Southtowns Record

2027 Budget Presentation

Government
Town of Boston
Posted by publisher
Oct 15, 2026
Kind
Budget
Topics
Budget and taxes, Public safety, Water, sewer and drainage, Parks and recreation, Zoning and land use, Roads and traffic, Audits and oversight

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Parks

•Equip - $22,000 (same as prior year) – $20,000 towards a bucket truck (to be split with HWY) + $2,000 misc. small equipment
•Cont - $25,000 (same as prior year) – portable toilet rental, weed control application, paint for fields, clay for baseball fields, dog
 waste stations, fuel & maintenance on tractors, repairs to any lawn damage/shelter vandalism

Youth Programs

•Cont - $80,000 ($5,000 increase) – funding towards Boys & Girls Club

Historian & Historian Property

•Historian - $700 (same as prior year) – memberships to ancestry, Fold3, Newspaper.com / GAHWNY Membership & Conference
•Historical Equip - $3,000 (same as prior year) – Looking to replace a worn-out historical marker in town as well as a historical
 headstone/ looking at grants for new markers

Celebrations

•Cont - $22,000 – ($3,000 decrease) – Memorial Day, 4th of July, Christmas, etc.

Adult Recreation

•Boston Seniors - $16,000 ($1,000 increase) - bus trips, entertainment & supplies for their meetings
•Boston Young at Heart - $16,000 ($1,000 increase) - bus trips, entertainment & supplies for their meetings

Other Culture / Rec

•$1,000 Lease Agreement with Boston Free Library
•$1,000 Agreement with FeedMore (NEW) + $1,000 Agreement with Bread of Life Outreach (BOLO) (NEW)

Zoning
•Cont - $5,000 (same as prior year) - supplies, ZBA public hearing notices, trainings, Town planner consultation

Planning

•Cont - $8,000 (same as prior year) - supplies, membership dues, public hearing notices, trainings, Town planner