Analysis: Town and Schools
Cemetery Commission: transfers
FY2026: 3 transfers approved at 3 meetings, $85.00 as the minutes print the amounts. Every vote by the Cemetery Commission to move money, year by year. The Cemetery Commission’s page.
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FY2026: what was approved
3
transfers approved in the town’s minutes
$85.00
printed in those minutes
3
meetings with a transfer vote
| Meeting | What moved | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2026† | No formTown minutesRecordingSale of Lots Fund → Department of Public WorksTransfer of funds from Sale of Lots Fund to Department of Public Works for North Cemetery Back Lot expansion“david dorren made a motion to allocate $45k - from the "sale of lots fund" to dpw, for the north cemetery back lot expansion, donna landry s…” · minutes · town’s copy | $45.00 |
| 26 Mar 2026† | No formTown minutesRecordingsale of lots revenue → embellishment accounttransfer from sale of lots revenue to embellishment account“david dorren made a motion that we want to transfer 20k from sale of lots for embellishment, donna landry seconded, aif” · minutes · town’s copy | $20.00 |
| 26 Feb 2026† | No formTown minutesRecordingSale of Lots Fund → Capital FundTransfer from Sale of Lots Fund to Capital Fund for cemetery embellishment“vice chair david dorren made a motion to request a $20k transfer from the sale of lots fund to capital fund for embellishment of the cemeter…” · minutes · town’s copy | $20.00 |
† 3 of these carry no year in the minutes and are filed under the year the meeting fell in — ours. A vote in July to September can close the year before.
What this counts
What this report counts
A row is a transfer as the Cemetery Commission’s minutes record it: sometimes one line to another, sometimes one total for a batch, sometimes only the vote. Totals add the amounts the minutes print; a transfer approved with no amount printed is counted and adds nothing. The fiscal year is the one the minutes state where they state one, otherwise the year the meeting fell in, marked as ours.
Read from every set of School Committee minutes the archive holds — 108, 9 Jul 2014 to 30 Jul 2026 — as the meeting process reads each new one. “From” and “to” are read off the minutes’ wording by us; the description and the quoted words are the evidence.
3 items in FY2026’s minutes not counted, and why
- 11 Dec 2025 · Sale of Lots fund adjusted to reflect a $10,000 transfer — no vote to approve recorded · minutes
- 19 Nov 2025 · Transfer from the Sale of Lots Fund to the Capital Article Fund, approved by Town Meeting and reported by the Chair — a town meeting article the board acted on; town meeting votes the transfer · minutes
- 25 Sep 2025 · Transfer from the Sale of Lots Fund 8115 to the Capital Article Fund 3006, to be requested through a Town Warrant article. — a town meeting article the board acted on; town meeting votes the transfer · minutes
Sources: Every row for every board, counted or not, with the reason and the evidence. The School Committee’s page.