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Overview
This 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
     Finance Committee Report to Town Meeting (PDF) Nov 2009 Special Town Meeting

       Finance Committee Report to Town Meeting (PDF) July 2009 Special Town Meeting
         Finance Committee Report to Town Meeting Part Two (PDF) June 2009
       Finance Committee Handout - FY 10 Budget Solutions (PDF) May 2009
     Finance Committee Handouts from 5/21/2009 meeting (PDF)
       Finance Committee Report to Town Meeting Part One (PDF) Apr 2009
   Finance Committee Reserve Use Criteria (PDF) Mar 2009
        Finance Committee FY 10 Guidelines Status Memorandum (PDF) Feb 2009
     Preliminary Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Guidelines (PDF) Nov 2008
   Budget Coordinating Group
    Community Preservation Act Committee
    Joint Capital Planning Committee
       Report of the Joint Capital Planning Committee - April 2009 (PDF)
    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 Quarterly Budget/Actual Report for Quarter Ending September 30, 2009 (PDF)
   FY 10 Municipal Budget Cuts List (PDF) June 2009
   FY 10 Town Manager Budget  (PDF) Jan 2009
   FY10 Select Board Budget Policy Recommendations (PDF) Dec 2008
Select Board's FY 2010 Municipal Budget Workshop (PDFs) Oct 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 (PDF) July 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)

      Library Trustees' Handout to Town Meeting - Articles 6 & 7 of

   July 27, 2009 Special Town Meeti ng (PDF) July 2009


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 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

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