Finance Committee questions 3 percent Education budget guidance
Finance Committee · Meeting of January 22, 2026
Orleans Finance Committee begins 2027 budget review with Finance Director Darrin Tangeman. Director Tangeman presented to Committee members David Abel, Tony Pearl, Peter O'Meara, Nicholas Athanassiou, Richard Berdik, and John Cooper, with the committee questioning a 3 percent education funding increase amid a 4.8 percent overall town increase. Members requested capital, enterprise, and revenue projections; Tangeman committed to providing them.
The committee discussed fee increases and outsourcing as cost strategies and revised its schedule, canceling January 29 while confirming budget reviews on January 28, February 4, and February 12.
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Source: the Finance Committee meeting of January 22, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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