Select Board adopts FY28 budget framework

Select Board · Meeting of October 20, 2026

Cohasset's Select Board approved a joint FY28 "one town, one budget" message and set three budget forums before May's town meeting. Vice Chair Ellen Maher presented the edited budget message, which commits the town to maintaining its AAA bond rating and increasing capital funding for schools, roads and sidewalks by 2.5 percent annually; the board adopted it unanimously without a recorded numeric tally. Member Gregory Watts said the plan "hits the course of what we've been driving towards the last several months." Planning Board representative Cassandra Thayer briefed the board on a roughly $190,000 state grant funding a proposed "Social Resilience Hub," with Town Hall and the South Shore Community Center emerging as finalist sites.

The board also assigned members to speak on Special Town Meeting articles, including a water bottle ban and noise control and surveillance bylaws, and noted a $18,000-plus state grant for a Beachwood radar sign. Minutes and adjournment both carried 4-0.

In the full story:

• MVP Action Grant and Resilience Hub Update
• Select Board Policy Review Subcommittee
• Special Town Meeting Article Assignments
• FY28 Budget Message: One Town, One Budget
• Police Department Road Safety Grant
• Select Board Comments and Housekeeping
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,048 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of October 20, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.