OverviewThis page provides a single place for up-to-date information, documents, and links relating to the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Process. If you have any comments or suggestions, please email us. General Documents and Links Finance Committee New! Finance Committee Report to Town Meeting Part Two (PDF) Jun. 2009 New! Finance Committee Handout - FY 10 Budget Solutions (PDF) May 28, 2009 Finance Committee Handouts from 5/21/2009 meeting (PDF) Finance Committee Report to Town Meeting Part One (PDF) Apr. 2009 (Revised 04/24/2009) Finance Committee Reserve Use Criteria (PDF) Mar. 26, 2009 Finance Committee Budget Hearing Schedule (PDF) Apr. 2009 Finance Committee FY 10 Guidelines Status Memorandum (PDF) Feb. 10, 2009 Preliminary Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Guidelines (PDF) Nov. 2008 Budget Coordinating Group Community Preservation Act Committee Joint Capital Planning Committee New! Report of the Joint Capital Planning Committee - April 2009 (PDF) Joint Capital Planning Committee 2009 Hearing Schedule (PDF), Feb. 2009 Facilitation of Community Choices Committee Report Dec. 2008 FY 2010 Preliminary Financial Projections John Musante (PDF) Oct. 2008 Municipal Documents and Links New! FY 10 Municipal Budget Cuts List - Draft (PDF) May 28, 2009 FY 10 Town Manager Budget (PDF) January 16, 2009 FY 09 Municipal Budget Quarterly Budget/Actual Report for Quarter Ending March 31, 2009 (PDF) FY 09 Municipal Budget Quarterly Budget/Actual Reportfor Quarter Ending December 31, 2008 (PDF) FY10 Select Board Budget Policy Recommendations (PDF) December, 16, 2008 Select Board's FY 2010 Municipal Budget Workshop (PDFs) October 25, 2008 Workshop Agenda | Public Safety | Public Works | General Government |Planning/Conservation/Inspections Community Services | Additional Information from Town Manager | FY 09 Adopted Budget Summary Municipal Budget Scenarios Presentaion, July 24, 2008 School Documents and Links Amherst Regional Public Schools (external link) General Budget Information (external link) Library Documents and Links Amherst's Public Libraries (external link) General Budget Information (external link) Additional Documents and Links Town of Amherst Financial Management Policies & Objectives (PDF), Finance Committee, Jan 2008 OVERRIDES A Finance Committee Report to the Citizens of Amherst (PDF), Jan 2007 Massachusetts Department of Revenue - Division of Local Services Levy Limits: A Primer on Proposition 2 1/2 (PDF) Proposition 2 1/2 Ballot Questions Requirements and Procedures (PDF), Oct 2008 Municipal Finance Glossary (PDF), May 2006 Massachusetts Municipal Association (external link) Revenue Sharing Partnership Plan (PDF), Oct 2007 Revenue Sharing and the Future of the MA Economy (PDF), Jan 2006 Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation (external link) The Long-Term Mismatch Between Available Resources and Important State Priorities (PDF), Sep 2006
