Weymouth Town Council unanimously adopts $227.4 million fiscal year 2027 budget

WEYMOUTH -- June 15, 2026, Weymouth Town Council adopted a $227.4 million fiscal year 2027 budget in a sweeping 9-0 vote Monday night, approving more than 40 spending measures without dissent. Budget Management Committee Chair Gary MacDougall called it "a balanced budget that fully funds the core services, police, fire, schools, and public works, while strengthening our reserves and stabilization funds," following a committee vote of 5-0 on June 1. The package included $12,045,085 for the Water Enterprise Fund, $19,835,314 for the Sewer Enterprise Fund, and $2,941,680 drawn from free cash for transfers to the OPEB trust, stabilization fund, special education reserve, collective bargaining reserve, and capital equipment. The council also approved $84,000 in Community Preservation Act funds to begin design and permitting for a pedestrian bridge at Great Esker Park, destroyed in a 2018 storm, and voted to send a letter to MassDOT demanding traffic calming improvements at Ralph Talbot School before September.