Advisory Committee endorses operating budget, defers climate resolution
Advisory Committee · Meeting of March 31, 2026
Cohasset Advisory Committee endorses FY27 operating budget, unanimously defers climate resolution. The committee approved the budget 8-0-1, with Courtney Murphy abstaining, after Interim Town Manager Michelle Leary presented a budget developed through school-town collaboration; the School Committee had approved the companion budget 5-0. The committee deferred Article 22, a non-binding resolution targeting 50 percent net-zero municipal emissions by 2030 and 100 percent by 2050, to refine language before Annual Town Meeting.
Passage could help the town pursue up to $1.15 million in climate-leader status grants from the state. The committee rejected citizen petitions on noise control and Wheelwright Park.
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Source: the Advisory Committee meeting of March 31, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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