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Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Materials

UPDATED FY26 BUDGET MATERIALS (Post-June 3rd Special Election): 

• August 11, 2025 - FY26 Budget Adjustment Presentation - Finance Committee
• June 4, 2025 - Town Administrator's FY26 Budget Model Presentation
• FY26 Voting Document Option B  - Revised - Option B 
• FY26 Budget - Option A & B Comparison
• FY26 Voting Document Option B - Final 8/13/2025

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• Fiscal Year 2026 Town Administrator Budget Message (PDF)
• Appendix A1 - Town Administrator Recommended Voting Document and Budget Book (PDF)
• Appendix B1 - Franklin Public School District Budget Book (PDF)
• Appendix C1 - Budget Breakdown (PDF)
• Appendix C2 - Operating Revenue (PDF)
• Appendix C3 - Fixed Cost (PDF)
• Appendix C4 - Local Aid (PDF)
• Appendix C5 - Local Receipts (PDF)
• Appendix C6 - Assessments (PDF)
• Appendix C7 - New Growth (PDF)
• Appendix C8 - Free Cash Balances (PDF)
• Appendix C9 - FC and RE (PDF)

Other Budget Materials and Information

• March 13, 2025 - Town of Franklin FY26 Budget Priorities Letter
• March 12, 2025 - Joint Budget Subcommittee Listening Session Agenda
  • Updated FY26 Budget Model (3/4/25)
  • March 12, 2025 - Joint Budget Subcommittee Listening Session Video
• March 8, 2025 - Joint Budget Subcommittee Listening Session Agenda
  • Updated FY26 Budget Model (3/4/25)
  • March 8, 2025 - Joint Budget Subcommittee Listening Session Video
• March 5, 2025 - Town Council FY26 Budget Preview Presentation
• March 4, 2025 - Joint Budget Subcommittee Listening Session Agenda
  • Preliminary FY26 Budget Presentation - Two Models: A and B
  • February 28, 2025 Joint Statement from the M.A.S.S, MASC, and MASBO
  • Updated FY26 Budget Model (3/4/25)
  • March 4, 2025 - Joint Budget Subcommittee Listening Session Video
• February 19, 2025 - Joint Budget Subcommittee Listening Session Agenda
  • February 19, 2025 - Joint Budget Subcommittee Listening Session Video
• February 12, 2025 - Joint Budget Subcommittee Listening Session Agenda
  • February 12, 2025 - Joint Budget Subcommittee Listening Session Video
• FY26 Franklin Public Schools Budget Book
• January 30, 2025 - Joint Budget Subcommittee Listening Session Agenda
  • Town Administrator FY26 Budget Update #4 Memorandum
  • Updated FY26 Budget Model (1/30/25)
  • Estimated Override Matrix
  • Board of Assessors Request Letter
  • January 30, 2025 - Joint Budget Subcommittee Listening Session Video
• January 28, 2025 - FY26 Superintendent's Recommended Budget 
• December 17, 2024 Town Department Head Letter Presented to the Joint Budget Subcommittee
• December 17, 2024 - Joint Budget Subcommittee Meeting Agenda
  • Administrator Memo
  • Updated Five Year Forecast Document
  • Norfolk County Retirement Board Leer & Documents
    • Option 1 - Fully funded by 2030
    • Option 2 - Fully funded by 2032
    • Option 3 - Fully funded by 2035
  • State House News Service State Budget Update articles
  • December 17, 2024 - Joint Budget Subcommittee Meeting Video
• October 23, 2024 - Joint Budget Subcommittee Meeting Agenda
  • Administrator Memo
  • Updated Five Year Forecast Document
  • October 23, 2024 - Joint Budget Subcommittee Meeting Video
• September 11, 2024 - Joint Budget Subcommittee Meeting Agenda
  • September 11, 2024 - Joint Budget Subcommittee Meeting Video
• September 10, 2024 - "The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston, Ranked for 2024" (PDF)
•  September 9, 2024 - "Private schools in Boston suburbs are seeing a student boom. Why?" (PDF)
• September 4, 2024 - "Why Massachusetts schools are having an 'extremely difficult' financial year" (PDF)
• July 10, 2024 - "Mass Communities increasingly seek property tax votes to pay for schools, other town services" (PDF)