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Athletics closed FY2026 with $55,300 of its $518,334 town budget unspent, on the town’s ledger.
1 · The facts
$518,334
athletics budget after transfers, FY2026
$439,510
spent by the close
$23,524
committed and still owed at the close
$55,300
left unspent
10.7%
of the budget left unspent
$20,407
athletics secretary, with nothing spent
$13,562
left on the coaches line
$5,960
left on the two equipment lines
44.0%
of the reconditioning budget spent
2 · What it shows
1
Athletics closed FY2026 with $55,300 of its $518,334 budget unspent, 10.7%.
2
The largest piece was $20,407 budgeted for an athletics secretary, with nothing spent.
3
The equipment lines left $5,960 unspent in the year a helmet request was raised in public.
Athletics accounts at the close
Year
Budget after transfers
Spent
Still owed
Left
Athletic coaches
$159,444
$145,882
$0
$13,562
Transportation
$115,071
$87,126
$23,524
$4,421
Athletic director's salary
$74,406
$74,406
$0
$0
Athletic trainer
$66,200
$66,200
$0
$0
Dues and fees
$29,965
$21,481
$0
$8,484
Athletic secretary
$20,407
$0
$0
$20,407
Freshman coaches
$14,415
$14,678
$0
-$263
Special detail/athletic events
$9,614
$9,614
$0
$0
Athletic insurance
$9,000
$8,980
$0
$20
Equipment reconditioning
$8,292
$3,649
$0
$4,643
New equipment
$7,708
$6,391
$0
$1,317
P/r unified sports coach
$3,812
$1,103
$0
$2,709
All athletics accounts
$518,334
$439,510
$23,524
$55,300
The MUNIS year-end (period 13) report. Left is the report’s own column: budget less spent less still owed.
What was said
“Casey, the head coach put in a request to the athletic department to purchase five new helmets earlier this spring, we currently have more heads than we have helmets”