them in February 2025, from free cash
$3,338,426
voted into the two funds, FY2014 to FY2024, at least
15
of 20 that name free cash as a source
—
why the May 2025 articles were passed over
not published
2 · What it shows
1
15 of 20 deposits into the two funds name free cash as their source.
2
In February 2025, $350,000 was planned for the two funds; in May both articles were passed over.
3
The same $350,000 had gone in the May before: $100,000 to the general fund, $250,000 to special purpose.
Deposits into the two town funds, as Town Meeting voted them
Year
General fund
Special purpose fund
Both
Articles naming free cash
FY2024
$100,000
$250,000
$350,000
2 of 2
FY2023
$100,000
$250,000
$350,000
2 of 2
FY2022
$100,000
$450,000
$550,000
2 of 2
FY2021
$100,000
$250,000
$350,000
2 of 2
FY2020
$422,252
$250,000
$672,252
1 of 3
FY2019
$100,000
$200,000
$300,000
2 of 2
FY2018
$87,000
$399,227
$486,227
2 of 3
FY2016
$99,851
—
$99,851
0 of 1
FY2015
$105,367
—
$105,367
1 of 2
FY2014
$74,729
—
$74,729
1 of 1
Passed votes only. The FY2019 special purpose article prints its amount as “$08,222.”, with a digit missing, and is left out. The special purpose fund is the one the ledger calls vehicle equipment.