Goffstown Budget Committee takes on new default budget duties, reviews $1.9M school spending increase. The committee adopted new procedures for advance materials submission and approved prior meeting minutes spanning nine months with a single name-correction. SAU Business Administrator Doug Totten
Goffstown Fire Chief Benjamin Selleck detailed a severe retention crisis and proposed four new Shift Captain positions to address it. Since 2020, the department has lost 31 of 24 full-time positions, with a median service length of 1.1 years; exit interviews cite workload, supervision gaps, and no
Select Board and Budget Committee jointly chart 2027 budget strategy with 5 percent operational target. Chairman Jim Craig reported the 2026 default budget required $230,000 in transfers from reserves to cover fire overtime and departmental shortfalls; the town projects no increase in its tax rate
Goffstown Select Board and Budget Committee meet jointly to reset budget approach after 2026 operating budget failed by 700 votes. Chair Elizabeth Dubrulle and Selectman Mark T. Lemay led discussion on 2027 process, with Budget Committee members Brian Mazur and Olivia Welch-Erdahl calling for
Goffstown Budget Committee reorganizes and fills vacancy after election dispute. Elizabeth Dubrulle was elected Chair and Samantha Kearns Vice Chair; the committee voted 6-4-1 to appoint Jessica Peutin, fifth-place finisher in the recent election, to fill a member-at-large opening. The vote
Goffstown Budget Committee backs 2026 town and school spending with key divisions. The committee voted 8-5 to recommend the town operating budget of $27,519,425 (a 5.4 percent increase) and 12-1 to advance the school operating budget of $58,545,759 (1.93 percent increase), with Chairperson
Goffstown Budget Committee corrects budget after calculation error surfaces. Town Administrator Derek Horne disclosed that the previously approved budget had compared against total appropriations rather than operating expenses, overstating the increase at 5.3% when actual operating budget growth
Budget Committee readies town warrant articles and school labor contract for public hearing. Town Administrator Derek Horne presented four appropriation articles totaling $830,000 from unassigned fund balance: a three-year DPW Teamsters agreement with $47,020 year-one cost, $350,000 for the Fire
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