Advisory Committee backs $73.9M education budget despite member dissent
Advisory Committee · Meeting of March 25, 2026
Hingham Advisory Committee approves comprehensive $183.7 million budget package for town meeting. The committee backed the education budget of $73,880,041 with abstentions from Ben Burnham and Jerry Seelen and a no vote from Steven Pohl. Other unanimously approved budgets included Public Safety at $21,454,224, Debt Service at $13,893,125, and Employee Benefits at $19,848,370.
The committee rejected a 1.4 million dollar health care subsidy proposal but approved a 100 thousand dollar study into long-term solutions.
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Source: the Advisory Committee meeting of March 25, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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