Hingham Finance Committee Approves $3.4 Million for School Safety and Air Systems
Hingham Finance Committee votes $3.4 million for failing school fire alarms and ventilation systems.
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Finance Committee
A collection of 12 issues
Hingham Finance Committee unanimously recommends $70 million HMLP borrowing authorization
Hingham's Finance Committee voted 14-0 to recommend a $70 million borrowing for the Municipal Light Plant while spending most of a marathon March 12 session debating whether to build, shrink, or delay a proposed Center for Active Living.
Hingham Finance Committee Approves $346,129 Personnel Appropriation, Advances Electronic Voting Funding
Hingham Finance Committee unanimously approves personnel funding and electronic voting pre-authorization ahead of Annual Town Meeting.
Hingham Finance Committee Approves Two Property Sales and $1.86M Community Preservation Package
Hingham's Finance Committee approved two town property sales, a $1.86 million Community Preservation package, and a companion zoning change at its March 5 meeting, while deferring a contentious $1.35 million employee health care subsidy to a later session.
Hingham Finance Committee Approves $2.3 Million Debt-Relief Transfer, Holds Property Sale
Hingham's Finance Committee approved a $2.3 million stabilization fund transfer and warned the town is nearing its own debt limits.
Hingham Finance Committee Questions Senior Center Size in First of Three Hearings
Hingham Finance Committee opens scrutiny of proposed 26,000-square-foot Center for Active Living, unanimously approves harbor fund transfer.
Hingham Finance Committee Approves $5 Million Water Main Borrowing Along Route 3A
Hingham Finance Committee unanimously approves $5 million water main borrowing and defers reserve fund vote as out-of-district special education costs could exceed $1.3 million.
Hingham Finance Committee Recommends Nine FY27 Budgets Totaling Over $40 Million
HINGHAM — February 5, 2026 — Hingham Finance Committee advances nine FY27 department budgets while flagging public safety staffing strains and a new hospital cost. The committee recommended budgets totaling more than $40 million across dispatch, police, fire, animal control, the South Shore Country Club, assessing, harbormaster, and water and sewer operations
Hingham Finance Committee Recommends Six FY27 Budgets, Advances Two Warrant Articles
HINGHAM — February 3, 2026 — Hingham's Finance Committee recommended roughly $9.6 million in combined departmental appropriations at its February 3 meeting, covering six departments and two employee benefits accounts. The committee approved budgets for the Center for Active Living at $451,800, Veteran Services at $277,789, the
Hingham Advisory Committee Passes Four Zoning Fixes, Defers ADU and Spending Votes
Hingham's Advisory Committee unanimously approved four zoning changes Thursday but deferred a contested accessory dwelling unit update and multiple capital spending votes as late-breaking school cost increases complicated the town's reserve fund strategy.